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Note I said MOST celestial names are from mythology. The moons of Uranus are named after PML kits In reality, the Uranian moons are all named after characters from Shakespeare… which I think is cool. PML then named a…   Read more»

Note I said MOST celestial names are from mythology. The moons of Uranus are named after PML kits By Jove, you are correct, sir! Speaking of “the Calculus”, Newton and that German brother of mine, Liebnitz, came later. Well,…   Read more»

Gimme Shakespeare!! As You Like It… Act V, Scene I… CEL. “Why, how now, Ganymede? sweet Ganymede.” Hey, JW, how did Shakespeare know about a Jupiter moon, hmmm? 8) And, the largest one in our solar system? 😯 Oh, that’s…   Read more»

Gimme Shakespeare!! As You Like It… Act V, Scene I… CEL. “Why, how now, Ganymede? sweet Ganymede.” Hey, JW, how did Shakespeare know about a Jupiter moon, hmmm? 8) And, the largest one in our solar system? 😯 Oh, that’s…   Read more»

Hey, I’m not that old. OK, well maybe I am. Man, those things bring back bad memories. I still remember my firstTI-55 programmable calculator with a red led dot-matrix display. Bought it circa 1977. Now that was bleeding-edge.

I found a slide rule the other day – a relic of the past that I packed away in a box. It turned up when I moved to Iowa. I showed it to my kid, who thought I was joking.FWIW,…   Read more»

Slipsticks? Ken, you’re showing your age. I used to until those new-fangled calculators showed up! Check out Mike K’s Web site: http://sliderulemuseum.com/

Doesn’t anyone use slide rules anymore?

Absolutely. I took mine apart and I use it as a straightedge when cutting carbon fabric……………. 8)

Matlab? Excellent choice, Chris. Take your final, the rest of us will go get whatever rocket you choose to fly on Sunday. Best of luck! Now, hit the books! 8)

Doesn’t anyone use slide rules anymore?

Ha! Scott, young man, my friend, yes, Calculus is math. MathCAD is good software to use. An English major always reads math text for fun! As well as microbiology, chemistry, geology, physics, trig, etc. 8)I prefer Matlab or Excel, depending…   Read more»

Ha! Scott, young man, my friend, yes, Calculus is math. MathCAD is good software to use. An English major always reads math text for fun! As well as microbiology, chemistry, geology, physics, trig, etc. 8)

You actually read calculus books for entertainment? 8OIm not even sure what Calculus is! Some sorta math right? Isnt there some sorta Computer program that will do all that for ya?Oh and in 71 I was 5. Scott e 🙂

Okay, Ken, it’s not like you have a degree in advanced mathematics… oh, right, you do. I only took one calc final, then went English major (not because of the final though, did well, way back in ’71)… you…   Read more»

I can attest to the calc finals. I’ve taken 6 of them. Stick with it Chris.

I’m in, JW. Chris, calculus is more important than flying, for you right now. Rockets are forever, just get through school, that’s in your NOW file.

Chris, there will be other launches. Final exams in general, and specifically calculus finals (for aspiring engineers) are exceedingly important. SO important that they are scheduled many months in advance. 8OAs you grow older, you will find life filled with…   Read more»

I am planning on talking to them, and I will see about any potential rescheduling, but I’m not tremendously optimistic. It’s possible that it may change, but I wouldn’t consider it likely.Isnt nice that University professors dont run the real…   Read more»

I am planning on talking to them, and I will see about any potential rescheduling, but I’m not tremendously optimistic. It’s possible that it may change, but I wouldn’t consider it likely.

Chris, when I was at CU I had the same problem. Before I decided to leave CU I had already talked to two of my professors about rescheduling my finals for an earlier day. Even if I would have stayed…   Read more»