Week 12 in FIT2001

OK It's study time and I'd like to wish all the FIT2001 students good luck on the exams. I dint realize that I won the week 12 blog.. woohoo..

Well as promised, here are the photos of my trip to Palo Alto a few weeks ago.

Here is a photo of the main quad at Stanford University.












This is me in front of the Hoover Tower, one of the iconic fixtures at Stanford University.


This is the main entrance to the Ames NASA Research Center in Mountain View, CA (not far from the Googleplex,) and the funny thing is that this is a town of its own. The many thousands of scientists and engineers that work here actually live here. They have their own town church, shopping and even a McDonalds, which i sat in to have my lunch. Mind you the security is tight, this is after the gates where you get anal probed before they let you in..This is the main hanger and was first built to house the huge Air Ship balloon they were using for tests during the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions.. This building is huge, the photo doesn't do it justice.

Here is the actual scaled models they used to test the flying dynamics of the Space Shuttle. These were used in the wind tunnel tests and was last used after the Discovery Disaster to redesign the heat shields.
This is wht i'd be flying around the world in if i were a multi-gazillionare.. Its the X-36 XPlane flying a supersonic speed using the new ramjet technologies.. one day, one day.
This is an actual moon rock that was brought back during the Apollo 15 mission. I offer $15 for it but they said No!.. I upped it to $20 but they still said No!, i gave up and said, fine! ill just have to go to the moon one day and get one myself!

Here I am with my space suit on. Doesn't every kid grow up dreaming of being an astronaut one day.?. I know i did.. who knows maybe one day.. there's still time
This is what the Mars Pioneers will be wearing when man first walks on the surface of Mars.
This is what they wore on the Mercury and Gemini missions. Not the most advanced suits, but it did the job. The shoes were actually just doctor martins spreayd over with silver spayed paid..
This is the actual Capsule that Al Sheppard came home in (al was the fist American in space).
Anyway, thats prob enough from me..

Good luck to all the Systems Analysis & Design students.. See you again soon..

Ohh but befor i go, i cant leave without the final video.. Here is Darth Vader being a Jerk.. i love this..