A Meteorite Older Than Earth? Control Panels from Soviet Space Shuttle? - Steve's Space Museum II 

Having an optical format like that is kind of wild. Utterly bizarre to my mind to combine optical read write with tape, but I suppose I've seen something similar before with audio on film at one point.

maybe scan the tape and give it to an AI looking for patterns

@@eirinym If you think thats wild, look at the optical computers Nasa used on the film given by SAR radar's

Except ya'll are discussing the Kardashians and what brand of jeans Kim was wearing. So it is different. JK. Nobody like that would be on Scott's channel. Tho, something could happen with these two guys... so happy together... finishing each other's sentences... sparks were flying (/^-^(^ ^*)/ That got me thinking. What if you found a co-worker, a person, a friend, a chick or a dude that loved what you loved and your conversations were animated and electric like these on the video. And you both were attracted to each other and had crazy, hot sex and there was something about you that drove them into a lustful frenzy. But the conversations were just as fun as the sex.

@@noahway13 Uhmmmm🤥

@@noahway13 I like the way your mind works 🤌

@@noahway13 is this a copy pasta? Or am I finally becoming insane

@@noahway13are you sure your sex game is where it needs to be?

Those meteorites are crazy to see and even hold. Millions of years of history right in your hands.

My first thought was that it was intended to improve electrical bonding and, perhaps, improve static screening of equipment… possibly also offering increased protection against induced effects of lightning strike to the airframe. However, the overlaps between neighbouring strips of the tape are not too well controlled and I would question the consistency of a surface conduction path across these connections. Have to remember the overlaps have a layer of adhesive separating them. So … on balance … maybe the purpose is, indeed, simply an attempt to tweak the thermal management of the unit. Adding layers of tape will increase the thermal mass of the case and the adhesive layer will have some effect on the through-thickness heat transfer, whilst the aluminium layer will also help diffuse heat mapping laterally across the surface. It might actually be a combination of both improving thermal management whilst still minimising potential static charge on outer surfaces of the equipment, which adding a more traditional insulating layer might result in? A good point of discussion 🤔

Are you referring to Mr. Luke Talley? He was with IBM and is a USSRC docent. Destin (Smarter Every Day) has a GREAT video with him if so! We live in Huntsville, and I had a way to privately reach him. When my daughters 3rd grade class went for the frield trip and I was asked to be a chaperone for my knowledge of history regarding manned space flight, rocketry, etc so I spoke to Luke to get a REAL professional for the kids to hang out with. He met us there 15 minutes prior, was actually not working that day, but came anyway and spent a few hours with the kids. He even gave my daughter and I our own private tour afterward to go spend some time with some things she's very interested in. I can't say enough good things about Mr. Talley, great man!

@@GoatPilot04 Yes, it was Luke. I visit the USSRC at least once a year, and I always spend time with him. He has some awesome stories, and in addition to knowing just about everything about the Instrument Unit, he knows a whole lot about most of the Apollo program.

@mikejetzer4155 Thought so! We love Luke he's a great guy and *so humble* about his life's work, not just pertaining to Apollo either.

thanks for this!!!

SmarterEveryDay's content is occasionally 'click-bait'. Scott Manley's never is.

@@sunnyjim1355Destin’s content is great, but he does play the game with thumbnails and video titles. I don’t like it, but I understand why he does it. All hail the Algorithm.

I had the honor of working with Ward Cunningham who that law is named after and I can say that he embodied and used that fact to great effect. :)

See wiki: Punched tape is a mediun for data storage . It is made of a long strip with holes in it. The holes are used to represent inforamtions . The principles the same as that of a punched cards , except that the length is variable. Punched tape was widely used in the 1950s and 1960s, but was later replaced by other media. Punched tape was first used to program looms, in the 18th century. Similar looms are still used for weaving Tartan, but the punched tape is made of metal platelets today. Another use of punched tape is in barell organs."

@@vosechu The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it's to post the wrong answer. ---Yes, his is worded much better.

@@SebSN-y3f That's not a punched tape though, if you're referring to 18:12. It's a magnetic tape with dots of more heat-resistant high-coercivity material sprayed on, I suppose for insurance. And I suspect mechanical or dynamic range or other properties of that material precluded a continuous coat of it.

@@AlexKarasev Thanks. I think the right solution will be found and Scott will let us know. Thank you very much for the advice.

A SpaceX photo signed by Apollo astronauts reminds me of the Simpsons gag with Comic Book Guy: "That is a photo of Sean Connery signed by Roger Moore"

BO?

I bet it didn’t start up and corrupt your data if you jogged the connector. 😂

The dark dots are odd. They look more like corrosion/staining than anything readable.

I think some sex bot stole your comment bro..

See wiki: Punched tape is a mediun for data storage . It is made of a long strip with holes in it. The holes are used to represent inforamtions . The principles the same as that of a punched cards , except that the length is variable. Punched tape was widely used in the 1950s and 1960s, but was later replaced by other media. Punched tape was first used to program looms, in the 18th century. Similar looms are still used for weaving Tartan, but the punched tape is made of metal platelets today. Another use of punched tape is in barell organs."

@@RetNemmoc555 I thought similarly, with my initial thinking being some kind of mould from exposure to the elements on one side, as it didn't seem prevalent all the way around to the left of the frame - although it was hard to see if that was true or just a focal/lighting aberration making it look 'cleaner'.

That is Mars. That big red thing in the sky is just a very large chunk.

I was waiting for the rock to split open and goo to spill out all over his arm like in "The Blob", the one with Steve McQueen not the remake. 😅

Same 😊!

Yes!

Only dumb fools fall for those, since I'm not, I couldn't care less.

Fake views.

What are they? Can you describe it a bit more?

@@extragoogleaccount6061 i think its self explanatory. When a video first drops on popular channels, hundreds of bots swarm to that channel and post/like/reply their own comments in order to put it at the top of the list. Usually they have a profile picture related to the topic, and try to convince the reader that the people they watch are investing in or buying something that doesnt exist, and that theyd be a fool not to buy or invest in the same thing. Often they direct you to another channel or emphasize a keyword. The unreasonable ammount of traffic on the comment causes the reader to search, leading them to the channel. They find inactive users who have posted videos of themselves, hack them, and replace the channel description with a malicious link where the scam lives.

This makes me sick. These pieces should be in a real museum, with professional care and among people who MATTER. Instead we have some rich narcissist showing off his money and ignorance. The bitch goddess is not without a sense of humour it seems.

I'm at the end and I am blown away. Awsome collection.

Oh, greed. Anyone with this much money & this many historic artifacts should open a museum. I understand wanting a few of these objects on private display, in your home or office, but you could do that with stuff not on exhibit. It wouldn’t cost much more to do this in a way that isn’t selfish. I despise this guy.

Love, dedication and determination.

@@williambrasky3891 Thanks for letting us know ur a hateful pos, but no one asked.

@@sunnyjim1355 ...and money.

See wiki: Punched tape is a mediun for data storage . It is made of a long strip with holes in it. The holes are used to represent inforamtions . The principles the same as that of a punched cards , except that the length is variable. Punched tape was widely used in the 1950s and 1960s, but was later replaced by other media. Punched tape was first used to program looms, in the 18th century. Similar looms are still used for weaving Tartan, but the punched tape is made of metal platelets today. Another use of punched tape is in barell organs." I knew from my childhood in. East Germany in the East Block. There used in libraries and for computing machines for example for statistics and in science. It was befor magnetic tape storage (the German Radio used steel tape too.). In Berlin in the City History Museum are a big collection with mechanical Organs and Pianos. The used punched tapes or perforated tapes in the end of the 19th century. No wonder, if such stuff on russian space crafts. It was very common tech in 60th and 70th.

It's certainly not holes as some anonymous guy wrote here. Further up the comments a Finnish guy talkes about developing with a light source? Also possible, but then the whole thing should be exposed when put into the light? I think your suggestion is more plausible.

I believe it is whether it is purposefully jettisoned or accidently lost from the craft (jetsam & floatsam). If jettisoned it is salvageable.... but I am not sure if applies to aircraft.

@@hoppynet This applies to aircraft as well. The law was also intended to reduce navigation hazards to shipping. Suppose a speedboat were to hit this piece of debris and it caused it to violently crash causing the deaths of many people. If SpaceX wants to keep it they should redesign it to stay attached to the craft. You cant tell me that this thing weighs so much that they need bigger parachutes as a result.

As I understand it, the laws of space take precedence... per the Outer Space Treaty, anything that's gone to space is the responsibility of the launching nation (and by extension, the company), overriding any marine salvage law which might otherwise apply.

@@simongeard4824 You may be entirely correct but I would be interested in the courts addressing conflicting treaties. The courts have addressed aircraft in the ocean as salvageable as long as a sovereign doesn't still lay claim. But SpaceX is not a sovereign nation.

@@KC98561 No, and the OST doesn't really anticipate commercial space. But if it was a piece of a NASA rocket, it would absolutely remain the property of the US government... salvage rights would not come into it. It's less clear how that works with non government entities, but it would still fall under the OST.

Only if he’s a steely eyed missile man.

Only two of the panels were command module, and if I'm orienting them correctly to some nasa.gov pics, sce would have been the next panel down and to the left of the one on-screen at 10:00.

Cool! DMA was one of the predecessor agencies to what is now NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency)