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<DIV><SPAN class=428231614-01052003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>God =
hates mobile
homes, that much is obvious.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=428231614-01052003><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=428231614-01052003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Our =
space
research stuff is amazing, isn't it? It's all the more impressive if you =
ponder
the incredible distances involved and how narrow the angles are to put =
something
on the right course--the tiniest error and, whoosh, your mars shot is =
headed for
deep space.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=428231614-01052003><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=428231614-01052003><FONT color=#0000ff =
size=2>Hey. The
necessity for light-weight, less-power-hungry, and more dependable =
electronics
for space vehicles was the impetus for development of integrated =
circuits and
the microminiaturization that has made all our computers and consumer =
electronic
wonders possible.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=428231614-01052003><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=428231614-01052003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>So. =
Could they do
the same for the piano? A new space-age plate material (pre-stressed
Microfibrolated Aluminum Dioxide impregnated polycarbonate resin might
work) that only weighs 7 ounces, high tension boron-fiber =
strings,
action parts made of hyper-spherical porated polyacrylics, wool from =
really
skinny sheep, that sort of thing ... get the whole piano weight down to, =
say, 2
lbs. Let's get working on it!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=428231614-01052003> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=428231614-01052003><FONT color=#0000ff =
size=2>Alan
Barnard</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=428231614-01052003><FONT color=#0000ff =
size=2>Salem,
MO</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of =
</B>Nichols<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Thursday, May 01, 2003 8:59 AM<BR><B>To:</B> =
Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
OT -- Way, WAY Off Topic!<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>At 09:46 AM 4/29/2003 =
-0700, you
wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT size=2>A =
belated
farwell...</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT size=2>...to Pioneer 10, the =
little
spacecraft that could. Originally sent out to the Asteroid belt and =
then on
to Jupiter. It was the first spacecraft to travel through the =
Asteroid belt
and the first to make direct obversations and close-up photographs =
of
Jupiter.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>That's the one that got the cool =
photos of the
giant perpetual tornado. Although there was no conclusive proof of =
life, at
least we know they have mobile home parks!<BR><BR>Guy
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