Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : COMS & the Ghost of USRX w/ other STUFF -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Moonray who wrote (19823)	12/17/1999 1:50:00 PM
From: Scrapps	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22053

Once again the mission for the Space Shuttle Discovery has been delayed another 24 hours. This time mission managers want to investigate welds on the shuttle's fuel line that carry propellant to its three main engines. Engineers are concerned subcontractor Arrowhead Products may have used the wrong welding materials, when the lines were built. The problem is expected to be solved in time for tonight's lift off. The mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope has only two launch tries remaining... today and Saturday... before being postponed until at least January 13th to avoid potential Y2K problems. I thought they said there was No Y2K problem!

To: Moonray who wrote (19823)	12/19/1999 10:11:00 PM
From: Scrapps	Respond to of 22053

Any person who has the handle of Moonray knows this....but do you "Robots"? Pretty cool; mark your calendar . . . FIRST FULL MOON, a.k.a. LONG NIGHT'S MOON This year will be the first full moon to occur on the winter solstice, Dec. 22, commonly called the first day of winter. Since a full moon on the winter solstice occurred in conjunction with a lunar perigee (point in the moon's orbit that is closest to Earth), the moon will appear about 14% larger than it does at apogee (the point in it's elliptical orbit that is farthest from the Earth). Since the Earth is also several million miles closer to the sun at this time of the year than in the summer, sunlight striking the moon is about 7% stronger, making it brighter. Also, this will be the closest perigee of the Moon of the year since the moon's orbit is constantly deforming. The moon strikes fullest at 9:31 a.m. pacific time. If the weather is clear and there is a snow cover where you live, it is believed that even car headlights will be superfluous. On December 21st, 1866 the Lakota Sioux took advantage of this combination of occurrences and staged a devastating retaliatory ambush on soldiers in the Wyoming Territory. In laymen's terms: it will be a super-bright full moon, much more than the usual - and it hasn't happened this way for 133 years! Our ancestors 133 years ago saw this. Our descendants 100 or so years from now will see this again. I hope someone else might find this interesting! Remember: this will happen December 22, 1999.