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| "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." - Neil Armstrong (URL) Parkes Radio Telescope> On 21st July 1969, Parkes Observatory gained fame for providing TV pictures for all but about 11 minutes of the first lunar landing, via (URL) their (...) (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| (...) Very nice Ross, how long did it take to put this together? however, I reckon the (URL) Saucer Base> might have been a different alternative for the dish. although it might work out a bit bigger than the scale you have here Very Aussie though! (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale)
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| (...) Thanks! Well, I had the dish part already built for another project (URL) but saw that it would work just as well up the other way. The rest took but a few hours. (...) Well I had in the past looked at using parts like that for a radar dish, (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale)
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| xpost to .space for what should be obvious reasons ;) (...) Senior Rosco, This is uber cool and something I was not properly aware of. Thanks for sharing a cool MOC, and bit of space history! Oh, and my those are giant sheep! I won't even garner a (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks! And it has been suggested that maybe the dish emanates too much radioactivity.... ROSCO (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) "What's it doing in the middle of a sheep paddock?" Cheers Richie Dulin (URL) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Nice work, dude. I look forward to your next space MOC... ;-) Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Just looking at the mechanics of that other project is making my head spin. is it any wonder I failed Engineering? (...) Did you know that burnt meat contains a carcinogenic agent, but Beer counteracts it. so that Aussie BBQ is actually (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale)
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| (...) LOL thanks mate, it might even have some chrome in it ;) ROSCO (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) Just make sure you remember to bleed the fuel line when you service the backup generator. ROSCO (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| (...) LOL me too apparently. ROSCO (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale)
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| (...) No way, I always knew there was a good reason for having beer with my burnt meat! Burnt Meat + Beer = Good Burnt Meat - Beer = Bad Cheers Matthew (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| (...) It's important to always have a good reason to do something. ;-p Leg Godt Travis Matheson (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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