From: owner-skunk-works-digest@netwrx1.com (skunk-works-digest) To: skunk-works-digest@netwrx1.com Subject: skunk-works-digest V9 #6 Reply-To: skunk-works@netwrx1.com Sender: owner-skunk-works-digest@netwrx1.com Errors-To: owner-skunk-works-digest@netwrx1.com Precedence: bulk skunk-works-digest Wednesday, February 9 2000 Volume 09 : Number 006 Index of this digest by subject: *************************************************** Lockheed dumps the Skunk? Re: skunk-works-digest V9 #5 *************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 22:21:50 EST From: Xelex@aol.com Subject: Lockheed dumps the Skunk? The top headline on page one of the Antelope Valley Press (9 February 2000): Lockheed dumps the Skunk? Since the consolidation of the Skunk Works and two other divisions into the newly-formed Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, there have been some drastic changes. Here are a few quotes from the article: "Lockheed Martin Skunk Works' sly skunk logo, and the very name of the company, don't fit the new image of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., so they are apparently being discarded...." " Even the famous 'rules' of Clarence L. 'Kelly' Johnson, the outfit's first leader have been removed from the Palmdale headquarters' walls. The rules were a kind of Grail - the highest of high standards. Company officials say the rules have changed." This really stinks! (Like a skunk) Peter Merlin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 16:11:56 -0800 From: Lee Markland Subject: Re: skunk-works-digest V9 #5 Stealth doesn't have Jack to do with materials or design (just look at the YF22 and B2). The craft flies inside a bubble, an energy absorbing field, which also has the side effects of acting as a "force field" of sorts. Less massive objects are deflected, more massive objects move the craft out of the way, another effect is "matter snatch". They even made a Lear Jet a Stealth Craft, and the CIA (Phoenix Air) crashed on Chesnut St in Fresno,, CA on Dec 14, 1994 while playing "war games" with F-16's of the California Air National Guard. I investigated the accident myself and have kept newspaper clippings and the Video of the Local TV Stations special on the incident. Also see Rolf Schiffranke's, Ether Technology, A Rational Approach to Gravity Control, written under the pseudonym of Rho Sigma, Cadake Publishing, 1977. The Electronic Bubble was even mentioned and diagrammed on a segment of the Military Channel entitled Stealth. At 09:00 AM 2/8/00 -0600, you wrote: > >skunk-works-digest Tuesday, February 8 2000 Volume 09 : Number 005 > > > > Index of this digest by subject: >*************************************************** >Slightly Off Topic ??? Re: ADMIN NOTICE: Logical Disk Volumes Implemented >RE: FWD (TLC-Mission) yf12a - new ADC interceptor in mid-1960s >Secrets of Antigravity >RE: FWD (TLC-Mission) yf12a - new ADC interceptor in mid-1960s >Re: B-12/F-12 Cancellation >Re: FWD (TLC-Mission) yf12a - new ADC interceptor in mid-1960s >Re: Slightly Off Topic ??? Re: ADMIN NOTICE: Logical Disk Volumes Implemented >Re: Slightly Off Topic ??? Re: ADMIN NOTICE: Logical Disk Volumes Implemented >project Mig 1.42 >Links to mil/civ aviation/marine (com) websites >Photos of real Mach 7 aircraft >Scramjet exhaust plume >B2 Bomber Electrogravitic Propulsion >Re: A YF12 history URL >Sandia Joins National Charge Into 21st Century Nanotechnology Revolution >Re: B2 Bomber Electrogravitic Propulsion >FWD (TLCB) B-24 "Beautiful Betsy that crashed in February 1945 in Australia >*************************************************** > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 21:48:41 -0500 >From: "Martin Hurst" >Subject: Slightly Off Topic ??? Re: ADMIN NOTICE: Logical Disk Volumes Implemented > >Thanks for the info ... >But isn't this off the Charter's topics range !?!? > >:-) > > >Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 11:21 PM >Subject: ADMIN NOTICE: Logical Disk Volumes Implemented > > >>Hello: >> >>Just a quick note to inform you that as of 1/25/00 the server has been >>reconfigured with Logical Volumes. What this allows is for future >>expansion by simply adding hard disk units and they will be added to >>one large "logical disk" rather than having to physically replace >>hardware and backup and restore data to and from tape. Ultimately this >>means less down time and more flexibility as the needs for disk space >>grows. >> >>If you want to know the ugly technical details just ask. >> >>And another reminder...as of 1/10/00 Netwrx Consulting Inc. has been >>authorized as a Independent Reseller for Excel Telecommunications. >> >>As a result of this we are able to offer you the ability to possibly >>save SIGNIFICANT amounts on your long-distance, paging and Internet >>Access charges. If you can't or don't need this please pass it around >>to anyone you know that might be able to. >> >>If you'd like more information on this and other items please go to: >> >>http://www.excelir.com/netwrx1 >> >>If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to contact me. >> >>Thank you, >> >> >>===[George R. Kasica]=== +1 262 513 8503 >>President +1 206 374 6482 FAX >>Netwrx Consulting Inc. Waukesha, WI USA >>http://www.netwrx1.com >>georgek@netwrx1.com >>ICQ #12862186 > >------------------------------ > >Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 22:31:29 -0500 (EST) >From: Sam Kaltsidis >Subject: RE: FWD (TLC-Mission) yf12a - new ADC interceptor in mid-1960s > >> Art writes in reply to Albert: >> >> > > ps: did you see Terry Colvin's other post about an >> > > SR-71 being fired up on short notice for some guy >> > > who wanted to go Mach 2? And after they were at >> > > Mach 2 they ran into a sonic wave created by another >> > > SR-71 who just happened to going Mach 4 at 100,000'. >> > > This sounds too farfetched to believe. >> > >> > I don't think Terry was saying that an SR was fired up >> > for this incident. >> > Although he didn't state what type it was, judging by where >> > the incident might >> > have taken place, it was probably an F-4. A SR can not go >> > Mach 4 itself, by >> > the way, but with a tail wind at altitude it wouldn't be out >> > of the ordinary >> > for the ground speed to be that high. >> >> Interesting. I was unaware that there are significant winds at the altitude >> that the Blackbird operates at. I was under the impression that these winds >> only occurred at the levels where commercial airliners flew. Is this really >> the case? > > > >I believe the jet stream is present even at really high altitudes 100+K ft. >I do not know however at what altitude the jet stream is no longer a factor. >Perhaps someone in the know could educate us. > > >Sam > > >> >> Erik >> -- >> Erik Hoel mailto:ehoel@esri.com >> Environmental Systems Research Institute http://www.esri.com >> 380 New York Street 909-793-2853 (x1-1548) tel >> Redlands, CA 92373-8100 909-307-3067 fax >> > >------------------------------ > >Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 19:31:19 -0800 >From: "A.J. Craddock" >Subject: Secrets of Antigravity > >An interesting article on antigravity, together with some associated >mathematics, can be seen at http://www.cseti.org/bearden/ferdelance/slide32.htm > >Tony Craddock > >------------------------------ > >Date: Thu, 27 Jan 100 05:25:14 GMT >From: betnal@ns.net >Subject: RE: FWD (TLC-Mission) yf12a - new ADC interceptor in mid-1960s > >On 1/26/00 8:33AM, in message ><100E1375C3E5D11197C20008C728373C03B80335@hotwire.esri.com>, Erik Hoel > wrote:. >> >> Interesting. I was unaware that there are significant winds at the altitude >> that the Blackbird operates at. I was under the impression that these winds >> only occurred at the levels where commercial airliners flew. Is this really >> the case? >> >> Erik >> -- >> > > There can be winds at those altitudes and they have to be taken into >account when planning fuel burn, speed and range on a mission. The proof is in >the ground speeds that SRs have been tracked at on some flights, speeds above >the max air speed it can maintain. > > > Art > >------------------------------ > >Date: Thu, 27 Jan 100 05:33:03 GMT >From: betnal@ns.net >Subject: Re: B-12/F-12 Cancellation > >On 1/26/00 3:57PM, in message , "Robert >S. Hopkins, III" wrote: > >> Please forgive me for "shooting from the hip" on this one, as I'm >> sure many list members have access to better sources than my memory. >> Nonetheless: >> >> >> Far be it for me to appear as a defender of McNamara, but another >> powerful voice against the "B-12" (or whatever its actual designation >> might have been) was Air Force Chief of Staff General Curtis LeMay. >> LeMay wanted the B-70 very badly, and although LeMay agreed that the >> "B-12" might have been worth considering, there was simply no room >> for two competing supersonic bombers in the age of missiles. Choosing >> one, LeMay threw his considerable influence behind the B-70, with >> well-known results. > >> Robert Hopkins > > > > This is quite true, which is why Kelly Johnson and Lockheed did not lobby >for the B-12. It was a commitment that they made to LeMay and USAF. The >likelihood of McNamara allowing the B (or RS) -70 to proceed was extremely low, >he had no liking for bombers at all. However, as long as there was a chance, >USAF didn't want any rival to surface. In addition, though, a B-12 could >have performed some (though not all) of the roles the F-111 was supposed to. >since the plane already was losing support, he didn't want any alternative to >appear that would do even part of its mission. > > > Art > >------------------------------ > >Date: Thu, 27 Jan 100 05:35:55 GMT >From: betnal@ns.net >Subject: Re: FWD (TLC-Mission) yf12a - new ADC interceptor in mid-1960s > >On 1/26/00 3:00PM, in message <388F7C95.51E0@worldnet.att.net>, "Albert H. >Dobyns" wrote: > >> >> It didn't occur to me to ask if you are Art Hanly/Hanley?! >> That would have reduced the confusion a bit. A friend game >> me a copy of the Sept 97 issue of Airpower. That's the >> issue that had all kinds of great rebuttals to all the >> junk about retiring a miraculous airplane!. >> Al > > > That's me, although it was the July issue. September was only a few weeks >before the Philanderer in Chief line item vetoed the program. > > > Art > >------------------------------ > >Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 05:24:31 -0600 >From: "George R. Kasica" >Subject: Re: Slightly Off Topic ??? Re: ADMIN NOTICE: Logical Disk Volumes Implemented > >Since it affects the availability of the list serving machine and your >ability or inability to get mail, I don't think so...its better than >400+ what happened messages....which is what I see when I DON'T do >this...as for the offer o flow cost LD services, its in place for you >if you're interested, if you're not ignore it, just a way we were >trying to add benefit to you being on list besides the mail you see. > >Sorry if your offended, > >George > >>Thanks for the info ... >>But isn't this off the Charter's topics range !?!? >> >>:-) >> >> >>Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 11:21 PM >>Subject: ADMIN NOTICE: Logical Disk Volumes Implemented >> >> >>>Hello: >>> >>>Just a quick note to inform you that as of 1/25/00 the server has been >>>reconfigured with Logical Volumes. What this allows is for future >>>expansion by simply adding hard disk units and they will be added to >>>one large "logical disk" rather than having to physically replace >>>hardware and backup and restore data to and from tape. Ultimately this >>>means less down time and more flexibility as the needs for disk space >>>grows. >>> >>>If you want to know the ugly technical details just ask. >>> >>>And another reminder...as of 1/10/00 Netwrx Consulting Inc. has been >>>authorized as a Independent Reseller for Excel Telecommunications. >>> >>>As a result of this we are able to offer you the ability to possibly >>>save SIGNIFICANT amounts on your long-distance, paging and Internet >>>Access charges. If you can't or don't need this please pass it around >>>to anyone you know that might be able to. >>> >>>If you'd like more information on this and other items please go to: >>> >>>http://www.excelir.com/netwrx1 >>> >>>If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to contact me. >>> >>>Thank you, >>> >>> >>>===[George R. Kasica]=== +1 262 513 8503 >>>President +1 206 374 6482 FAX >>>Netwrx Consulting Inc. Waukesha, WI USA >>>http://www.netwrx1.com >>>georgek@netwrx1.com >>>ICQ #12862186 > >===[George R. Kasica]=== +1 262 513 8503 >Skunk-Works ListOwner +1 206 374 6482 FAX >http://www.netwrx1.com Waukesha, WI USA >georgek@netwrx1.com >ICQ #12862186 > >Digest Issues at: http://www.netwrx1.com/skunk-works > >------------------------------ > >Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 20:53:45 -0500 >From: "Martin Hurst" >Subject: Re: Slightly Off Topic ??? Re: ADMIN NOTICE: Logical Disk Volumes Implemented > >No I wasn't offended at all, it was just a tonque-in-cheek comment. >I'm glad you're doing all you can to keep this list server going. >Keep it up, this great list and server !!! >And thanks for the promo's. > >- -----Original Message----- >From: George R. Kasica >To: skunk-works@netwrx1.com >Date: Thursday, January 27, 2000 6:24 AM >Subject: Re: Slightly Off Topic ??? Re: ADMIN NOTICE: Logical Disk Volumes >Implemented > > >>Since it affects the availability of the list serving machine and your >>ability or inability to get mail, I don't think so...its better than >>400+ what happened messages....which is what I see when I DON'T do >>this...as for the offer o flow cost LD services, its in place for you >>if you're interested, if you're not ignore it, just a way we were >>trying to add benefit to you being on list besides the mail you see. >> >>Sorry if your offended, >> >>George >> >>>Thanks for the info ... >>>But isn't this off the Charter's topics range !?!? >>> >>>:-) >>> >>> >>>Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 11:21 PM >>>Subject: ADMIN NOTICE: Logical Disk Volumes Implemented >>> >>> >>>>Hello: >>>> >>>>Just a quick note to inform you that as of 1/25/00 the server has been >>>>reconfigured with Logical Volumes. What this allows is for future >>>>expansion by simply adding hard disk units and they will be added to >>>>one large "logical disk" rather than having to physically replace >>>>hardware and backup and restore data to and from tape. Ultimately this >>>>means less down time and more flexibility as the needs for disk space >>>>grows. >>>> >>>>If you want to know the ugly technical details just ask. >>>> >>>>And another reminder...as of 1/10/00 Netwrx Consulting Inc. has been >>>>authorized as a Independent Reseller for Excel Telecommunications. >>>> >>>>As a result of this we are able to offer you the ability to possibly >>>>save SIGNIFICANT amounts on your long-distance, paging and Internet >>>>Access charges. If you can't or don't need this please pass it around >>>>to anyone you know that might be able to. >>>> >>>>If you'd like more information on this and other items please go to: >>>> >>>>http://www.excelir.com/netwrx1 >>>> >>>>If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to contact me. >>>> >>>>Thank you, >>>> >>>> >>>>===[George R. Kasica]=== +1 262 513 8503 >>>>President +1 206 374 6482 FAX >>>>Netwrx Consulting Inc. Waukesha, WI USA >>>>http://www.netwrx1.com >>>>georgek@netwrx1.com >>>>ICQ #12862186 >> >>===[George R. Kasica]=== +1 262 513 8503 >>Skunk-Works ListOwner +1 206 374 6482 FAX >>http://www.netwrx1.com Waukesha, WI USA >>georgek@netwrx1.com >>ICQ #12862186 >> >>Digest Issues at: http://www.netwrx1.com/skunk-works > >------------------------------ > >Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 19:46:31 -0800 (PST) >From: Wei-Jen Su >Subject: project Mig 1.42 > > Anyone know any news of project Mig 1.42? It flew already? It is >becoming a scrap in a hangar? > Well, the Russian claimed the Mig 1.42 is more stealthier than the >F-22, I don't know how the airplane archieve stealth because from the >geometric point of view, it does not look like a stealth airplane, or at >least the Russian made some breakthru in radar absorbent material or >plasma cloaking device... > Anyone know anything about this. Thanks in advance. > > May the Force be with you > > Wei-Jen Su > E-mail: wsu@cco.caltech.edu > >- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > "Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself." > Chinese Proverb > >------------------------------ > >Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 10:00:28 -0700 >From: "Terry W. Colvin" >Subject: Links to mil/civ aviation/marine (com) websites > >Somewhat off-topic (sorry), however interesting for those among us >into (military) aviation: Bob Margolis has compiled useful listings of >links to websites on mil/civ aviation ops/coms. Also quite some marine >related stuff. A wealth of information for the eavesdroppers among >us. > >< http://www.qth.net/archive/wun/200001/20000116.html#18 > >< http://www.qth.net/archive/wun/200001/20000118.html#3 > >< http://www.qth.net/archive/wun/200001/20000129.html#14 > >< http://www.qth.net/archive/wun/200001/20000129.html#15 > >< http://www.qth.net/archive/wun/200001/20000129.html#16 > >< http://www.qth.net/archive/wun/200001/20000129.html#17 > > >(Often these links load slowly but are worth the wait for those >interested.) > >Regards, >Frits > >- -- >Terry W. Colvin, Sierra Vista, Arizona (USA) >< fortean1@frontiernet.net > >Home Page: < http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Stargate/8958/index.html > >Sites: Fortean Times * Northwest Mysteries * Mystic's Cyberpage * > TLCB * U.S. Message Text Formatting (USMTF) Program >- ------------ >Member: Thailand-Laos-Cambodia Brotherhood (TLCB) Mailing List > TLCB Web Site: < http://www.tlc-brotherhood.org > >Southeast Asia (SEA) service: >Vietnam - Theater Telecommunications Center/HHC, 1st Aviation Brigade > (Jan 71 - Aug 72) >Thailand/Laos > - Telecommunications Center/U.S. Army Support Thailand > (USARSUPTHAI), Camp Samae San (Jan 73 - Aug 73) > - Special Security/Strategic Communications - Thailand > (STRATCOM - Thailand), Phu Mu (Pig Mountain) Signal Site > (Aug 73 - Jan 74) > >------------------------------ > >Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 14:22:27 -0800 >From: Larry Smith >Subject: Photos of real Mach 7 aircraft > >For my fellow hypersonic aircraft nuts: > >Check out the latest images of X-43/HYPER-X at: > http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/Hyper-X/Small/index.html > >for images of the delivery of the real X-43 (HYPER-X) vehicle to >NASA Dryden. > >Also check out the photo in this weeks AW&ST of the vehicle sitting >by itself outside of its transport carriage. > >This is the world's first real designed for Mach 7 aircraft that >was designed from the start to be propelled by Mach 7 scramjet. > >If this thing is able to sustain Mach 7 cruise at around 100,000 ft >later this year, in its first scheduled test flight, it will give >birth to a new age of aircraft. > >I wish I could witness the flight! > >Regards, > >Larry > >------------------------------ > >Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 21:07:47 -0500 >From: "Wayne Busse" >Subject: Scramjet exhaust plume > >> THIS MESSAGE IS IN MIME FORMAT. Since your mail reader does not understand >this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. > >- --MS_Mac_OE_3032370467_167850_MIME_Part >Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >I was channel surfing over the weekend, and paused briefly at a >program about the growing UFO phenomenon in the Peoples >Republic of China. > >They were showing amateur videos of what they claimed were >UFO's over an unidentified city in China. > >The "UFO" appeared to me, to be what looked like a very prominent >exhaust plume of an aircraft at high altitude. > >My question to the group is, do you think the exhaust plume of >a scramjet at Mach 7 would be visible from a great distance? > >Looking at Dryden's image of the Hyper-X research vehicle flow field, with >the engine >operating at Mach 7, makes me wonder if this would look like the Chinese >video >of the "UFO"? >http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/Hyper-X/Small/ED97-43968-1.jpg > >Curious. > >Wayne > >Wayne Busse >wings@sky.net >- --MS_Mac_OE_3032370467_167850_MIME_Part >Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable > > > >Scramjet exhaust plume > > >I was channel surfing over the weekend, and paused briefly a= >t a
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>wings@sky.net > > > >- --MS_Mac_OE_3032370467_167850_MIME_Part-- > >------------------------------ > >Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 12:30:53 -0800 >From: "A.J. Craddock" >Subject: B2 Bomber Electrogravitic Propulsion > >A video about the B-2 bomber's electrogravitic propulsion, and other >associated commentary can be accessed via the Front Page of >http://www.cseti.org > >Tony Craddock > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 05:06:55 -0600 >From: "George R. Kasica" >Subject: Re: A YF12 history URL > >On Thu, 03 Feb 2000 21:11:21 -0800, you wrote: > >>Dear George: >> >>I've been enjoying your group for sometime now, but have never >>participated in the discussions. In fact, I'm not sure how to do so. > >Its very simple, just send the message to skunk-works@netwrx1.com like >I have done in the CC Line above. > >>I came across an on-line book today titled "ON THE FRONTIER, Flight >>Research at Dryden, 1946 - 1981" at >> >>http://is2.dfrc.nasa.gov/History/Publications/SP-4303/ >> >>Chapter 9-5, "NASA and the Blackbirds", and Appendix P, "YF12 Program >>Flight Chronology, 1969 - 1978 might be of interest to others in this >>group. >> >>Since I'm fairly new to the group, I don't know if this URL has already >>been mentioned. If it hasn't, please share it with the others and >>consider it my lurkers payback. >> >>Thanks for all the hard work that you do to keep the group going. >You're welcome :) > >>Jim Boyd > > >===[George R. Kasica]=== +1 262 513 8503 >Skunk-Works ListOwner +1 206 374 6482 FAX >http://www.netwrx1.com Waukesha, WI USA >georgek@netwrx1.com >ICQ #12862186 > >Digest Issues at: http://www.netwrx1.com/skunk-works > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 09:38:09 -0700 >From: "Terry W. Colvin" >Subject: Sandia Joins National Charge Into 21st Century Nanotechnology Revolution > >Nanotechnology will revolutionize science progress in the new century >as quantum physics did in the last century. > >Terry > >UASR - take as suspected duplicate... > >- ------- >Source: Sandia National Laboratory >January 21, 2000 > >Sandia Joins National Charge Into 21st Century Nanotechnology >Revolution > >ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia and other Department of Energy national >laboratories will venture further into the truly tiny realm of atomic >and molecular maneuvering following an announcement of a "National >Nanotechnology Initiative" by President Clinton today from the >California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena. > >The initiative would increase overall federal funding for nanoscience >and nanotechnology R&D by 84 percent to $497 million beginning in >fiscal year 2001. It would increase the funding at DOE from $58 >million to $96 million in fiscal year 2001 (66 percent more than in >2000). > >Nanotechnology refers to the manipulation or self-assembly of >individual atoms, molecules, or molecular clusters into structures >with dimensions in the 1- to 100-nanometer range to create materials >and devices with new or vastly different properties. For comparison, a >human hair is about 10,000 nanometers thick. > >Scientists believe the ability to move and combine individual atoms >and molecules will revolutionize the production of virtually every >human-made object and usher in a new technology revolution at least as >significant as the silicon revolution of the 20th century. > >"The possibilities to design materials and devices with extraordinary >properties through nanotechnology are limited only by one's >imagination," says Tom Picraux, Director of Sandia's Physical and >Chemical Sciences Center. > >Building solar cells containing nanolayers or nanorods could >significantly increase the amount of electricity converted from >sunlight, for example. Computer memory devices that take advantage of >the "spin" of electrons could hold thousands of times more data than >today's memory chips. Molecular devices that mimic processes within >living cells could help doctors find or treat diseases. Nanoclustered >catalysts could help destroy environmental pollutants using the energy >from sunlight. > >Sandia already has used ion-implantation techniques to create >lightweight aluminum composites that are as strong and durable as the >best steel available. Nanostructured semiconductor materials created >at Sandia may enable highly efficient, low power lasers for high-speed >optical communications. Biosensors that use molecular bundles similar >to those found in living cells are being created that could warn >people when traces of a chemical or biological warfare agent are >detected. (See list at the end of this news release.) > >Although nanotechnologies hold great promise, scientists need a much >greater understanding of the special rules that govern how nanoscale >structures behave and interact and how these rules can be harnessed to >create materials and devices. > >Sandia has pioneered the development of unique force microscopes and >other diagnostic tools that allow scientists to observe how atoms and >molecules behave. Sandia's supercomputers, among the world's most >powerful, also will play a role in modeling the behavior of >nanostructures and designing new nanostructured materials. > >The Department of Energy already is the nation's number-one funding >agency in the physical and materials sciences; nanosciences and >nanotechnology R&D is an extension of DOE's missions and is expected >to produce new insights, materials, and tools that will bring >thousands of direct and spin-off benefits to DOE's nuclear weapons >stewardship, environmental remediation, efficient energy generation, >and national security work. > >Recent Sandia news releases relating to nanoscience, with downloadable >color photos, can be found at: > >Course on nanotechnologies, >http://www.sandia.gov/media/NewsRel/NR1999/BRINKER.htm > >Quantum dots, >http://www.sandia.gov/media/NewsRel/NR1999/quantum.htm > >Self-assembled nanospheres, >http://www.sandia.gov/media/nanos.htm > >Nanopattern probing, >http://www.sandia.gov/media/atomorg.htm > >Photonic lattice, http://www.sandia.gov/media/photonic.htm > >Seashell-like coating, >http://www.sandia.gov/media/seashell.htm > >Quantum transistor, >http://www.sandia.gov/media/quantran.htm > >Super-sensitive coating, >http://www.sandia.gov/media/porosity.htm > >Biocavity laser, >http://www.sandia.gov/media/vcsel.htm > >Metal-detecting molecules, >http://www.sandia.gov/media/metal.htm > >Protonic computer memory, >http://www.sandia.gov/media/protonic.htm > >- -- >Terry W. Colvin, Sierra Vista, Arizona (USA) >< fortean1@frontiernet.net > >Home Page: < http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Stargate/8958/index.html > >Sites: Fortean Times * Northwest Mysteries * Mystic's Cyberpage * > TLCB * U.S. Message Text Formatting (USMTF) Program >- ------------ >Member: Thailand-Laos-Cambodia Brotherhood (TLCB) Mailing List > TLCB Web Site: < http://www.tlc-brotherhood.org > >Southeast Asia (SEA) service: >Vietnam - Theater Telecommunications Center/HHC, 1st Aviation Brigade > (Jan 71 - Aug 72) >Thailand/Laos > - Telecommunications Center/U.S. Army Support Thailand > (USARSUPTHAI), Camp Samae San (Jan 73 - Aug 73) > - Special Security/Strategic Communications - Thailand > (STRATCOM - Thailand), Phu Mu (Pig Mountain) Signal Site > (Aug 73 - Jan 74) > >------------------------------ > >Date: Sat, 05 Feb 100 22:47:26 GMT >From: betnal@ns.net >Subject: Re: B2 Bomber Electrogravitic Propulsion > >Oh my Lord... > >------------------------------ > >Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 08:00:43 -0700 >From: "Terry W. Colvin" >Subject: FWD (TLCB) B-24 "Beautiful Betsy that crashed in February 1945 in Australia > >Sending to the Skunk-Works list for the fellow who researches crash sites. >His e-mail addy has "xeno" or "xena" or something like that in it. > >Terry > >- ----- >Colin Benson of Australia sent me this e-mail today about the B-24 >"Beautiful Betsy that crashed in February 1945 in Australia. They must have >a lot of them around that still have not been found. It sounds very >exciting to visit a bit of history like that. > >Gene Rossel > >On Friday, I head off south for the weekend to see the crash site of B-24 >"Beautiful Betsy tht crashed in February 1945 and not found until August >1994, with my boss, Terry (Dr. Terry Dixon), a research engineer, his mate, >Harry a high school teacher, and Garry Cooper, the ex-RAAF pilot I've >emailed about before over his CMH recommendation. Garry twisted his ankle >the weekend before last, so I have to phone tonight to check if he is able >to come. He researched Betsy in the early 1970s and is eager to come ... he >lives in New South Wales, and has about 700 miles to come ... flying as >passenger with the airline he flies for, no doubt. (He has told me they >don't give him any free seats!) It's at least a three hour drive to >Rockhampton where will stay overnight, then an hour down the highway and >two hours in the bush to the forest ssw of Rockhampton. Rockhampton is >usually a dry area, but rain was predicted there today, so I hope it >doesn't mess us up. It took quite a number of phone calls to get permits to >traverse the forest and camp, as well as paying $3.50 each to camp >overnight. Here's hoping it's sunny part of the time to get some good >photographs. (Peter Dunn, whom you emailed, has a bit aobut the site on his >web page.) > >- ----- >At 04:25 PM 2/7/2000 -0500, Randy Ryman wrote: >>William Gardner wrote: >> >> > Speaking of WWII stories, tonight on the History Channel at 8:00pm EST, >> there is a program titled " Ghost Plane of the Desert: Lady Be >> Good." The Lady Be Good was a B-24 that disappeared during WWII and was >> not discovered until the late 1950's by an oil exploration crew. I'm >> taping it for my uncle in Fort Walton Beach, FL who was a B-24 pilot >> during WWII. > >- -- >Terry W. 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