28-11-2010, 07:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 28-11-2010, 07:49 PM by David Guyatt.)
Peter Dawson Wrote:David, did you notice my earlier post on this thread (page 10 post 92) about the "missing rover tracks" issue?
From the photo at the link you can see that on the right surface the tyres seemed to work like a flour sieve, dusting immediately behind the tyre as they rolled along.
Sometimes you just walk into a trap. I've been looking at the official NASA website and reading through their logs. The below proves that Burton was right all along. Imagine how dumb I feel now.
[quote] 118:26:47 Schmitt: Okay. All right, let's do it. (Pause)
118:26:55 Schmitt: You think your gravimeter's ready so I can go back there?
[They go back to the Rover, putting one foot in front of the other as they walk.]
118:26:58 Parker: Roger, 17. The gravimeter's ready and a couple of words here. One, I presume you fitted the flour sieve tires this time, right??
[They stop to listen.]
118:27:07 Schmitt: No, sir. You said you’d do it?
118:27:08 Parker: Oh yeah... that’s right. Fuck! What we gonna do now?
118:27:09 Schmitt: You’re going to be in danger of being tracked again, right.?
[Jack moves toward the Rover again.]
118:27:11 Parker: Roger. Maybe we could use our handkerchiefs to sift the dust behind us. I'm not sure that's easily done, that would be one solution. The other would be to drag a branch behind us
118:27:26 Schmitt: (Heading for the MESA) Okay, Bob. I'll see if I can find something
118:27:28 Parker: Okay, copy that. One of the thickets over there has some stunted trees, but watch out for the natives. We can saw a couple of branches off and tie ‘em behind us easy enough, or attach them to a rock that's nearby and drag that behind us; that's another possibility.
[Jack consults his checklist, then turns to Gene. He is in the middle of LMP-12 and his next task is to perform an inspection of the Rover tires.]
118:27:40 Schmitt: Okay. Gene, what are you going to be up to now?
118:27:43 Cernan: I'm going to go get the...
118:27:44 Schmitt: The experimental sifter?
118:27:47 Cernan: ...right.
[Gene is at the top of CDR-13 and, for his next task, he will go to the northeast LM quadrant and unstow the experimental dust sifter - but it’s been left behind too]
118:27:52 Schmitt: (Starting toward the LM) Wait, why’d I forget the saw? (Goes back to the Rover) And I really ought to have my axe, shouldn't I? (Goes to leave but then turns around again) And I guess it wouldn't hurt to have the chainsaw either.
118:28:00 Cernan: I need a...
118:28:01 Schmitt: Yeah. I need a stiff one too.
118:28:02 Parker: Roger. That's affirmative.
118:28:03 Cernan: ...(garbled) Fuck.
118:28:04 Schmitt: Would you just...
118:28:05 Cernan: Well, I can’t find the bottle.
118:28:08 Schmitt: I'll take the old six-gun too.
118:28:13 Cernan: Jack, I'm going to take the old gunny sack here and put it over the tires and see if that works. Otherwise I’m having a BIG drink
118:28:17 Schmitt: And the Bazooka.
118:28:23 Parker: I presume you're talking about the big bag, Gene.
118:28:27 Cernan: Yeah, the big bag that was on the ladder hook. That's all it needs. It's just a little bit. There's just enough spring force in it.
118:28:28 Schmitt: Anyone seen the grenades?
118:28:29 Cernan: Nope.
118:28:30 Parker: Break out the bottle then.
118:28:32 Schmitt: I'm gonna need a trailer to haul all this stuff.
118:29:33 Parker: We don't have a trailer. Forget it. Come and have a drink.
118:28:35 Schmitt: (Placing everything back in the Rover) Houston. We have a problem...
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14