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need to extend that wall along the Atlantic Coast....

Sad news, for sure Condolences to all his family and friends.

Danke! Been traveling alot. Now, to figure out which trip(s) to write about

Yes, we rent from EpicoMoto. Ricardo is a great tour guide! That last pic is our new friend, Kevin Bacon.

they were about 20 miles from me, at closest approach. Been some crazy times here in Cali!!!

Been out riding (we can do that year round, mostly <G> Just got back from a great week long ride in Colombia, too!

Holy crap! Bucky took pictures!!

just got back from the MOA Rally in Oregon and doing a little BDR. We also did PCH from Bodega Bay - north. There might still be some road closures south of San Francisco. The scenery along the road is incredible, even if you've seen an ocean before. But, you have to really take into account the good twisty roads that lead to it. There are a bunch! Check out www.pashnit.com for a good list of the best California roads, plus hit me up and i will help you take full advantage of it. if you are staying along PCH, bring lots of $$. Gas is pricey, as well as hotels. Camping is a better option. Another portion along the coast, lightly traveled - Lost Coast

Now, THAT's a bike show!!

such sad news about Pete. I saw his FB post and just figured it was simple surgery. I really dont think posting pics of ugly vaginas is showing the right respect, tho.

we go thru the same water cycles here in Southern California. Fortunately, the past two years have brought lots of rain and have restored most of the reservoirs. It also restored a historical lake that closed several highways west of Bakersfield. The problem with our SoCal weather cycles is that the droughts come on slowly and last for 7-9 years, then end dramatically. That allows people plenty of time to convince themselves that it was "never like this before".

Police (NASA) wouldnt let them

Your choice in motorcycles makes you seem normal, so I will go with that!

The lead designer said it would take 3 rockets larger than a skyscraper, 16 years before they did it and that is all the evidence needed to claim it was a hoax? Ignore all the other pictures, video, papers, books, etc, & etc. This one, outdated, off the cuff comment was all that is required to debunk things. I really would like to cut into someone's mind to see why they choose the path(s) they do. Most of em claim that the govt is too stupid to brush their teeth, but at the same time they have the tools and smarts to pull something over 4 billion people. Thank god for the 200 peeps that keep us truly informed! What does it mean to you that the atmosphere extends beyond the moon? Is it that you can breathe on the moon? Try that and get back to me? Hey, did you know that the moon has gravitational pull on the earth and vice versa? If that is true why cant we just walk to the moon? I mean we have gravity on earth and i can walk almost anywhere here. This statement might give you a better understanding of what atmosphere is out there at moon doggie distance: "This work allowed the team to map the geocorona's extent and get a handle on the region's density. They found that the geocorona is denser on Earth's day side, because of compression from solar radiation. But "denser" is a relative term: There are just 70 hydrogen atoms per cubic centimeter (0.06 cubic inches) at an altitude of 37,000 miles (60,000 km) on the day side and a mere 0.2 atoms per cubic centimeter at the moon's distance, the new study reported." And, do you think its possible that the comments from Obama and Nasa (the links dont work, by the way) might be referring to the situation at that moment? i.e., we no longer had Saturn rockets, only the shuttle. The shuttle was designed for low earth orbit work and didnt carry enough fuel to get to the moon. That is currently being changed with the SLS system and Starship. (of course, fodder for future conspiracy "theorists"). The one big issue with the internet is that anyone can create a site that looks professional Especially a writer of fiction. Try this site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories Major point of that (and most other conspiracies) is that how do you successfully control the hundreds of 1000s of people involved in the "hoax" to keep quiet. Friend i worked with instantly found conspiracies for EVERY news item that came up, for the last 20 some years. I always wondered what makes someone go that route, versus using a little common sense when deciding. But, since I really enjoy banging my head on the wall, let's keep this going! I know i wont change you and i really know you wont change me some more info re: Van Allen Belts - Related Why are the Van Allen radiation belts such a huge concern for space exploration in 2023 when we have already gone to the moon a bunch of times and the astronauts were not harmed? Because the Apollo astronauts passed through them briefly, no more than four time total, in a disposable spacecraft with a dinosaur for a computer. Passing through the Van Allen belts was not then and is not now a serious threat to the health of the crew, so long as they don’t make a habit of it. A much bigger concern is the radiation exposure for the rest of the voyage. During the Apollo program, crew dosimeters tracked the accumulated exposures throughout the mission. The average radiation exposure for an Apollo astronaut was approximately 0.18 REM over the course of the mission, with the highest recorded exposure being 1.14 REM by one crewman on one mission. Of that, only a few tenths of a REM came from passage through the Van Allen belts. Knowing the belts’ absence above the poles, the altitude of the lower edge of the inner belt being ~600 km (well above the LEO) and the location of the South Atlantic Anomaly where doses are much higher even in LEO, planners designed the translunar injection (TLI) orbit in a way that the spacecraft would avoid the worst of the radiation, passing quickly through only the weaker, outer edge of the outer belt, and over the side of the Earth shielded from solar flux.

well, that right there proves we never went Guess it was a good thing he hired the right people between 1953 and 1969, eh? He was right about the three rocket part. Just got the size wrong.