Steely-eyed troubleshooters on Discovery
Their test gear
Here is Arthur C. Clarke's description of the procedure:
This is probably our first entirely fictional description of troubleshooting. The amazing thing is that it comes to us from 1968, which is 58 years ago!
YouTube's algorithm sent me a short video on how Stanley Kubrick made the movie, and how Arthur C. Clarke wrote the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJUBK1K84P8
I remember going to see the movie in 1968. Our neighbor Leonard's father (a Russian refugee), took all of us up to Haverstraw, New York to see the film. It was obviously a memorable occassion.
Those of us alive in 1968 might remember this:
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Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
...plastic money ( phoning from the Space Station) , flatscreens...
ReplyDeleteClarke even predicted our portable devices back in the sixties. Amazing!
Also remember that Dick Tracy in the comics had a 2-way Wrist Radio in 1946 which was upgraded to a 2-way Wrist TV in 1964. --Walter KA4KXX
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