Amizar and the Astronaut

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20 Feb 2009 15:04 #1 by Amizar (Amizar)
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Dear KR folks,

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Yesterday I had the honor of meeting Astronaut Garrett Reisman.



As some of you may know, I'm the curator of the ENIAC, the world's first computer.  Last year, Dr. Reisman requested we lend him a small bit of the ENIAC to go with him for six months as he spent the summer aboard the International Space Station.  We gave him a knob, he went up and later returned.  Yesterday was the "re-attachment" ceremony.  More pictures from the re-attaching can be found at:

www.seas.upenn.edu/event-photo-archives/SEAS_Reisman_2.19.09/

Dr. Reisman is also noteworthy for his appearance on The Colbert Report on May 8, 2008:

www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report...2008/garrett-reisman

It was a heck of a day.

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20 Feb 2009 15:39 #2 by geezer (geezer)
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Speaking of product placement, its nice to the the Penn Engineering on the podium.

Congrats, Paul.  You were wearing your official outfit.

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20 Feb 2009 16:38 #3 by Gwynedd (Gwynedd)
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Congratulations!!  What a wonderful honor. 

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20 Feb 2009 18:23 #4 by Seamstress (Seamstress)
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So does the knob still work?  ;)  But seriously, the whole process must have been cool!  Good for you!

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20 Feb 2009 19:42 #5 by GJSchaller (GJSchaller)
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Oh, wow - VERY impressive!


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20 Feb 2009 20:38 #6 by geezer (geezer)
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BTW, Paul, when my dad attended Penn's Moore School of Engineering (1946-50), ENIAC was the best there was.  It was used to compute ballistic trajectories.  If you got the same answer three times (damned tubes), you were in business.

The Colbert segment is priceless.  It is heartening to see a great sense of humor in an astronaut's public persona.

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23 Feb 2009 10:32 #7 by Gallion (Gallion)
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That's awesome! ;)



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