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Hi Ian and all,

Sure, the "Space Race" was purely political and America was behind because of 
caution that on several occasions was thrown to the wind resulting in 
disaster. You see I'm smart enough to see through the smoke and mirrors of 
propaganda... like the VOA vs. Radio Moscow wars. The Soviets threw so much 
money into space and the military they came up short(wave) and couldn't 
replace the power supply caps in the Ukranian transmitters. Remember the 
charictaristic 50Hz buzz? Interestingly the Russian ones were clean and 
sounded better than the Collins 250KW units in Bethany, Ohio.

Uh, Ian, the US lunar pix were B&W which has no chroma burst, the reason why 
they were inferior was purely weight conservation. If they put a 525 line 
camera aboard they would never have gotten there, way too heavy in the 1960s 
unlike today when cell phone video is superior to 60s TV.

You may do jail time for explaining part of your (classified) job, but if I 
explained ANY of the one I had before retirement I'd be marked for death by...
Can't say that, it's not politically correct.

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wilderness to the Mafia. All the great things and all the worst,
like Route 22."
Jean Shepherd K2ORS (SK) & WOR radio personality

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