So, who wants to win 1 million Euro?

[Chew]

The CSM disconnected from the third stage and the Lunar Module, LM, stored there, rotated or flipped 180° and then connected to the top of the LM! Quite impressive! Imagine doing this at 11 200 m/s speed.

One wonders what goes through his mind when he tries to pass another car on the highway. Or when he tries to put a spoon in his mouth. "My hand is traveling at 200 kilometers per seconds! I'll never make it!"

Three minutes later the launch escape three motors system on top the CM was jettisoned ... one way or another. Why it was fitted in the first place is not clear.

Damn those crafty bastards who name things for their function!

[nomuse]

Actually, I'm beginning to not want to trust him around boats, either.

Anyone who thinks a ship or boat goes in the direction the bow is pointed has NO business getting anywhere near a dock, quay, or within the buoys of a marina.

[JayUtah]

Actually, I'm beginning to not want to trust him around boats, either.

Nor should you.  Bjorkman is not looked upon by ship-handlers either as anything but a buffoon.

Anyone who thinks a ship or boat goes in the direction the bow is pointed has NO business getting anywhere near a dock, quay, or within the buoys of a marina.

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Agreed; my brother-in-law is a Navy quartermaster (Perry-class frigates) and has shown me some absolutely astounding feats of ship-handling using only rudders and engine commands.

[Chew]

Twin screwed ships can run their engines in opposite directions and rotate around without moving forward or aft. It's called casting.

The old-timey aircraft carriers would chock and chain their aircraft along the flight deck edges, fore and aft, port and starboard, pointing outboard, and by revving their engines in various combinations could rotate and translate the carrier in the desired direction.

Jay, which Perry-class is your BIL on? I served on the Wadsworth AKA The Mighty Wad.

[JayUtah]

USS Rentz (FFG-46) home-ported in San Diego.  We arranged with his captain to award him his ensign stripe as a surprise as part of the wedding ceremony.  Then we made the mistake of trying to out-drink Marines.

[ETA pic:  He's the one on the left.]

[JayUtah]

Twin screwed ships can run their engines in opposite directions and rotate around without moving forward or aft. It's called casting.

Yep, and when you add rudder hardovers at the right time, you can accomplish a great deal of maneuverability.  For someone presenting himself as a maritime engineer not to know and respect this is beyond incompetent and/or dishonest.

The old-timey aircraft carriers would chock and chain their aircraft along the flight deck edges, fore and aft, port and starboard, pointing outboard, and by revving their engines in various combinations could rotate and translate the carrier in the desired direction.

And this is still a desired skill even in the age of Azipods and bow thrusters.  I had a Navy coxswain show me some pretty nifty small-boat maneuvers, although I haven't practiced them in ages.

[nomuse]

Good points.  I was particularly amused by Rhine ferries -- where the facing of the boat is practically an arbitrary matter.  They'd spin around like a top mid-river, and powered in and out tangential to the dock; no parallel parking for these guys.

But even the tiny sailboats that were all I've ever operated personally...many years ago...will quite vigorously continue on their heading regardless of what you happen to be doing with the rudder, which way the boat is facing, or even what is happening with the sails.  It is quite sweaty work, let me tell you, getting yourself into a slip in a crowded marina -- around some very expensive boats -- when all you have is a sail and the rest is up to inertia.

[Noldi400]

Yep, and when you add rudder hardovers at the right time, you can accomplish a great deal of maneuverability.  For someone presenting himself as a maritime engineer not to know and respect this is beyond incompetent and/or dishonest.

Would it be an exaggeration to say that the impressiveness of his "maritime engineer" claim is just about on a par with Hunchbacked/InquisitiveMind's claim of being an "aeronautical engineer"?

[JayUtah]

Bjorkman has a legitimate education credential and a verifiable work history in the relevant field, up to a certain point.  I don't know that Hunchbacked has any of that.

[Noldi400]

Bjorkman has a legitimate education credential and a verifiable work history in the relevant field, up to a certain point.  I don't know that Hunchbacked has any of that.

Back in 2011 he published what he claims to be his diploma from École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique, as "d'Ingenieur, Option Avionique".

His name was redacted, but he sent a copy to Vincent, who knows his name, and Vincent verified that was the name on the diploma. (I know it too, but as he chooses to withhold it, I'll respect his decision) It could be fake, of course, but FWIW.

[ineluki]

Anyone who thinks a ship or boat goes in the direction the bow is pointed has NO business getting anywhere near a dock, quay, or within the buoys of a marina.

I would expect someone from Sweden to know that even Cars may move in a different direction...

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=car+drift+snow&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=car+drift+snow&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=#x0y1236

[twik]

Oh, heck, I know from personal experience a car may end up moving in a completely opposite direction from the way the nose is pointing. And don't tell me Heiwa in Sweden has no experience with black ice!

[BazBear]

Oh, heck, I know from personal experience a car may end up moving in a completely opposite direction from the way the nose is pointing. And don't tell me Heiwa in Sweden has no experience with black ice!

You would think that, but if his skill and knowledge of driving is anything like his apparent engineering knowledge, I have to wonder if he even has a driver's license.

[Tedward]

Without putting him in a car to find out, living in a country is no real proof of ability if humans in general is anything to go by.

[gillianren]

True.  It's amazing how many people around here don't seem to know how to drive in the rain, for example.