late night question
where are you? I ask her in the white night — lying intertwined on someone else’s bed in someone else’s flat at the north end of town — long after she and I stopped dancing at one of the beer-smelling...
View Articlestar struck
Coyote visited the stars recently. So fokkin’ crowded, Coyote busted his head open on some localized plasma. Interstellar void don’t mean crap to him. that’s just sci-blather. Matter o’ fact seems like...
View ArticleWednesday, 27 February, 1963
JK picked me up about 0730 and we went to the PRESS Admin. Bldg. on Kwaj to try to talk to ELE. We finally made the connection after 3 hour’s delay. I mentioned the existence of the ROTI film, and that...
View ArticleSaturday, 02 March, 1963
Shopped a bit, went beach-combing after obtaining a pair of khaki trousers, etc. Saw Jim K. & Bob Brown in “Macy’s.” Jim had ten teeth removed yesterday and part of his gums scrapped; four stitches...
View ArticleWednesday, 06 March, 1963
Spent the morning at the Kwaj Optical Station, making notes on the photo set-up. They are crowded, particularly with the excess mt’l around. The Baker-Nunn spectral camera in on the way now, and will...
View ArticleWednesday, 27 March, 1963
Worked up travel voucher. Looks like I owe L2 $152.62. Not bad, since I bought clothes & photo gear. Overcast Read Keene’s booklet on “Stargazing with Telescope & Camera.” It looks quite good....
View ArticleWednesday, 03 April, 1963
We were taken thru the Land-Air Film plant (B&W) by Mr. Steele — who seems to know everyone. Ward Topping is the supervisor. They have 2 – HS machines, one for 70mm only, the other for 16-35-70mm....
View ArticleWednesday, 17 April, 1963
WW thot the specs for the photo gear should be on hand; I’ll start on this on Monday, after I get the Trap III test for the QPR out of the way. Went to Cambridge to pick up my Light meter at Felix’ on...
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stepping outside, iris closed. immediately the Milky Way is apparent, despite Light streaming from windows in the house. through glass. electric Light, a stream from the beginning. through wires. and...
View ArticlePowell’s toil
The relief from danger and the joy of success are great. When he who has been chained by wounds to a hospital cot until his canvas tent seems like a dungeon cell, until the groans of those who lie...
View ArticleArtificial Day
Our fantastic civilization has fallen out of touch with many aspects of nature, and with none more completely than with night. Primitive folk, gathered at a cave mouth round a fire, do not fear night;...
View ArticleWednesday, 08 May, 1963
Decided to try working up an analysis of the system made up of the telescope – grating – photo material – photo processing – film-reading combination. Apparently the existing combinations have been...
View ArticleWednesday, 15 May, 1963
In discussion w/ ELE, he said that VAN + WW yesterday informed him that they want him to work out the instrumentation set-up as he proposed recently — L2 has had a hand in specifying $200 million of...
View ArticleSunday, 19 May, 1963
Clear Took family to SS+Church. LCH has a bad headache, and expects to see the doctor on Monday. In the PM, went over to visit the Everett Morrow’s on Brucewood. He is a member of the Variable Star...
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