I do know that in Britain they Anglicized the text so that if the word "color" came up it would be spelt as "colour". The only other reason, that I can think...
Chapter 23: Pursuit Beneath The Moon FOR THOSE WHO CAME IN LATE (And Since It`s Been Awhile): Sandra Swift and Bud Barclay have been helping out with research...
NASA-supported researchers have realized that strange things may be happening on the full Moon when it gets hit by Earth's magnetic tail. FULL STORY at ...
Going to the Moon? Don't forget your duct tape. Thirty-six years ago when Apollo 17 astronauts found themselves a quarter million miles from home with a ...
Don't forget that duct tape was essential to getting the Apollo 13 astronauts home. They used it to seal the jury rig that allowed them to use the command...
For those who are new to the saga, the entire Sandra Swift & The Caverns Of The Moon (so far) has been updated to include the most recent chapter (minus the...
I WILL READ THE NEW INSTALL LATER TONITE! i AM GETTING READY TO GO DO A NEWS STORY ON A 4 DEPARTMENT dui ROUNDUP GANTLET HERE .GETTING CAMERA READY ETC.......
Oh and for nerdy accuracy, let me point out that it is technically "Duck" tape, not "Duct" tape. It was invented during WWII as a waterproof tape to seal...
... um, well, maybe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape#Etymology Etymology The origin of the term "duct tape" is the subject of some disagreement. One...
Update! In case some of you were losing sleep over this, I can now report that the book I was looking for (and have since found) is Richard M. Elam Jr.'s YOUNG...
thanks... I have called it wrong for years! ed!: Oh and for nerdy accuracy, let me point out that it is technically "Duck" tape, not "Duct" tape. It was...
... Whichever is etymologically correct, it's easy to see how a quick utterance of "duck tape" would end up being heard as "duct tape". The latter makes...
Michael, Having us hold our breaths for months in anticipation turned out to be a great serialization strategy! Lots o' excitement--and here's Tom Swift Jr....
Hmmm. I'd like the views of our scientists on this moon-charge business. Given the mass and volume of Luna, not to mention the fact that it's not a conductor...
Scott, I appreciate being given credit for Hitchcockian dramatic flair, but even I wouldn't make you kind people hold your breath *this* long. And I do...
... I rather thought that this was a case where "Duck" is a brand name and "duct" is a generic functional name for tape of this type. I haven't done any ...
... Nope. It was originally duct tape, and got corrupted into duck tape, and the duck tape people capitalized on this and named their truly staggering line of...
... Well there is a brand called "Duck." But as I understand it, it is recent and not the source of the name. As I get the story, Duck is soldier slang, not a...
... Not only that but Michael gives a useful application of the Terasphere (uhhhh Lunasphere,? Selasphere?). The problem with the Terrasphere concept has...
... holes. ... Thanks! What tripped me up with the concept was how to "land" the spheres when an opportunity presented itself. You had the earth blasters...
... You might have repelatrons, either in the spheres or the blasters, swing them sideways. Could also be used to shove aside the upward jet of superheated ...
... I thought this might be a specialized science term, but I can't find it. Might you mean "cervical"? Or "cortical"? But the funnest possibility is slang for...
Well, I think that just as long as it doesn't quack as you are putting it on whatever you are putting it on, many people aren't like Tim "The Toolman" Taylor...
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