drmalaxz
drmalaxz t1_iudnc1h wrote
Reply to comment by atomicsnarl in ELI5: Morse code is made up of dots and dashes. How did telegraph operators keep from losing track of where one letter ended and another began? by copperdomebodhi
Swedish army telegraph training also used mnemonics like that, but with the added bonus that the first letter of the mnemonic was the letter it represented.
drmalaxz t1_itpfxnj wrote
Reply to Archaeologists have found the 17th-century warship Applet: Maritime experts believe wreck is sister-ship of Vasa, which sank off Stockholm in 1629 by MeatballDom
A bit lax to not even check that the Vasa actually sunk August 10, 1628.
drmalaxz t1_j15kmqi wrote
Reply to Remembering Apollo 8 - Launched on this day, 1968. The pioneering first voyage into deep space, though overshadowed by the later Apollo missions by mahatmakg
Only lunar flight without a LM as potential lifeboat. Talk about test piloting! They were first.