Fun fact: the name James Bond was selected by Fleming because he felt it was the most boring name in the world, one that upon hearing it would be instantly forgotten. Making it the perfect name for a spy.
They originally thought it was pigeons.
Two pigeons had set up housekeeping inside the guts of the antenna. Maybe their droppings were causing the noise?
Wilson and Penzias had the birds trapped and then cleaned the equipment, but the signals continued.
It was the 21st of April, 1963, when Moore set off on his trek. He was wearing a sandwich board which proudly read: “Equal rights for all & Mississippi or Bust” and on the other side: “End Segregation in America” and “Eat at Joe’s – Black and White.”
Valentina Tereshkova was a huge influence on young Soviet women:
I have wanted to ask you for a long time already: ‘is it possible for a simple village girl to fly to the cosmos?’ But I never decided to do it. Now that the first Soviet woman has flown into space, I finally decided to write you a letter….I know [to become a cosmonaut] one needs training and more training, one needs courage and strength of character. And although I haven’t yet trained ‘properly’, I am still confident of my strength. It seems to me that with the kind of preparation that you gave Valia Tereshkova, I would also be able to fly to the cosmos.
This became the basis of Peter Kreeft's book Between Heaven and Hell, in which the three men get into a philosophical discussion while hanging out in purgatory.
"For the first five weeks, he later learned, he lived on a 26-hour circadian cycle. On day 37, which to him was day 30, he experienced a strange break from routine and a shift in patterns, living through an overly long day, then sleeping for 15 hours. After this, his days fluctuated wildly, from 26 hours to sometimes as long as 40 or 50.
By day 77, his hands “lost the dexterity to string beads,” and his mind could “barely string [together] thoughts.” Two days later, he called his colleagues above, begging to return, but had not even reached the halfway point. He considered suicide but decided against it because it would have left his parents with costly bills.
On day 160, he saw a mouse and, desperate for company, began plotting to capture it. Ten days later, he tried but killed it by accident. “Desolation overwhelms me,” he wrote."
![Valentina Tereshkova was a huge influence on young Soviet women:I have wanted to ask you for a long time already: ‘is it possible for a simple village girl to fly to the cosmos?’ But I never decided to do it. Now that the first Soviet woman has flown into space, I finally decided to write you a letter….I know [to become a cosmonaut] one needs training and more training, one needs courage and strength of character. And although I haven’t yet trained ‘properly’, I am still confident of my strength. It seems to me that with the kind of preparation that you gave Valia Tereshkova, I would also be able to fly to the cosmos.](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6742521668123563364115_0_cb26a209f090200e3930627d394c6bb1.jpg?o=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&h=bacc9afcffe134999d8a1579dfbbb7e4)
!["For the first five weeks, he later learned, he lived on a 26-hour circadian cycle. On day 37, which to him was day 30, he experienced a strange break from routine and a shift in patterns, living through an overly long day, then sleeping for 15 hours. After this, his days fluctuated wildly, from 26 hours to sometimes as long as 40 or 50.By day 77, his hands “lost the dexterity to string beads,” and his mind could “barely string [together] thoughts.” Two days later, he called his colleagues above, begging to return, but had not even reached the halfway point. He considered suicide but decided against it because it would have left his parents with costly bills.On day 160, he saw a mouse and, desperate for company, began plotting to capture it. Ten days later, he tried but killed it by accident. “Desolation overwhelms me,” he wrote."](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6742515927355149456616_0_a1200e9cc0f567377021618be5bfca2a.jpg?o=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&h=3abb69ce8abd95183359f261c355d3e3)
