What about the gold record on Voyager?
Steve
On Wed, Mar 9, 2022, 2:03 PM [log in to unmask] <
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> Ok, next week's question for the Quiz is; What happens to the CD data on
> day 1 after the 1000 years have elapsed? And the ability to show other
> superior alien races (or our own if they are still around) just how
> inferior Earthlings are might not be such a good idea. I don't know if we
> should record any information so permanently. Of course, they could get
> that information from Clumpy and Kloumpios, they will still be around!
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> From: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Hofer, Eddie E Collins
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> Woohoo!
> Father just got a new saw mill (Woodmizer LT-35) and with the coming
> warmer weather we'll be churning out some lumber over the next week! It'll
> be nice to have the extra help!
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> Thanks!
> Eddie
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Hillman, David D Collins
> Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 1:02 PM
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> Subject: [External] [TN] Element Quiz Answer
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> The Element Quiz winner gets the services of our outstanding/amazing
> gnomes Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week (they have had their vaccination
> shots and can follow any covid-19 protocols the winner decides).
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> The Question:
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> A metal alloy using this element was known in China over 2000 years ago.
> Another alloy using this element is 6X stronger than stainless steel and is
> 2X stronger at 800C than 25C. German miners called an ore containing this
> element "Old Nick's copper". A compact disc fabricated from this element
> will preserve 1.5 million pages of data for 1000 years. What element is
> being described?
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> The Answer:
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> The element is Nickel (Ni)! German copper miners called a reddish brown
> nickel containing ore "kupfernickel" which translates to "devil's copper"
> since copper could not be extracted from it. Nickel aluminide was developed
> by Oak Ridge National Labs and nearly abandoned until it was discovered
> that a small amount of boron made a superior metal alloy that becomes
> stronger as temperatures to up (i.e. think engine applications). A nickel
> disc called HD-Rosetta has been developed that can store 1.5 millon pages
> of data for 1000 years!
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> The winner of the Quiz is Eddie Hofer, Collins Aerospace and he will get
> the assistance of the boys for the week. Please let us know what tasks you
> have for the boys to keep them busy.
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> Winners:
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> Week 1: Bhanu Sood, NASA
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> Week 2: Eddie Hofer, Collins Aerospace
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> Week 3: John Maxwell
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> Week 4: Scott Decker, Collins Aerospace
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> Week 5: Russell Kido, Practical Components
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> Week 6: James Head, PCB Design Engineer and Bhanu Sood, NASA
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> Week 7: Denny Fritz, consultant
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> Week 8: Dean Vinke, Blue Canyon Tech
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> Week 9: Richard Stadem, GD
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> Week 10: Scott Decker, Collins Aerospace
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> Week 11: Eray CANLI, Volocopter GmbH
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> Week 12: Guy Ramsey
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> Week 13: Scott Decker, Collins Aerospace
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> Week 14: Bhanu Sood, NASA
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> Week 15: Graham Naisbitt, Gen3 Systems
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> Week 16: Dave Bealer, Watch Fire Signs
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> Week 17: Torsten Hagge, Tronic One
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> Week 18: Ben Gumpert, Lockheed Martin
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> Week 19: Bhanu Sood, NASA
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> Week 20: Russell Kido, Practical Components
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> Week 21: Tom Carroll, Boeing
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> Week 22: Bhanu Sood, NASA and Dick Krug, retired
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> Week 23: Joyce Koo, IDirect
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> Week 24: Eddie Hofer, Collins Aerospace
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