Group: sliderule Message: 23024 From: stevenhorii Date: 01/02/2004
Subject: Web site sighting
OK, so this is not like a TV or movie slide rule sighting. However,
it is interesting for a couple of reasons:

1. It is in the context of the Soviet space program, and

2. This is a Web site well worth exploring.

See:

http://www.mentallandscape.com/V_Venus.htm

Specifically, scroll down the page until you come to the picture of
the "Camera system on Venera-9 and Mars-5 orbiters". There's a
slide rule included in the photo, I guess for scale of the
equipment. Note that these pictures are not very clear, but since
photographs of Soviet/Russian space hardware at this level of detail
are hard to find, they are still useful.

Don Mitchell, who researched and created this Web site has done some
amazing stuff. Surf around his Web site and you'll understand.

Regards,

Steven Horii