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<DIV>Thank you Dennis. You are absolutely correct. </DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 5/15/2012 1:32:29 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
wingod@earthlink.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>A series of audio and or video oral histories should be done. This
needs to be done now. It does not matter how small you think your
contribution was, it is important and in 100 years people WILL be interested
in what you had to say, and what your observations were about this business
and the technology, and how it was developed.</DIV>
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<DIV>I will give you a concrete example of this.</DIV>
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<DIV>I did an interview with Von Braun Rocket Team member Konrad Dannenberg
about ten years ago (he has since passed away). Besides a lot of
interesting personal history and history of the rocket team he had this
gem.</DIV>
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<DIV>He was talking about the development of the engine for the V2 missile.
His degree was in mechanical engineering with an emphasis on diesel
engines. The fundamental equations for the design of rocket engine
combustion chambers was derived from the equations used by German industry for
the development of a diesel engine combustion chamber. </DIV>
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<DIV>In all of my years associated with space, I had never heard this.
It turns out it is a critical link, aka "Connections" between rocket
science and the automobile. Without that oral interview and that offhand
comment, this critical piece of information would have died to history.
Now others may have been able to infer or develop this thesis, but with
Konrad we have a concrete, first person historical fact.</DIV>
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<DIV>I have not heard of any of you guys thinking about doing this but I
strongly urge you to do so, not only for the technology, but for the general
history of Quads.</DIV>
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<DIV>The Quad list is a gold mine of historical information as well but you
guys really really (let me say it again) REALLY should do the oral histories.
They can then go to the Stanford archives or be placed on the internet
on a youtube channel.</DIV>
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<DIV>Just my thoughts as Ampex and this technology was a vital part of our
technical heritage.</DIV>
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<DIV>Dennis Wingo</DIV>
<DIV>LOIRP Project Co-Lead</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>