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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 14h

I can't see articles like this without thinking of that old gag about finding a Stradivarius and a Rembrandt....

Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 14h

Just know that, if you do, you will be missed.

a cat is peeking out of a box with the words `` hug coming your way '' written on it .

ALT: a cat is peeking out of a box with the words `` hug coming your way '' written on it .

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

All mission objectives were met and the Little Joe II test programme for Apollo came to an end. The next Apollo spacecraft would be launched on a considerably larger rocket...

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

Human Spaceflight: 20 Jan 1966. The final Little Joe II Apollo test flight, A004, is launched. This was to test that the system could stabilise a tumbling command module during the abort phase and that the spacecraft could withstand the highest pressure and loading likely to be experienced.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

Just for fun, here's a picture of the actors Filmation used to get the movements and basic character model outlines for He-Man, Teela and Skeletor. Some makeup accentuates muscle features and they have lines on their faces to aid in animating them at various angles.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

Though it should never be done as a drinking game or a single episode of anything they did would kill you with alcohol poisoning! The benefit of this was that they could turn out a lot of material very quickly and had more resource for writers and so on.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure it's comparable. Filmation did a great deal of work in rotoscope, so their characters had natural looking movements in many cases, and they just built up a library of shots. A fun game with Filmation stuff is spotting all the re-used animation!

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

I found TAS surprisingly good when I finally got round to it. It's basic Filmation animation, but that's not a bad thing, and even in that basic style the characters are instantly recognisable.

When you're done, @sihart.bsky.social and I had some thoughts...

open.spotify.com/episode/33AQ...

Star Trek TAS - GIF'ed To The Max, Everywhere!

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

Good grief, you've had FAR more important things to focus your attention on. As long as you're OK and taking care of yourself.

a cat is peeking out of a box with the words `` hug coming your way '' written on it .

ALT: a cat is peeking out of a box with the words `` hug coming your way '' written on it .

media.tenor.com

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, the episode that earned the VHS release a 15 certificate, which in turn necessitated a pointless little post-credits shot of Starbug in the snow to justify re-certification so the DVD set could get a 12 certificate…

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2d

We both send hugs.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2d

What? That Joe Ford bloke is in EVERY episode of his own podcast?! I can't believe this! This is crazy! Thank heaven people like this are around to warn us or we'd never have realised without listening to every episode....

*Disengage sarcasm mode...*

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Miss Inge Pisodés @quiteamess.bsky.social · 2d

THUNDERBIRDS ARE... FRANCHISED?
In which I learn about L points, and remember my first encounter with the concept of Intellectual Properties

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2d

The whole base is absurdly oversized, and there's no reason it should have long empty corridors and ten feet of steel anywhere on it (that's a massive amount of weight to lift to Mars). The 'first Mars base' would be a much smaller affair. Nor does the idea of a nuclear bomb on it make sense.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2d

Human Spaceflight: 14 Jan 1966. The year gets off to a bad start for the Soviet space program as 'Chief Designer' Sergei Korolev dies, apparently after some botched surgery. He was instrumental in the Sputnik, Vostok and Vokshod programmes yet his identity was only revealed after his death.

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Robots In Your Eyes @robotsinyoureyes.bsky.social · 2d

A repost for the evening crowd.

Robots In Your Eyes @robotsinyoureyes.bsky.social · 3d

✨New episode!✨

Heading into the 21st century (well it seemed a long way off then!) Pete Lambert @quiteamess.bsky.social returns to the podcast to talk about conceptions in rescue that can challenge the impossible! It's Thunderbirds 2086!

open.spotify.com/episode/4shB...

Thunderbirds 2086 - Spacesuits for Rabbits and Squirrels

open.spotify.com

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2d

Nala and I hope all goes well for you this evening.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2d

RIP John Woodvine.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 2d

“Who are you and how did you get in here?”

“I’m a locksmith, and I’m a locksmith.”

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 3d

@quiteamess.bsky.social and I head into the far distant future of 2086 to see how rescue technology concepts are challenging the impossible!

Robots In Your Eyes @robotsinyoureyes.bsky.social · 3d

✨New episode!✨

Heading into the 21st century (well it seemed a long way off then!) Pete Lambert @quiteamess.bsky.social returns to the podcast to talk about conceptions in rescue that can challenge the impossible! It's Thunderbirds 2086!

open.spotify.com/episode/4shB...

Thunderbirds 2086 - Spacesuits for Rabbits and Squirrels

open.spotify.com

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 3d

And because experiments on the effect of long space flights on the human body were part of the plan, the crew had fixed meals and had to store every bag of urine or faecal matter they produced for return to Earth! No glamour in space flight. They taped a bag to their behinds to poop into!

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 3d

Two weeks may not sound like a long time but imagine, you only have as much space as if you were sat in the front of a small car, and in that space, with another person next to you at all times, you have to do everything, including eating and the inevitable follow-up activity...

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 3d

Human Spaceflight: 18 Dec 1965. After a record-breaking 14 days in space, Gemini 7 splashes down. The crew are tired and in need of a shower but are in relatively good health. Several medical experiments had been completed, and of course the rendezvous with Gemini 6.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, that was spectacular in VI (one of my favourite ever in any Trek, with only the destruction of the Enterprise in III topping it for my money), but cheap in VII.

I just think that, since they were actually destroying the D with no plans to use it, they could have done something similar for it.

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Jason Thompson @jasonjtt.bsky.social · 4d

Human Spaceflight: 16 Dec 1965. Their mission completed, Gemini 6A prepares for re-entry, but not before a festive 'gotcha' as the crew reported a UFO in polar orbit about to re-enter, then played 'jingle bells' on a harmonica and sleigh bells they had carried aboard in their personal allowance!

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