Mile High Mayhem 08?

[Anonymous]

Chris, there will be other launches. Final exams in general, and specifically calculus finals (for aspiring engineers) are exceedingly important. SO important that they are scheduled many months in advance. 😯

As you grow older, you will find life filled with all sorts of dilemmas. Believe me, I know – moving to Iowa meant setting aside a LOT of the things I was passionate about. I think most of us at NCR would feel way better about you acing your calc final vs. burning a motor or two on May 2.

I’ll make you a deal – if you promise to hit the books hard and do your best on your calc exam, I’ll shag a rocket for you on May 3. I’ll bet other guys would volunteer as well…

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

I’m in, JW. Chris, calculus is more important than flying, for you right now. Rockets are forever, just get through school, that’s in your NOW file. 😉

[Ken PlattnerParticipant]

I can attest to the calc finals. I’ve taken 6 of them. Stick with it Chris.

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

Okay, Ken, it’s not like you have a degree in advanced mathematics… oh, right, you do. 😉 I only took one calc final, then went English major (not because of the final though, did well, way back in ’71)… you do the math… right, JW? I reached my “limits” with integrals, and became deranged with derivatives… 😯 Though I have two really good Calculus books in my library that I’ve read more than once.

[SCOTT EVANS]

You actually read calculus books for entertainment? 😯
Im not even sure what Calculus is! Some sorta math right? 🙄
Isnt there some sorta Computer program that will do all that for ya?
Oh and in 71 I was 5. 😉

Scott e 🙂

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

Ha! Scott, young man, my friend, yes, Calculus is math. MathCAD is good software to use. An English major always reads math text for fun! As well as microbiology, chemistry, geology, physics, trig, etc. 8)

[Chris LaPanse]

Ha! Scott, young man, my friend, yes, Calculus is math. MathCAD is good software to use. An English major always reads math text for fun! As well as microbiology, chemistry, geology, physics, trig, etc. 8)

I prefer Matlab or Excel, depending on the application. I definitely plan on putting the final first though – I may make Sunday though, depending on my other finals schedule.

[Ken PlattnerParticipant]

Doesn’t anyone use slide rules anymore?

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

Matlab? Excellent choice, Chris. Take your final, the rest of us will go get whatever rocket you choose to fly on Sunday. Best of luck! Now, hit the books! 8)

[Anonymous]

Doesn’t anyone use slide rules anymore?

Absolutely. I took mine apart and I use it as a straightedge when cutting carbon fabric……………. 8)

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