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How about a slide rule demo (compared to a scientific calculator). I  
still have one!

Stephen Miles Uzzo
New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, NY 11368
USA
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On May 20, 2009, at 11:59 AM, Nina Nolan wrote:

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> Hi All,
>
> I am thinking about creating a cart interpretation related to the  
> 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.  Basically, I want to  
> give visitors an appreciation for how hard it was to get a man on  
> the moon, especially given the available technology.  Unfortunately,  
> I am one of those people who were born after the Apollo program  
> ended, and don't have direct experience of this amazing  
> accomplishment in human history.
>
> One of my favorites scenes from the movie Apollo 13 is when the  
> engineers have to calculate the return trajectory, and they all whip  
> out slide rules!  It blows my mind to realize that we sent people  
> 240,000 miles away but didn't have the computing power to figure out  
> sines and cosines!
>
> One idea I have is to have examples of everyday items from 1969 and  
> compare them to what's available today.  It should be fun to see the  
> differences between telephones, cameras and portable music players.
> I would love to hear others' input on what might work as a cart  
> interpretation and what other interpretations/activities people are  
> doing around this anniversary.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Nina
>
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> Nina Nolan
> Coordinator of Exhibit Hall Interpretation
> Museum of Science
> Science Park
> Boston MA 02114-1099
> (617) 589-0356 (ph)
> (617) 589-0389 (fax)
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