jtma508
Unlike Katrina and some of our more recent military expeditions, they had six month to prepare for this operation. That’s a lot of time to ponder
things even for agencies as inept as our government and military… of course, it could be argued that that was Too Much time to put together a list
of equipment deemed necessary for survival in an unknown and potentially hostile environment, hence multiple coffee pots and electric typewriters got
dumped into the mix. *shrugs* who can tell.
As an aside:
they took a “scientific calculator”, not entirely certain what that is… one that can do scientific notation? logs, tangents, ect. etc. etc. or
just one that can handle really big/really small numbers (like, say, ten point floating decimal)
a brief look at the history of calculating devices is interesting:
www.vintagecalculators.com...
I can find references to four function desktop models, bulky beasts, 30 to 50 pounds a pop depending upon the model… first hand held four function
calculators didn’t come out until After 1965…
they also took “…three different sized telescopes, tangents, both conventional and electrical”
huh? a tangent is a concept, not a thing, unless they were referring to a tangent galvanometer… why a galvanometer? and why two kinds?
since it’s listed right after telescopes, maybe they meant “sextant”.
more huh?
an electrical sextant? what is That and how does it work??
what a weird bunch o’ junk they took…