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Jackiejokeman · « **Reply #210 on:** January 12, 2017, 12:11:50 am »

Quote from: Pekin on January 11, 2017, 10:21:27 pm

JJ, He was involved in the Apollo mission. I thought maybe you had heard of him and had some insight into some of the stuff he has put forward.

Fill us in on what he's up to Duck.

Pekin · « **Reply #211 on:** January 12, 2017, 05:36:40 pm »

According to him there is a secret space program that has been on going since then. He wrote a book about it. Claims we have a base on the moon and Mars.

He has worked for North American Aviation, Northrop, and the Douglas Aircraft Company.

The link below while about his models gives some good information on him.

http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Tompkins.htm

I was just wondering if you had heard of him and if so what your thoughts were about a secret space program. If he was involved in a secret space program or not the guy has certainly lived an interesting life. I heard a recent interview with him and he is still pretty sharp at 93.

Jackiejokeman · « **Reply #212 on:** January 13, 2017, 02:17:25 pm »

Duck,

I worked at Douglas Aircraft also.

I didn't write books on secret bases on the Moon and Mars.

Maybe I should have. Didn't know there was a dollar sign in it.

Pekin · « **Reply #213 on:** January 13, 2017, 04:53:18 pm »

I remembered that you worked in that industry which is why I brought it up. Plus you are always going on about free energy and such which he claims the secret space program has.

Jackiejokeman · « **Reply #214 on:** January 14, 2017, 12:26:50 pm »

There is no free energy ... there is only more efficient energy.

Which could become cheaper energy once it's geared up to make it.

Why Union Pacific ... BNSF ... CTX ... Norfolk Southern are not putting solar panels on boxcars to supply electricity to their traction motors which makes the diesel-electric traction motors move is still a mystery.

Once they are installed you would never have to refuel them.

You would then only need the diesel in diesel-electric in an emergency.

That's alotta wasted juice on the roof that's already there.

Jes Beard · « **Reply #215 on:** January 14, 2017, 12:52:30 pm »

Quote from: Pekin on January 12, 2017, 05:36:40 pm

According to him there is a secret space program that has been on going since then. He wrote a book about it. Claims we have a base on the moon and Mars.

He has worked for North American Aviation, Northrop, and the Douglas Aircraft Company.

The link below while about his models gives some good information on him.

http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Tompkins.htm

I was just wondering if you had heard of him and if so what your thoughts were about a secret space program. If he was involved in a secret space program or not the guy has certainly lived an interesting life. I heard a recent interview with him and he is still pretty sharp at 93.

Sure sound's like JJ's kind of guy.

Jackiejokeman · « **Reply #216 on:** January 14, 2017, 02:10:02 pm »

Quote from: Jes Beard on January 14, 2017, 12:52:30 pm

Sure sound's like JJ's kind of guy.

Hey Bearded Clam !

Where you been hiding ?

Pekin · « **Reply #217 on:** January 14, 2017, 03:38:02 pm »

Quote from: Jackiejokeman on January 14, 2017, 12:26:50 pm

There is no free energy ... there is only more efficient energy.

Which could become cheaper energy once it's geared up to make it.

Why Union Pacific ... BNSF ... CTX ... Norfolk Southern are not putting solar panels on boxcars to supply electricity to their traction motors which makes the diesel-electric traction motors move is still a mystery.

Once they are installed you would never have to refuel them.

You would then only need the diesel in diesel-electric in an emergency.

That's alotta wasted juice on the roof that's already there.

If it would save them money I am sure they would do it. My guess is the cost of the solar panels along with how often they would need to be replaced makes it cost prohibitive right now.

Jackiejokeman · « **Reply #218 on:** January 15, 2017, 08:13:59 pm »

Quote from: Pekin on January 14, 2017, 03:38:02 pm

If it would save them money I am sure they would do it. My guess is the cost of the solar panels along with how often they would need to be replaced makes it cost prohibitive right now.

Forgot to mention that every 18 wheeler hauling a box trailer is ripe for a solar panel also.

You may have seen while waiting at a railroad crossing how many 18 wheeler

trailers are being hauled long haul by trains.

Before they are delivered to the truck destination point to haul on the road.

Those sources of electricity can be plugged in to the train while being hauled by trains.

I watched Electrical Engineers design an Integrated Circuit prototype chip

measuring 1/4 inch x 1/4 inch X 1/8 inch tall that set the company back

$360000 .00. to develop.

Once they ran it through the paces and determined it would work ...

it went into mass production.

The final cost to buy the chip if you wanted one ... $15.50.

The Research & Development of the product up front is the cost you have to

recoup to make the damn thing practicable in the first place in order to make

longstanding future profits.

AND TRUST ME , those Integrated Circuit Chips are obsolete in as little as 18 months,

before they have been copied by Chinese and other enterprises.

This is where international patents and copyrights are virtually ignored.

We do the labor ... they copy it ... mass produce it and undercut us.