tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post3735443427185452438..comments2024-03-04T04:08:39.755-08:00Comments on The Fies Files: Astronautical InfographicsBrian Fieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16347700145666751363noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-45911624339920985942011-10-13T18:06:50.700-07:002011-10-13T18:06:50.700-07:00Good point about the Russian rocket Jim, and I thi...Good point about the Russian rocket Jim, and I think it shows in the constancy of their launches though the years while ours shows more fits and starts. <br /><br />Thanks, Ronnie! Hope he likes it.<br /><br />Tim, I got a copy of your comment in my In-Box but it didn't show up here. I didn't delete it!Brian Fieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347700145666751363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-72014851444343970562011-10-13T16:39:49.463-07:002011-10-13T16:39:49.463-07:00This is a really interesting and enlightening grap...This is a really interesting and enlightening graphic. I would not have guessed this truth.<br /><br />BUT... while I love all kinds of charts and graphs and maps, I absolutely hate this one.<br /><br />As far as I can tell, the width (or length, looking sideways) of the bars represent the "payloads" (is that the number of launches, or pounds or cargo, or what?) per year.. but the bars grow from the center, in TWO directions! To find the actual value, you need to add from "zero" in the middle, both left and right. But in reality, your eye is drawn to the jagged edge to find the differences.. but there you are seeing only half of the difference between adjacent years.<br /><br />What possible reason could they have for drawing it this way? Am I just reading it completely wrong?Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12605766712521867826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-46678609854318981692011-10-13T16:18:15.691-07:002011-10-13T16:18:15.691-07:00This is all kinds of awesome. Have forwarded to Hu...This is all kinds of awesome. Have forwarded to Husband.ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-4342591400535649722011-10-13T14:50:17.143-07:002011-10-13T14:50:17.143-07:00Great internet find, Brian.
What's not seen o...Great internet find, Brian.<br /><br />What's not seen on the graph is the idea that the USSR/Russia accomplished just about all of those launches with the same vehicle: the trusty R7 booster that still hauls the mail to the International Space Station more than 50 years after Sputnik. The US has built incredible machines such as the Shuttle and the Saturn V, but it's an admirable statement the Russians make by sticking with what ain't broke.Jim O'Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01806624628546492210noreply@blogger.com