User contributions for SEIBasaurus

18 July 2011

• 01:3801:38, 18 July 2011 diff hist +1 m Inertial Upper Stage →The IUS: IUS flew on the Titan III and IV series of booster rockets. The last flew in 2004. Titan V uses a Centaur upper stage excusively.
• 01:2001:20, 18 July 2011 diff hist 0 m Titan (rocket family) →Titan IV: refers to the Inertial Upper Stage as a NASA rocket. It was actually developed and operated by the USAF either as the upper stage of a Titan, or as "cargo" on the Shuttle this is personal knowledge, I was in charge of launching it!

27 May 2011

• 01:5701:57, 27 May 2011 diff hist −140 m Northern red snapper Deleted reference to Gill netting which is impractible for Red Snapper because they inhabit rocky reefs in deep water ~~~.

7 May 2011

• 18:2818:28, 7 May 2011 diff hist +48 m Pythagorean theorem →Euclid's proof: clarified line 8 to better show that BK was indeed the the altitude of triangle ABD

17 August 2010

• 23:5923:59, 17 August 2010 diff hist −31 m Effective method Put lead-in into plain English, words someone not already familiar with the subject can understand.
• 21:1021:10, 17 August 2010 diff hist −18 m Coding theory more direct description of what coding theory is.

12 August 2010

• 01:2801:28, 12 August 2010 diff hist −4 m Disk storage clarification of terms
• 00:5300:53, 12 August 2010 diff hist +27 m Redundant code →See also: Redundancy is required to transmit error free data in the presence of a noisy channel

26 March 2010

• 15:5315:53, 26 March 2010 diff hist +16 m Centaur (rocket stage) →Development history: attempting to show cross reference to the two Helios probes which were launched on the Titan IIIE ~~~~
• 15:4215:42, 26 March 2010 diff hist −51 Centaur (rocket stage) →Development history: Pointed out that only the first (test) launch failed, Added Helios to list of spacecraft sucessfully launched.~~~~
• 14:0314:03, 26 March 2010 diff hist +186 m Centaur (rocket stage) Clarified the SS balloon concept. pointed out the tank interlayer is a hexcel honeycomb, not solid fiberglass.
• 02:2602:26, 26 March 2010 diff hist +202 m Reaction wheel moved a sentence concerning reaction wheels from the paragraph on momentum wheels to the paragraph in reaction wheels)
• 01:5001:50, 26 March 2010 diff hist +68 m Robotic spacecraft →Attitude and articulation control: added "articulation" to lead-in sentence. pointed out data collection and comunication may not be in same direction ~~~
• 01:3801:38, 26 March 2010 diff hist +6 m Robotic spacecraft →History: inserted "others" in the phrase "Only seven[ ] countries have sucessfully launched orbitasl missions.....! ~~~~
• 00:3200:32, 26 March 2010 diff hist +9 m Gravity assist →Powered slingshots: Cleanup. ~~~~
• 00:1100:11, 26 March 2010 diff hist +18 m Gravity assist →The Ulysses probe changed the plane of its trajectory: clarification. Pointed out that ESA only built Ulysses, the Launch agency was NASA ( the USAF with its IUS also participated ) ~~~~

25 March 2010

• 23:3523:35, 25 March 2010 diff hist +171 Gravity assist →Galileo – a change of plan
• 23:0223:02, 25 March 2010 diff hist +21 m Gravity assist →Limits to slingshot use: minor wording cleanup. ~~~~
• 22:1422:14, 25 March 2010 diff hist +27 Gravity assist →Limits to slingshot use
• 22:0722:07, 25 March 2010 diff hist +222 Gravity assist →Why gravitational slingshots are used: Repaired some voids stemming from earlier amendments. Attempted to clarify the concept. Hope I succeded ~~~~
• 16:0716:07, 25 March 2010 diff hist +225 Gravity assist breaking for lunch will finalize later~~~~
• 15:0315:03, 25 March 2010 diff hist +270 Elastic collision Modified definition to include an elastic collision as defined in gravity assist, and added a cross reference to that article~~~~

24 March 2010

• 22:3922:39, 24 March 2010 diff hist +252 Rocket propellant →Advantages: Added reference to hybrid (liquid oxidizer, solid fuel) propellant combos.
• 21:5121:51, 24 March 2010 diff hist +232 m Rocket propellant →Current Types: added reference to the Atlas V, presently the only booster using the Centaur upper stage.~~~~
• 21:0421:04, 24 March 2010 diff hist +370 Rocket propellant →Overview: Corrects ignorance concerning rocket performance limitation when operating in atmosphere. Deletes reference to base-bleed which is misleading ~~~~
• 19:0919:09, 24 March 2010 diff hist +395 Ulysses (spacecraft) This is a relatively minor edit, meant to clarify why the probe was renamed. unfortunaely this article shows signs of mis-editing leaving the lead-in somewhatr obscure ~~~~
• 18:0018:00, 24 March 2010 diff hist −18 m Tracking and data relay satellite →TDRS A background: updated. (TDRS A deactivated etc) ~~~~
• 17:4717:47, 24 March 2010 diff hist +521 Inertial Upper Stage →IUS Function: Revised to better describe utilization of the IUS. (I participated as launch engineer on every IUS mission) ~~~~

12 March 2010

• 15:4515:45, 12 March 2010 diff hist +3 m Mutton snapper Corrected latin name for Red snapper ~~~~
• 15:3215:32, 12 March 2010 diff hist +188 Mutton snapper Added info as to color variation. Language cleanup

24 January 2010

• 15:3715:37, 24 January 2010 diff hist +158 Talk:Slaughter-House Cases Their Larvae do feed on microbes that feed on dead animal tissue.~
• 15:3115:31, 24 January 2010 diff hist +235 Talk:Slaughter-House Cases only adult mosquitos require a blood diet. Larval mosquitos are filter feeders, eating any microscopic life in stagnant waters

6 October 2009

• 21:0321:03, 6 October 2009 diff hist −210 m Differential calculus →The derivative: Deleted the circular proof for m = slope of a straight line ( or the line tangent to a curve at some pointsince it does nothing but confuse the student.~~~~
• 20:2020:20, 6 October 2009 diff hist +2 m Talk:Differential calculus →Circular proof: added missing variable x ~~~~
• 20:1820:18, 6 October 2009 diff hist +615 Talk:Differential calculus →Circular proof: new section

27 September 2009

• 19:5319:53, 27 September 2009 diff hist +700 Talk:Conic section →Illustration of an ellipse: new section
• 19:3419:34, 27 September 2009 diff hist +6 m Conic section corrected definition (in this context) of a "cone" to right cirular conical surface (was "circular conical surface" in accordance with reference articlcle ~~~~
• 18:5418:54, 27 September 2009 diff hist +8 m Conic section →Polar coordinates: changed e and l in the text to italic to match the symbols used in the equation referred to ~~~~
• 18:3118:31, 27 September 2009 diff hist +29 m Kepler's laws of planetary motion →Generality: clarified firstr sentence; apparently a verb was inadvertently deleted in a previous edit ~~~~

12 September 2009

• 15:4315:43, 12 September 2009 diff hist −512 Barracuda →Angling: Deleted section on angling which applies only to fishing for Great Barracuda in Florida and is duplicated in that article ~~~~
• 15:1515:15, 12 September 2009 diff hist +16 Barracuda →Appearance and physical description: modified reference to lower jaw jutting out beyond upper. This is not true of all species, see thumbnails ~~~~
• 15:1015:10, 12 September 2009 diff hist +10 Barracuda →As food: Deleted reference to taste, as this article covers 27 species: I must assume they don't all taste alike. ~~~~

11 September 2009

• 23:0923:09, 11 September 2009 diff hist +227 Barracuda →Appearance and physical description: Wording clean-up, added reference to the listing of specific species. ~~~~
• 18:5218:52, 11 September 2009 diff hist −57 Wahoo →Description: added distinguishing characteristics between Wahoo and Barracuda. Deleted ref to sharp teeth causing many deaths. no confirming data.~~~~
• 18:2018:20, 11 September 2009 diff hist +6 m Largemouth bass →Angling: clarified use of 'swimbaits' to take Largemouth Bass that feed on Rainbow Trout ~~~~

4 September 2009

• 16:3316:33, 4 September 2009 diff hist −3 Economics No edit summary
• 16:2916:29, 4 September 2009 diff hist +21 m Economics changed "for the textbook..." to "for a description of the textbook..." The actual text of the ref, book is not there as implied ~~~~
• 01:0401:04, 4 September 2009 diff hist +181 m Talk:Economics No edit summary
• 00:5800:58, 4 September 2009 diff hist +57 m Economics Added reference to article Outline of economics ~~~~
• 00:3400:34, 4 September 2009 diff hist +13 m Outline of economics changed " scarcity and use" to "scarcity and alternative uses" as used in other articles on economics ~~~~