Flywheels, Kinetic Energy, and Friction - Love it when people cross scientific disciplines to demonstate a concept.
"I commtted suicide and all I got was this lousy t-shirt. Video here
George and the: two commandments
If you want to hear a touching story about the Voyager recordings, look here:
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/05/12
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Fast fact: American ship changed to French in order to appease to US markets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_O%27Brian
Heard this story the other night on NPR. Don Horrig stayed up all night guarding the test bomb at the Trinity site, during an electrical thunderstorm. That had to be a stressful night.