Re: Apollo 11 - 50 years on.
It always interests me how we've gone from a comm style that was very military-rooted to what we have now. What do I mean?
1. If you say "Roger" these days, you're saying, "I heard you say something but I didn't understand it." If you "Roger" me, I'm going to repeat myself or change my wording. The preferred nomenclature, Dude, is "copy".
2. We do not use "over" ever, but that's probably because we have better communications equipment these days and have the Quindar to let us know that you've initiated or ended comm (typically with a handset with a big old trigger).
If you "Shirley" me, I'll know you're serious and tell you to never call me Shirley again.
3. My wife is finally used to me replying "copy". I have told a waiter "that's a good copy" more than once when they get my order right the first time. I always get a weird look.
4. The hardest thing that I see with this comm is not having video. We so often have video with the crew and can get non-verbal cues (thumbs-up always helps) that I can't imagine using our crappy words to ask about amazing things that a crew sees. We're going to have to break ourselves of that crutch if/when we go to Mars...
GFM
It always interests me how we've gone from a comm style that was very military-rooted to what we have now. What do I mean?
1. If you say "Roger" these days, you're saying, "I heard you say something but I didn't understand it." If you "Roger" me, I'm going to repeat myself or change my wording. The preferred nomenclature, Dude, is "copy".
2. We do not use "over" ever, but that's probably because we have better communications equipment these days and have the Quindar to let us know that you've initiated or ended comm (typically with a handset with a big old trigger).
If you "Shirley" me, I'll know you're serious and tell you to never call me Shirley again.
3. My wife is finally used to me replying "copy". I have told a waiter "that's a good copy" more than once when they get my order right the first time. I always get a weird look.
4. The hardest thing that I see with this comm is not having video. We so often have video with the crew and can get non-verbal cues (thumbs-up always helps) that I can't imagine using our crappy words to ask about amazing things that a crew sees. We're going to have to break ourselves of that crutch if/when we go to Mars...
GFM
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