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sweetpinkpixie · 07-08-2015, 02:07 AM

SPOILER!!: Zander & Maggie

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

SPOILER!!: Flammy & Maggie

"But--" Zander stood there just blinking. Completely dumbstruck. Okay, no he was almost 68% sure that the sign said to use the lint roller as a brush. Maybe even 78% for that matter!! Which meant he was pretty darn sure because Zander Adair was hardly ever 78% sure about anything. What the heck?! Someone else HAD to have seen that, right? His eyes were working perfectly fine, thank you very much.

Merlin.

What. The. Heck.

And here he thought he was two steps ahead of the game. Well he may have been two steps ahead but he also had a lint roller in his hair so really, who was the real winner here? Definitely not Zander. Or Flamsteed. It was probably Maggie tbh. That girl was having WAY to much fun with this.

Alright, alright he was sitting. Happy? RUDE. Maggie was SO rude. And once upon a time he had thought the girl was an angel willing to offer help. More like one of them dark angels of the underworld or whatever. This girl was Merlin's evil twin. Just as mighty, but probably a fourth the size (which meant her evil was more concentrated because there was a lot less of her to take it up).

"Okay, okay... Just don't let me go bald," he sat down in a chair and basically held his breath because his entire life was on the line here. He had been bald before ~~thanks Bart~~ and #NEVERAGAIN. Despite what Neol Wallace thought about the matter ~~it's a very good thing Zander can't read minds because -___- thanks, Wallace~~ Zander did NOT think less blonde would be a good idea thankyouverymuch.

Was he being dramatic? Maybe. BUT THERE IS A LINT ROLLER IN HIS HAIR. He ought to be. It was his right. Or uhh, something like that.

Sorry Flammy, but Zander had better things to worry about. So he only pretended to scribble down a list, whilst attempting to steal glances over at Maggie. Had she done it yet? What was taking so long? Merlin please not too much hair. It was precious.

SPOILER!!: uh, parchment

And that was just about how interested Zander was at the moment. Ahem. He was a bit preoccupied.

Merlin. If all his hair was gone by the end of the lesson.... Space would definitely hear about this fiasco.

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Originally Posted by Lislchen

Okay. Good. Zander had sat down. Good booooooooy. If he hadn't been wearing that lint roller, Maggie might have petted his head. As it were though, he was dumb so she couldn't do that. What she COULD do was roll her eyes a little. "Don't worry." About going bald that is. Actually in general. She was in class. Soooort of trying to get Professor Flamsteed to like her enough to not hate her.

So. Seriously. Don't worry, Zander.

Stepping closer, Maggie took hold of the strands of hair that were attached to the lint roller (again, SERIOUSLY???). And then she just quickly moved her wand without prior warning and said, "Diffindo." It was easier that way. Ah yes and there it was. The lint roller. And Zander's hair. "You should get a haircut, you know." Like seriously. That just looked weird.

~~The girls wouldn't like it, just saying.~~

This time she did give Zander a pat on the head before moving away and presenting him with her trophy. Or you know, the lint roller. "There you go, Professor." There was a lot of smiling going on to, just FYI. She was SUCH a nice person, did he know? Yes? He better start believing that. She had PROOF now, see?

After that Maggie made her way over to sit down next to Noel. What were they supposed to do? Write something down? She didn't have time for that obviously. She'd been busy saving lives. Soon they would all realize that she was their one true leader. Yes. Glancing over to see what Noel had written down she gave him a look. REALLY??? Was he serious? Although it was amusing too. So, there was a small smirk playing around her lips too.

Oh thank MERLIN all that was over.

Rubbing his temples one last time, the astronomer made his way over to retrieve his lint roller.

"Stellar spellwork, Miss Traulton. Take 5 points for it AND your ability to follow directions." UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE! First Miss Valentine earlier in the term with spinning in place and making herself sick enough to throw up in his general direction...and now Mr. Adair using it to brush his hair.

Pity the man was so worked up over the sight of it all that he was stupidly ignoring the warning signs from the prefect's classmates.

"As for you, Mr. Adair. 5 points from Gryffindor for failing to follow instructions and 5 points for being a good sport and allowing yourself a haircut in the middle of class."

It wasn't all THAT bad. Maybe. Just wear a cap and all would be fine.

Just not in his classroom, thank you very much.

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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

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Which fun fact should she tell the professor? It was a toughie, but she decided on the computer. Raising her hand, she waited to be called on. "I think space exploration made the television better by getting some sweet shots of the roads and locations from way up high. Makes for a better google maps experience." She pointed at her notes for emphasis.

Pausing for a moment as the Gryffindor spoke, Airey couldn't blame her for getting a tad confused between the two objects. To the young mind raised away from muggle things, it was easy to get confused between a television and a computer. Especially when they were cardboard replicas.

"If you are perhaps referencing satellites, you would be correct," he nodded while gently smiling at the young lady. "Although I do believe computers utilize Google Maps more than television." Ahem.

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

J...

"I think space exploration may have helped television by putting satellites out in space. That way they could be used for satellite TV. It also allowed people to watch things that were happening around the world."

AHA!

Mostly in thanks to some personal correspondence, the astronomer was feeling a LITTLE more like his 'old' self. Enough that he was willing to leap on desks again anyway.

"PRECISELY!" he roared, feet now planting firmly on the Ravenclaw's desk. He was avoiding her parchment, ink well, and quill - for the record. "Satellites!" His eyes aglow with excitement, the professor went into a mini lecture where he stood.

"Satellites were the US Space Program’s first steps into space, same with many other countries as they were necessary to retrieve the information necessary to send humans up in to space safely. Today, without the use of satellites, the video of events seen on television by muggles, like the CNN channel you see on our model television over here, would have to be sent over phone lines, which you studied with Professor Moxley I believe, or physically transported to the news station. This would slow down the process of reporting of news and be even less efficient than owls. Our Wizarding Wireless Network also benefits from the use of muggle satellites as magic modifies the signals sent down from them to help broadcasting. Muggles, of course, will only hear static should they happen to accidentally tune in to one of our channels."

FASCINATING STUFF, YEAH!?

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

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"Erm, the television could have been improved in the way of quality of the way we see images. The persons on Earth at mission control would have needed to see what Astronauts were seeing when they were exploring. It's like what they did with the Mars rover. We were able to see better quality images of what's up on the Red planet." Yesh, Adi knew that the Mars Rover came waaaaaaaay after television was developed but he was just using it as an example.

"Yes yes yes," he nodded, still standing on Miss Guidry's desk. "THANKS TO SATELLITEEEEEEEEEEEEES."

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Originally Posted by Sararara

... Once she was finished eyeing her notes, the Hufflepuff put a hand in the air. "Raisins are all shrivel-y and weird like the food we shriveled up that one time." That HORRID time when he was a PIRATE. "So once they shriveled all the space food the raisins they made here on this planet got even better at being shriveled. Practice makes perfect." IF shriveled could be considered perfect, which Norah didn't agree with but y'know.

"RIGHT!" he exclaimed, pointing towards the Hufflepuff as he jumped off the Ravenclaw's desk and strolled over towards her. "While the process for making raisins is, for the most part, a natural process," he explained, using the term natural rather loosely as the processing procedures varied. "NASA DID invent dehydrated food for space flight, much like the dried fruit and raisins that we enjoy today. As we...er...I HOPE some of you learned a few terms ago, dehydrated food lasts longer, is lighter, and takes up less space, which are all essential for life in space."

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Originally Posted by Squishy

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After checking everything over, Lux raised her hand. She was going to talk about food because that was important. "I think that being in space has made Tupperware even stronger. If a container of raisins can survive being banged around in zero gravity, it can handle being dropped by people on earth." Because people could be clumsy with food, and no one wanted to loose their meal to the dirty ground.

MORE FINGER POINTING. "EXCELLENT," he applauded, now walking towards Miss Carrington. "The very Tupperware you see here is made from a hardened plastic that was invented for use on the Apollo missions to the Moon! Plastic had already been invented when NASA got their hands on it, the first recorded form of plastic dating back to 1907, but what they did was modified the existing form to make harder and less flexible."

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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline

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Stuck on the last one, he raised his hand to at least supply one offering. Unfortunately as he waited to be acknowledged, Janelle the Ravenclaw gave what he had. Oh dear. "I agree with Janelle...Space exploration and satelites helped the television and computer signals," he replied when called on, adding the last as he took a chance. Maybe it worked too.

Nearly tripping over his feet as he pointed excitedly in Mr. Atreyu's direction, the professor did manage a gargled 'Stellar' before his attention was drawn elsewhere.

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Originally Posted by Felixir

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Toby watched Airey for just a moment longer, eyes then lingering on the plastic box of raisins again, with an expression of befuddlement on his face. It seemed he didn't quite have the impulse control to refrain from raising his hand and saying, "Professor, I thought you didn't allow food in the classroom? ... They're not cardboard raisins, are they? 'Cause I was gonna ask if you were gonna share, but if they're cardboard, then I don't think I'd eat them, and maybe you shouldn't either, 'cause there's no nutritional value in cardboard, y'know?" It was, really, a completely innocent observation, and once Toby had opened his mouth, he found it difficult to shut up again (as usual). But shut up he did.
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"I bet the space people had something to do with the airtight seal on the plastic box thing, right? Like an airlock? Was tupperware maybe based on airlocks used in space and stuff? Only it keeps raisins fresh rather than keeping humans fresh. Alive, I mean. Or maybe astronauts like raisins and stuff so they made tupperware to keep their food fresh for space, but I bet not cardboard raisins, except I don't think that's right 'cause if you open a tupperware box of raisins in a spacecraft in space they'd go eeeeeeeverywhere and then they might jam up the equipment. Hey, is raisin jam a thing?" Wait, no. Going off track. Very far off track. Toby made a solid attempt to reeeeeel it back in, though. "But yeah. Airlock. Airtight seals. Yeah." Nod.

Shutting up, now.

Again.

Someone might want to duct tape his mouth closed soon, though.

"Demonstration purposes, Mr. Toby. Purely demonstration purposes," he replied with a slightly dismissive hand wave. He had learned from his brief spell as Hooksteed that food in the classroom, and in the hand of students, was an AWFUL idea.

But there was some more excited pointing and loud exclamations of AIRTIGHT before moving on.

AIRTIGHT!

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Originally Posted by Roselyn

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They had tupperware at home, though none of the other stuff. But it was fiiiiiine. Cool even. He could use his imaaaaginatioooon to figure it out. Except his imaaaaginaaaaation... was full of cobwebs. Almost literally. That little wispy piece on his desk was SUCH A THOUGHT KILLER.

SPOILER!!: parchment

Still doing some pointing as he looked over the semi circle of desks, the professor appeared to be performing a sort of old muggle dance move. Finger pointed and hips wiggling as he passed his arm over the Gryffindor boy to...

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Originally Posted by Jessiqua

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That would do? She couldn't think of anything else. Raising her hand, she waited for Professor Flamsteed to call on her. "The computer might have improved since the US Space Program with satellites for developing maps and the programs that a) could develop the maps and b) had to use maps. There's something called internet, which is linked to towers, the ones that get a phone signal, and the satellites can provide signals to provide internet to the computers for the muggles to use. The TV was helped with satellite signals as well, so that people who watch the TV can actually see the image being broadcast through a certain channel. The raisins in the container were developed from the dehydrating of foods, which helped with nutrition for the astronauts, decreasing the water content of food. So... apricots, apples, pears, grapes, they were able to preserve these foods and take them into space. But also the container itself, the space mission might have come up with methods to improve the construction of the plastic. Make it harder, longer lasting. And similarly, could the development of plastic helped to improve the structure of the TVs and computers, their plastic components?" Zhenya had to stop for breath. Did she ever talk that much?

...MISS BURTON!

Who was sharing more than ONE thing, but all stellar points nonetheless. The seventh year received a broad smile and wink, meaning outstanding thoughts, before he continued his embarrassing dance in place.

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Originally Posted by Deezerz

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As for sharing, she decided to take more notes.

And his finger pointing passed over Miss Wayne, who was taking diligent notes. He could tell. Excellent.

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

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Ahem. Dot raised her hand. "Make it burp, professor, and then make it say 'scuse me."

"Ah, that is a feat reserved for the famous Dead Sea Tupperware. Which, unfortunately, this is not."

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Originally Posted by Symphora

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His answers were a little too nonsensical but he raised his hands anyway,"Professor, in space...I think with the containers it is to prevent any food contents or crumbles from floating away and get into their fancy spaceship equipment,contaminating them in the process."

"Yes, yes, very good," he nodded. "Space food today is not solely dehydrated foods like it was in the beginning and almost exclusively uses the same kind of packaging used for the military's Meals Ready to Eat kits, or the room-temperature tuna pouches you can buy in a muggle grocery store. Essentially, if it can be kept at room temperature, they can keep it in one of their containers and eat in space."

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Originally Posted by griffin

Penelope looked at the items. A computer, a television, and raisins. No, not raisins, a Tupperware container. How had these items been improved by the U.S. space program? She had a few ideas about the computer and the television, but she had no idea how raisins could have bern improved by the space program. Perhaps Tupperware containers were originally designed to contain astronaut food? She didn't remember if they had learned anything like that in the lesson on astronaut food, but in that lesson Professor Flamsteed had been possessed by Captain Hook and the lesson had turned into a puréed food fight. They might have missed some things that they were supposed to learn in that lesson.

SPOILER!!: notes

And more diligent note taking from Miss Wright. He would not look over the top of her head to look at that juuuuuust in case she suddenly spooked and looked up thus whacking him square in the nose and possibly sending both of them to the hospital wing.

Knowing her luck anyway.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

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Angel raised her hand. "Professor didn't the space people find out that you can get a strong signal from space, so you can broadcast show from all around the world, like big sporting events, and also you could watch loads of great shows like the enterprise, and maybe one day we'll have their food machine as our own." Angel thought that would be cool and she also wanted to holodeck as that looked so entertaining, why wasn't someone building the enterprise in real life.

Nodding some more at Miss Valentine, Airey found himself wishing she had picked an incarnation of Star Trek that had a better finale as an example.

Completely ruined what had been a stellar program.

"Satellites, exactly," he nodded, clearly distracted with Star Trek thoughts.

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Originally Posted by Samia

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..... Noel was TRYING ~~or not~~ but nothing was coming to him, so he just pretended to scribble and signed his name a few times and let others answer. He was particularly interested in what Dot may have written down to come to that conclusion. Was she being super random?

Diligent note taking. Outstanding. The professor threw the young man a confident grin before looking towards the next raised hand.

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Originally Posted by Tiro MacMhuirich

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”Professor… I don’t know if it is because of space - but my Mum always puts food in air-tight containers to keep them fresh but I think that there was something about vacuum tight containers keeping food fresh in space?”

After she had done that and others started taking their turns, she looked at Lance. ”Lance,” She said softly, pointing at his parchment. ”You spell them with an ‘e’ not an ‘a’... and you need an ‘e’ on the end of more.” She smiled at him. Best friend to the rescue.

And now he was back to the excited nodding about AIRTIGHT CONTAINERS. "You can tell your mother to thank NASA for those," he said with a wink. Words had already been shared on the subject, no need to go into that mini lecture once again.

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Kate eyed the three objects the professor was showing them. A computer, a television, and a tupperware container. She knew scientists had found ways to improve them, but she'd never figured out HOW. All she could give were three wild guesses. Reaching for her quill and dipping it in ink, she wrote:
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Yeah, she was really lost on that last one. Oh, well. Those were her ideas, and that's all she had for now.

He nodded his head towards Miss Addison approvingly, excellent to see so many diligent note takers today!

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

So Heather had been trying to concentrate, honest. But she just kept being distracted by the ever returning cobwebs. Seriously, it was a problem, as she could feel them forming on her arms and even her hair. Blech. Was this some kind of payback for last term from the Acromantulas? Because they should know that they had eaten the one responsible for insulting them and most of the rest of the castle had been completely innocent in that mess.

Anyway, question answering time. She thought about it a bit, even writing down some ideas before coming to a conclusion. "Television and communication in general was improved by space exploration because that exploration lead to satellites and satellites have made things much more mobile. No more just sitting around on the couch, stuffing your face with pizza, chips, popcorn and all that stuff."

Text Cut: Heather's parchment

EXCITED HANDS RAISED TO THE HEAVENS! "SATTELITES!"

And that was all he said on the matter.

Seeing no more hands raised, Airey waved his wand towards the board to make the following appear.

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Tupperware

made from a hardened plastic that was invented for use on the Apollo missions to the Moon.
- improved the plastic so that it was harder and less flexible, ideal for storing food.
NASA also invented dehydrated food for space flight

Television

has several plastic components that were developed by NASA that, ,without, all televisions would still be the large, console variety of the 1940’s and 50’s, and would be much more expensive to manufacture.
relies heavily upon satellites to receive news information the minute it happens from anywhere in the world.
- Satellites were the U.S. Space Program’s first steps into space.
- Without the use of satellites, the video of events we see on television would have to be sent over phone lines or physically transported to the news station
- news anchors would only be able to broadcast from studios, and never live at the scene of the action.

Computer

without the Space Program, personal computers would not even exist today. today’s computers are small (used to fill entire rooms in the 1950’s and 60’s), lightweight, relatively inexpensive, and more powerful
airplanes (like the one seen on the screen of the computer) have fuel that is now safer and cleaner thanks to NASA.
- Pilots no longer fly in fear of on-board explosions because of unstable fuel
- improved fuel also allows aircraft to travel at greater rates of speed.
- The steel that is used in building aircraft is also the same used in the construction of the Space Shuttle.
- lightweight and remarkably strong, making the aircraft stronger, safer, and lighter, and thus decreasing fuel consumption.

Nodding at the board, Airey banished the three objects and returned to his yellow box, which he promptly looked inside once more with a smile. Closing the lid, he gave it a pat and rested his hand on top as if to make sure it stayed in place.

"Excellent, each and everyone of you. These are just SOME of the technological benefits that have resulted from space exploration, both for muggle and wizardingkind. But it begs the question, do you think that is the only reason that humans explore space? Do we only send people up in space in hopes of generating useful by-products of the research conducted there?"

OOC: sorry for the delay, again, and thank you all for your patience <3

This lesson will resume as soon as I find time to post again - which could be anywhere between 12 to 24 hours from the time of this post depending on in-class posting activity <3

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sweetpinkpixie Wizarding World RPG Admin Minister for Magic Alley Proprietor Romanian Longhorn Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: The Paths Posts: 39,890 Hogwarts RPG Name: Briallen Ashburry-Hawthorne Gryffindor First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Nyle Harden Hufflepuff Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Iris Harden Ravenclaw Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Calliope Barrington Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Diamond Marchbanks Gryffindor Sixth Year Ministry Department Head: Charles Hollingberry Minister's Office Ministry Department Head: Airey Flamsteed Mysteries Diagon Alley Proprietor: Zachaël Lufkin Owl Post x12 x12	astronomizzle ♧ gryffinDORK \| & the rest is drag ♣ #badluckDerf SPOILER!!: Zander & Maggie Quote: Originally Posted by ArianaBlack SPOILER!!: Flammy & Maggie "But--" Zander stood there just blinking. Completely dumbstruck. Okay, no he was almost 68% sure that the sign said to use the lint roller as a brush. Maybe even 78% for that matter!! Which meant he was pretty darn sure because Zander Adair was hardly ever 78% sure about anything. What the heck?! Someone else HAD to have seen that, right? His eyes were working perfectly fine, thank you very much. Merlin. What. The. Heck. And here he thought he was two steps ahead of the game. Well he may have been two steps ahead but he also had a lint roller in his hair so really, who was the real winner here? Definitely not Zander. Or Flamsteed. It was probably Maggie tbh. That girl was having WAY to much fun with this. Alright, alright he was sitting. Happy? RUDE. Maggie was SO rude. And once upon a time he had thought the girl was an angel willing to offer help. More like one of them dark angels of the underworld or whatever. This girl was Merlin's evil twin. Just as mighty, but probably a fourth the size (which meant her evil was more concentrated because there was a lot less of her to take it up). "Okay, okay... Just don't let me go bald," he sat down in a chair and basically held his breath because his entire life was on the line here. He had been bald before ~~thanks Bart~~ and #NEVERAGAIN. Despite what Neol Wallace thought about the matter ~~it's a very good thing Zander can't read minds because -___- thanks, Wallace~~ Zander did NOT think less blonde would be a good idea thankyouverymuch. Was he being dramatic? Maybe. BUT THERE IS A LINT ROLLER IN HIS HAIR. He ought to be. It was his right. Or uhh, something like that. Sorry Flammy, but Zander had better things to worry about. So he only pretended to scribble down a list, whilst attempting to steal glances over at Maggie. Had she done it yet? What was taking so long? Merlin please not too much hair. It was precious. SPOILER!!: uh, parchment TV: satellites or something insert tons of unnecessary scribbles here Computer: improved technology??? something spacey used in computer stuff??? more doodles Container: Airtight seals so food stays fresh?? LOTS OF SCRIBBLES ........ BUT WHAT CAN SPACE DO FOR MY HAIR?! These are the real questions we should be asking. And that was just about how interested Zander was at the moment. Ahem. He was a bit preoccupied. Merlin. If all his hair was gone by the end of the lesson.... Space would definitely hear about this fiasco. Quote: Originally Posted by Lislchen Okay. Good. Zander had sat down. Good booooooooy. If he hadn't been wearing that lint roller, Maggie might have petted his head. As it were though, he was dumb so she couldn't do that. What she COULD do was roll her eyes a little. "Don't worry." About going bald that is. Actually in general. She was in class. Soooort of trying to get Professor Flamsteed to like her enough to not hate her. So. Seriously. Don't worry, Zander. Stepping closer, Maggie took hold of the strands of hair that were attached to the lint roller (again, SERIOUSLY???). And then she just quickly moved her wand without prior warning and said, "Diffindo." It was easier that way. Ah yes and there it was. The lint roller. And Zander's hair. "You should get a haircut, you know." Like seriously. That just looked weird. ~~The girls wouldn't like it, just saying.~~ This time she did give Zander a pat on the head before moving away and presenting him with her trophy. Or you know, the lint roller. "There you go, Professor." There was a lot of smiling going on to, just FYI. She was SUCH a nice person, did he know? Yes? He better start believing that. She had PROOF now, see? After that Maggie made her way over to sit down next to Noel. What were they supposed to do? Write something down? She didn't have time for that obviously. She'd been busy saving lives. Soon they would all realize that she was their one true leader. Yes. Glancing over to see what Noel had written down she gave him a look. REALLY??? Was he serious? Although it was amusing too. So, there was a small smirk playing around her lips too. Oh thank MERLIN all that was over. Rubbing his temples one last time, the astronomer made his way over to retrieve his lint roller. "Stellar spellwork, Miss Traulton. Take 5 points for it AND your ability to follow directions." UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE! First Miss Valentine earlier in the term with spinning in place and making herself sick enough to throw up in his general direction...and now Mr. Adair using it to brush his hair. Pity the man was so worked up over the sight of it all that he was stupidly ignoring the warning signs from the prefect's classmates. "As for you, Mr. Adair. 5 points from Gryffindor for failing to follow instructions and 5 points for being a good sport and allowing yourself a haircut in the middle of class." It wasn't all THAT bad. Maybe. Just wear a cap and all would be fine. Just not in his classroom, thank you very much. Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixStar ... Which fun fact should she tell the professor? It was a toughie, but she decided on the computer. Raising her hand, she waited to be called on. "I think space exploration made the television better by getting some sweet shots of the roads and locations from way up high. Makes for a better google maps experience." She pointed at her notes for emphasis. Pausing for a moment as the Gryffindor spoke, Airey couldn't blame her for getting a tad confused between the two objects. To the young mind raised away from muggle things, it was easy to get confused between a television and a computer. Especially when they were cardboard replicas. "If you are perhaps referencing satellites, you would be correct," he nodded while gently smiling at the young lady. "Although I do believe computers utilize Google Maps more than television." Ahem. Quote: Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 J... "I think space exploration may have helped television by putting satellites out in space. That way they could be used for satellite TV. It also allowed people to watch things that were happening around the world." AHA! Mostly in thanks to some personal correspondence, the astronomer was feeling a LITTLE more like his 'old' self. Enough that he was willing to leap on desks again anyway. "PRECISELY!" he roared, feet now planting firmly on the Ravenclaw's desk. He was avoiding her parchment, ink well, and quill - for the record. "Satellites!" His eyes aglow with excitement, the professor went into a mini lecture where he stood. "Satellites were the US Space Program’s first steps into space, same with many other countries as they were necessary to retrieve the information necessary to send humans up in to space safely. Today, without the use of satellites, the video of events seen on television by muggles, like the CNN channel you see on our model television over here, would have to be sent over phone lines, which you studied with Professor Moxley I believe, or physically transported to the news station. This would slow down the process of reporting of news and be even less efficient than owls. Our Wizarding Wireless Network also benefits from the use of muggle satellites as magic modifies the signals sent down from them to help broadcasting. Muggles, of course, will only hear static should they happen to accidentally tune in to one of our channels." FASCINATING STUFF, YEAH!? Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 ... "Erm, the television could have been improved in the way of quality of the way we see images. The persons on Earth at mission control would have needed to see what Astronauts were seeing when they were exploring. It's like what they did with the Mars rover. We were able to see better quality images of what's up on the Red planet." Yesh, Adi knew that the Mars Rover came waaaaaaaay after television was developed but he was just using it as an example. "Yes yes yes," he nodded, still standing on Miss Guidry's desk. "THANKS TO SATELLITEEEEEEEEEEEEES." Quote: Originally Posted by Sararara ... Once she was finished eyeing her notes, the Hufflepuff put a hand in the air. "Raisins are all shrivel-y and weird like the food we shriveled up that one time." That HORRID time when he was a PIRATE. "So once they shriveled all the space food the raisins they made here on this planet got even better at being shriveled. Practice makes perfect." IF shriveled could be considered perfect, which Norah didn't agree with but y'know. "RIGHT!" he exclaimed, pointing towards the Hufflepuff as he jumped off the Ravenclaw's desk and strolled over towards her. "While the process for making raisins is, for the most part, a natural process," he explained, using the term natural rather loosely as the processing procedures varied. "NASA DID invent dehydrated food for space flight, much like the dried fruit and raisins that we enjoy today. As we...er...I HOPE some of you learned a few terms ago, dehydrated food lasts longer, is lighter, and takes up less space, which are all essential for life in space." Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy ... After checking everything over, Lux raised her hand. She was going to talk about food because that was important. "I think that being in space has made Tupperware even stronger. If a container of raisins can survive being banged around in zero gravity, it can handle being dropped by people on earth." Because people could be clumsy with food, and no one wanted to loose their meal to the dirty ground. MORE FINGER POINTING. "EXCELLENT," he applauded, now walking towards Miss Carrington. "The very Tupperware you see here is made from a hardened plastic that was invented for use on the Apollo missions to the Moon! Plastic had already been invented when NASA got their hands on it, the first recorded form of plastic dating back to 1907, but what they did was modified the existing form to make harder and less flexible." Quote: Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline ... Stuck on the last one, he raised his hand to at least supply one offering. Unfortunately as he waited to be acknowledged, Janelle the Ravenclaw gave what he had. Oh dear. "I agree with Janelle...Space exploration and satelites helped the television and computer signals," he replied when called on, adding the last as he took a chance. Maybe it worked too. Nearly tripping over his feet as he pointed excitedly in Mr. Atreyu's direction, the professor did manage a gargled 'Stellar' before his attention was drawn elsewhere. Quote: Originally Posted by Felixir ... Toby watched Airey for just a moment longer, eyes then lingering on the plastic box of raisins again, with an expression of befuddlement on his face. It seemed he didn't quite have the impulse control to refrain from raising his hand and saying, "Professor, I thought you didn't allow food in the classroom? ... They're not cardboard raisins, are they? 'Cause I was gonna ask if you were gonna share, but if they're cardboard, then I don't think I'd eat them, and maybe you shouldn't either, 'cause there's no nutritional value in cardboard, y'know?" It was, really, a completely innocent observation, and once Toby had opened his mouth, he found it difficult to shut up again (as usual). But shut up he did. ... "I bet the space people had something to do with the airtight seal on the plastic box thing, right? Like an airlock? Was tupperware maybe based on airlocks used in space and stuff? Only it keeps raisins fresh rather than keeping humans fresh. Alive, I mean. Or maybe astronauts like raisins and stuff so they made tupperware to keep their food fresh for space, but I bet not cardboard raisins, except I don't think that's right 'cause if you open a tupperware box of raisins in a spacecraft in space they'd go eeeeeeeverywhere and then they might jam up the equipment. Hey, is raisin jam a thing?" Wait, no. Going off track. Very far off track. Toby made a solid attempt to reeeeeel it back in, though. "But yeah. Airlock. Airtight seals. Yeah." Nod. Shutting up, now. Again. Someone might want to duct tape his mouth closed soon, though. "Demonstration purposes, Mr. Toby. Purely demonstration purposes," he replied with a slightly dismissive hand wave. He had learned from his brief spell as Hooksteed that food in the classroom, and in the hand of students, was an AWFUL idea. But there was some more excited pointing and loud exclamations of AIRTIGHT before moving on. AIRTIGHT! Quote: Originally Posted by Roselyn ... They had tupperware at home, though none of the other stuff. But it was fiiiiiine. Cool even. He could use his imaaaaginatioooon to figure it out. Except his imaaaaginaaaaation... was full of cobwebs. Almost literally. That little wispy piece on his desk was SUCH A THOUGHT KILLER. SPOILER!!: parchment Space made tham mor fun. Still doing some pointing as he looked over the semi circle of desks, the professor appeared to be performing a sort of old muggle dance move. Finger pointed and hips wiggling as he passed his arm over the Gryffindor boy to... Quote: Originally Posted by Jessiqua ... That would do? She couldn't think of anything else. Raising her hand, she waited for Professor Flamsteed to call on her. "The computer might have improved since the US Space Program with satellites for developing maps and the programs that a) could develop the maps and b) had to use maps. There's something called internet, which is linked to towers, the ones that get a phone signal, and the satellites can provide signals to provide internet to the computers for the muggles to use. The TV was helped with satellite signals as well, so that people who watch the TV can actually see the image being broadcast through a certain channel. The raisins in the container were developed from the dehydrating of foods, which helped with nutrition for the astronauts, decreasing the water content of food. So... apricots, apples, pears, grapes, they were able to preserve these foods and take them into space. But also the container itself, the space mission might have come up with methods to improve the construction of the plastic. Make it harder, longer lasting. And similarly, could the development of plastic helped to improve the structure of the TVs and computers, their plastic components?" Zhenya had to stop for breath. Did she ever talk that much? ...MISS BURTON! Who was sharing more than ONE thing, but all stellar points nonetheless. The seventh year received a broad smile and wink, meaning outstanding thoughts, before he continued his embarrassing dance in place. Quote: Originally Posted by Deezerz ... As for sharing, she decided to take more notes. And his finger pointing passed over Miss Wayne, who was taking diligent notes. He could tell. Excellent. Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin ... Ahem. Dot raised her hand. "Make it burp, professor, and then make it say 'scuse me." "Ah, that is a feat reserved for the famous Dead Sea Tupperware. Which, unfortunately, this is not." Quote: Originally Posted by Symphora ... His answers were a little too nonsensical but he raised his hands anyway,"Professor, in space...I think with the containers it is to prevent any food contents or crumbles from floating away and get into their fancy spaceship equipment,contaminating them in the process." "Yes, yes, very good," he nodded. "Space food today is not solely dehydrated foods like it was in the beginning and almost exclusively uses the same kind of packaging used for the military's Meals Ready to Eat kits, or the room-temperature tuna pouches you can buy in a muggle grocery store. Essentially, if it can be kept at room temperature, they can keep it in one of their containers and eat in space." Quote: Originally Posted by griffin Penelope looked at the items. A computer, a television, and raisins. No, not raisins, a Tupperware container. How had these items been improved by the U.S. space program? She had a few ideas about the computer and the television, but she had no idea how raisins could have bern improved by the space program. Perhaps Tupperware containers were originally designed to contain astronaut food? She didn't remember if they had learned anything like that in the lesson on astronaut food, but in that lesson Professor Flamsteed had been possessed by Captain Hook and the lesson had turned into a puréed food fight. They might have missed some things that they were supposed to learn in that lesson. SPOILER!!: notes Computer: Space shuttles needed computers to navigate in space. Computers were improved as different needs for computers arose. Television: satellites Tupperware: Contains food and helps food stay fresh. Designed to contain astronaut food? Raisins: ? And more diligent note taking from Miss Wright. He would not look over the top of her head to look at that juuuuuust in case she suddenly spooked and looked up thus whacking him square in the nose and possibly sending both of them to the hospital wing. Knowing her luck anyway. Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 .... Angel raised her hand. "Professor didn't the space people find out that you can get a strong signal from space, so you can broadcast show from all around the world, like big sporting events, and also you could watch loads of great shows like the enterprise, and maybe one day we'll have their food machine as our own." Angel thought that would be cool and she also wanted to holodeck as that looked so entertaining, why wasn't someone building the enterprise in real life. Nodding some more at Miss Valentine, Airey found himself wishing she had picked an incarnation of Star Trek that had a better finale as an example. Completely ruined what had been a stellar program. "Satellites, exactly," he nodded, clearly distracted with Star Trek thoughts. Quote: Originally Posted by Samia .... ..... Noel was TRYING ~~or not~~ but nothing was coming to him, so he just pretended to scribble and signed his name a few times and let others answer. He was particularly interested in what Dot may have written down to come to that conclusion. Was she being super random? Diligent note taking. Outstanding. The professor threw the young man a confident grin before looking towards the next raised hand. Quote: Originally Posted by Tiro MacMhuirich ... ”Professor… I don’t know if it is because of space - but my Mum always puts food in air-tight containers to keep them fresh but I think that there was something about vacuum tight containers keeping food fresh in space?” After she had done that and others started taking their turns, she looked at Lance. ”Lance,” She said softly, pointing at his parchment. ”You spell them with an ‘e’ not an ‘a’... and you need an ‘e’ on the end of more.” She smiled at him. Best friend to the rescue. And now he was back to the excited nodding about AIRTIGHT CONTAINERS. "You can tell your mother to thank NASA for those," he said with a wink. Words had already been shared on the subject, no need to go into that mini lecture once again. Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana Kate eyed the three objects the professor was showing them. A computer, a television, and a tupperware container. She knew scientists had found ways to improve them, but she'd never figured out HOW. All she could give were three wild guesses. Reaching for her quill and dipping it in ink, she wrote: ... Yeah, she was really lost on that last one. Oh, well. Those were her ideas, and that's all she had for now. He nodded his head towards Miss Addison approvingly, excellent to see so many diligent note takers today! Quote: Originally Posted by lazykitty So Heather had been trying to concentrate, honest. But she just kept being distracted by the ever returning cobwebs. Seriously, it was a problem, as she could feel them forming on her arms and even her hair. Blech. Was this some kind of payback for last term from the Acromantulas? Because they should know that they had eaten the one responsible for insulting them and most of the rest of the castle had been completely innocent in that mess. Anyway, question answering time. She thought about it a bit, even writing down some ideas before coming to a conclusion. "Television and communication in general was improved by space exploration because that exploration lead to satellites and satellites have made things much more mobile. No more just sitting around on the couch, stuffing your face with pizza, chips, popcorn and all that stuff." Text Cut: Heather's parchment Computers- the ability to use your cell phone as one; Internet; Google Maps/Street/Earth (which, when you really think about it, is soooooo creepy) Tupperware- new materials? EXCITED HANDS RAISED TO THE HEAVENS! "SATTELITES!" And that was all he said on the matter. Seeing no more hands raised, Airey waved his wand towards the board to make the following appear. Quote: Tupperware made from a hardened plastic that was invented for use on the Apollo missions to the Moon. improved the plastic so that it was harder and less flexible, ideal for storing food. NASA also invented dehydrated food for space flight Television has several plastic components that were developed by NASA that, ,without, all televisions would still be the large, console variety of the 1940’s and 50’s, and would be much more expensive to manufacture. relies heavily upon satellites to receive news information the minute it happens from anywhere in the world. Satellites were the U.S. Space Program’s first steps into space. Without the use of satellites, the video of events we see on television would have to be sent over phone lines or physically transported to the news station news anchors would only be able to broadcast from studios, and never live at the scene of the action. Computer without the Space Program, personal computers would not even exist today. today’s computers are small (used to fill entire rooms in the 1950’s and 60’s), lightweight, relatively inexpensive, and more powerful airplanes (like the one seen on the screen of the computer) have fuel that is now safer and cleaner thanks to NASA. Pilots no longer fly in fear of on-board explosions because of unstable fuel improved fuel also allows aircraft to travel at greater rates of speed. The steel that is used in building aircraft is also the same used in the construction of the Space Shuttle. lightweight and remarkably strong, making the aircraft stronger, safer, and lighter, and thus decreasing fuel consumption. Nodding at the board, Airey banished the three objects and returned to his yellow box, which he promptly looked inside once more with a smile. Closing the lid, he gave it a pat and rested his hand on top as if to make sure it stayed in place. "Excellent, each and everyone of you. These are just SOME of the technological benefits that have resulted from space exploration, both for muggle and wizardingkind. But it begs the question, do you think that is the only reason that humans explore space? Do we only send people up in space in hopes of generating useful by-products of the research conducted there?" OOC: sorry for the delay, again, and thank you all for your patience <3 This lesson will resume as soon as I find time to post again - which could be anywhere between 12 to 24 hours from the time of this post depending on in-class posting activity <3 __________________ When you’re stuck in a moment and your spark has been stolen .................................................. ........... this is our time to own it, so own it..................................... baby we were born with fire and gold in our eyes