Now gals and guys
Please hear me out on this :thumbup1:
The reason that the Omega Speedmaster Professional 3573.50 was not accepted by enthusiasts as being flight-qualified was because NASA had originally specified that it wanted hesalite as opposed to sapphire crystal on the Speedmaster. This was through a belief that should sapphire shatter, shards of glass would be distributed into the zero-gravity environment of the early Gemini and Apollo spacecrafts.
However, the X-33 uses a sapphire crystal and it is flight-qualified. :thumbup:
Under the circumstances shouldn't enthusiasts too accept that the 3573.50 should stand alongside the 3570.50 as being flight-qualified for manned space missions? I don't know if it would be accepted for EVAs ( extra vehicular activity ) since only the hesalite-fronted watch has been approved for that.
But returning to my earlier proposition, I cannot see any reason why the 3573.50 should not be regarded by us here or indeed anyone as being as flight-qualified as the 3570.50 or the X-33... unless in my haste at presenting my thought for the day, I'm missing something
What say you pals?
Y'all have a nice weekend now
ZIN
Please hear me out on this :thumbup1:
The reason that the Omega Speedmaster Professional 3573.50 was not accepted by enthusiasts as being flight-qualified was because NASA had originally specified that it wanted hesalite as opposed to sapphire crystal on the Speedmaster. This was through a belief that should sapphire shatter, shards of glass would be distributed into the zero-gravity environment of the early Gemini and Apollo spacecrafts.
However, the X-33 uses a sapphire crystal and it is flight-qualified. :thumbup:
Under the circumstances shouldn't enthusiasts too accept that the 3573.50 should stand alongside the 3570.50 as being flight-qualified for manned space missions? I don't know if it would be accepted for EVAs ( extra vehicular activity ) since only the hesalite-fronted watch has been approved for that.
But returning to my earlier proposition, I cannot see any reason why the 3573.50 should not be regarded by us here or indeed anyone as being as flight-qualified as the 3570.50 or the X-33... unless in my haste at presenting my thought for the day, I'm missing something
What say you pals?
Y'all have a nice weekend now

ZIN
