On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 05:52:39 -0800, "Ed Price" wrote:

Those "Russian scientists" often seemed to come up with controversial and
unrepeatable results.

Hi Ed,

There certainly seems to be a mixed bag of what's useful out of the
old USSR. However, their math software applications have been killers
in the capitalistic marketplace. One other jewel came from their
rocket division that built the most powerful engines known, and then
the bureaucracy ordered them scrapped because they abandoned their man
on the moon program.

The engineer in charge deliberately ignored this order and had
something like a couple of hundred wrapped up and put into storage.
They are making quite a killing on selling those right now.

Another story is their development of a supersonic torpedo. That's
right, a jet powered torpedo that can dart through the ocean at
600MPH. It was speculated that it was the cause of the sinking of
their submarine, the Kursk. It was thought that the propellant lit
off in its bay, and the rest is history.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC