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Comment by cyberax

1 day ago

The handwriting in that drawing is beautiful!

It looks pretty but it's so low resolution I can barely make out any words. Found a higher res version though (embedded in a PDF, page 7):

https://www.sandia.gov/app/uploads/sites/194/2022/01/GIANTS_...

It's interesting that all lines in the sketch are straight, and circles are perfect, so it seems Whitfield took a ruler and a compass on that plane.

  • On page 12 there's an ad for the cleanroom, and one of the selling points is that it would allow cigarette smoking!

  • > ruler and compass

    Or a circle template (rectangular with holes of different sizes). That would aid drawing the small circles, as well as drawing straight edges and right angles. It can be kept in a notebook like a bookmark.

  • > It's interesting that all lines in the sketch are straight, and circles are perfect, so it seems Whitfield took a ruler and a compass on that plane.

    Imagine trying to board a plane with a compass nowaday :)