You know you're a space nut when...

oh man that's a good one. how about you want to learn how to build rockets in college.

A little OT, but is anyone else seriously disturbed by the fact that there are now exactly 666 posts in the official Armadillo q&a? And John himself made the 666th post. You know there has to be some evil design behind that.

time to change the topic to "You know you're a nut when _______"

You are really a space nut when you understand the OM thread.

...and point out a few errors in the OM thread...

...when you use six acronyms in one sentence, and somebody actually understands what in the blue blazes you're talking about:

If you own a copy, in any format, of:

For All Mankind
The Right Stuff
Apollo 13
From the Earth to the Moon (Tom Hanks or Jules Verne)

If you're from the southern hemisphere and you're actually interested in space.

Why, what's wrong with being from Australia? You're no farther from the equator than we are.

Oh, and SawSS1Jun21, don't forget Carrying the Fire, by Michael Collins.

Continuing...

...if you refer to the astronauts by the "class" they were in, such as "The First/Sacred Seven".

...if you recognize names such as Sergei Korolev, Bob Gilruth, and John Young, and know who they were/are and what they did.

...if you know by heart the number of missions, the goals for each one, the launch vehicles used and the engineering basics behind each manned spaceflight program from Vostok to the present.

...if you know the names of places such as Edwards AFB, White Sands Missile Range, Baikonur, Wallops Island, and "The Cape" and know basically what went on at each one.

These days anyone who believes the moon landings were not faked is a space nut!

Aaaaaah! It's a giant troll! Run away! Run away!

DKH