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tony barnhill
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At the Space & Rocket Center here in Huntsville is a full-scale model of the Saturn V standing proudly outside the Davidson Center for Space Exploration, a purpose built building that houses the last restored true Saturn V rocket...it's on the National Register of Historic Places & one of the new seven Wonders of the World.
You've gotta spend a day touring the museum there - there's even one of the earliest space shuttles (Pathfinder) on its big orange fuel tank...as well as an SR2 Blackbird...and all sorts of other space exploration hardware.
You've gotta spend a day touring the museum there - there's even one of the earliest space shuttles (Pathfinder) on its big orange fuel tank...as well as an SR2 Blackbird...and all sorts of other space exploration hardware.
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In the summer of '69 I had just started college in Florida. Me and and a couple of guys cut classes and drove across the state and camped out on the beach and witnessed the launch. It was totally awesome... something I will never forget.
We did by the way get into trouble for cutting classes, but I know I saw history in the making and it was well worth it.
We did by the way get into trouble for cutting classes, but I know I saw history in the making and it was well worth it.
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I was 11. My father had helped assemble the TV camera used on Apollo 11. I saw every minute of the coverage, even the middle of the night stuff.
What's really amazing is that they pulled this off with a vehicle that had less computer memory than the cd player's anti-skip memory in any car on the road today. Makes Apollo 13's accomplishments all the more impressive! :cooler:
What's really amazing is that they pulled this off with a vehicle that had less computer memory than the cd player's anti-skip memory in any car on the road today. Makes Apollo 13's accomplishments all the more impressive! :cooler:
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NASA has now admitted to taping over the original 16 tapes of the Apollo's broadcasts from the moon on that eventful journey, stating that there was a shortage of recording tape at the time.
<sigh>
I also learned today that a piece of the Wright Brother's airplane accompanied the Eagle to the lunar surface.
Interesting trivia.
Sidebar...Pete Mantell's two youngest sons attended Space Camp in Huntsville this week.
What a great opportunity, and what great timing!
<sigh>
I also learned today that a piece of the Wright Brother's airplane accompanied the Eagle to the lunar surface.
Interesting trivia.
Sidebar...Pete Mantell's two youngest sons attended Space Camp in Huntsville this week.
What a great opportunity, and what great timing!
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]I also learned today that a piece of the Wright Brother's airplane accompanied the Eagle to the lunar surface.[/QUOTE]
So they took the pieces of the plane to Nevada????
Still not sure that I disagree with Bill. My father in law sold the tubing that was fabricated into the ladder for the landing module. We still have a picture that NASA sent to him of the module with the ladder deployed.
So they took the pieces of the plane to Nevada????
Still not sure that I disagree with Bill. My father in law sold the tubing that was fabricated into the ladder for the landing module. We still have a picture that NASA sent to him of the module with the ladder deployed.
tony barnhill
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Only you, Bill....heheheTR6BILL said:
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tony barnhill said:
And there was a second shooter, too... :smirk:
tony barnhill
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& the Kennedy's had Marilyn killed.Mickey Richaud said:
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DrEntropy said:
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I went to UT.... beautiful minarets... nice school.
Now, about the above quote..... I tend to believe you could be from another planet
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DrEntropy said:
Mom swears you were!
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Mickey Richaud said:
Could Doc be an alien love child?
tony barnhill
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Probably...but the alien left & never returned!Gliderman8 said:Mickey Richaud said:
Could Doc be an alien love child?
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I've been listening to the "real time" rebroadcast of the Apollo 11 mission. Really interesting stuff, hard to believe it was 40 years ago. Yesterday they were traveling over 5000 feet-per-second, now they're down to around 3000, and they're about 180,000 miles from earth.
What a difference between how they're doing things now with data uploads, etc. They've been having to read up antenna settings and a bunch of other things one bit at a time verbally.
What a difference between how they're doing things now with data uploads, etc. They've been having to read up antenna settings and a bunch of other things one bit at a time verbally.