Air & Space Museum: Discovery

"Agrajag" (Agrajag) 04/13/2019 at 10:32 • Filed to: Air & space museum, Space Shuttle, Discovery

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This was the single thing I was most excited to see.

facw > Agrajag 04/13/2019 at 10:46

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Yep, this was the most incredible thing to me. All the more so because it’s not clean, it’s got all that visible scorching, because you know it’s from returning from space! And somehow it feels more accessible than say the capsules on the Mall, encased in yellowed plastic as they are (or were when I last visited).

benn454 > Agrajag 04/13/2019 at 10:56

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Ran when parked. No lowballers.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Agrajag 04/13/2019 at 11:03

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I was there a couple of hears ago with my father, I told him I now know how he felt visiting the Air and Space museum with me as a child and seeing the Apollo space craft on display, old, as this was once the great new exciting space technology.

vondon302 > Agrajag 04/13/2019 at 11:07

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Worth the trip alone.

Great shots.

Ash78, voting early and often > facw 04/13/2019 at 11:12

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Coming here to say the same. The char and dust really made it come to life.

Ash78, voting early and often > facw 04/13/2019 at 11:16

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When I was there last, we stood under the tail and I had my son (age 5)  on my shoulders. He reached upward and we got swarmed by 2 security guys (his hand was still a few feet from the tiles). They definitely make it accessible, but they’re also very protective.

HammerheadFistpunch > Agrajag 04/13/2019 at 12:44

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It hadn’t arrived when I was there.  I wish it had.  Its amazing in the context of falcon heavy lofting a car that we got this thing...full of stuff...into orbit and not just once.

ttyymmnn > Agrajag 04/13/2019 at 14:48

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This is a great detail shot. Makes me think of a pangolin .

Spoon II > Agrajag 04/13/2019 at 22:04

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That is 100% awesome! I haven’t been there since they had the Enterprise

Agrajag > facw 04/13/2019 at 22:28

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Yeah, I love  that about it as well.  

Agrajag > Ash78, voting early and often 04/13/2019 at 22:35

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lol. I guess t hey weren’t kidding about  these signs all over the place.

Agrajag > ttyymmnn 04/13/2019 at 22:36

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Thanks!

Agrajag > vondon302 04/13/2019 at 22:37

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Thanks!

sonicgabe > Agrajag 04/14/2019 at 01:31

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Wow. Just wow.

Like I said in a previous comment... an ex didn’t want to make the trip out of DC for this. The key word here is “ex.”

Ash78, voting early and often > Agrajag 04/14/2019 at 10:02

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LMAO, those weren’t there at the time. Maybe I’m the reason...

k2b: da man trynta steal mah bloggy!!!!!!! > Agrajag 04/14/2019 at 12:50

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The wear/ gradient effects on the tile shots are really cool. Like some of our favorite machine vs. nature shots, only IN SPACE.

Agrajag > sonicgabe 04/14/2019 at 20:58

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Thank you! Hope you’re able to get up there one day.

This was one of those instances were I again regretted not getting the 18-300 you have. I didn’t want to be toting around my big bag so I only went in with my kit 18-55.  

Agrajag > k2b: da man trynta steal mah bloggy!!!!!!! 04/14/2019 at 20:59

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SPACE makes everything better. :)

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Agrajag 04/15/2019 at 10:03

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Awesome. 

Agrajag > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/15/2019 at 10:17

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Thank you!