"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
01/17/2015 at 16:43 • Filed to: Spacelopnik
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"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
01/17/2015 at 16:43 • Filed to: Spacelopnik | 9
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If you have ever visited a facility that had a NASA Murcury, Gemini or Apollo spacecraft they are typically encased in acrylic. This is to prevent damage due to dust or people touching them. We were at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum today and they were doing some work in there. Because of that work they had the Gemini IV capsule on a temp stand without it's plastic cover. This spacecraft was the one from which Ed White made the first US spacewalk.
Gemini accomplished many of the milestones needed to get people on the moon. First spacewalk, rendezvous, tracking of multiple spacecraft and long duration flight. It did all that in two years. It is one of my favorites. Sorry about the phone pics. We weren't planning on being in DC today.
Jayhawk Jake
> f86sabre
01/17/2015 at 16:52 |
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Cool!
Barry Smith
> f86sabre
01/17/2015 at 17:06 |
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that is art.
cgo2370
> f86sabre
01/17/2015 at 17:16 |
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It's so strange seeing just the capsule without the big white back section. Strange but cool.
The Compromiser
> f86sabre
01/17/2015 at 18:12 |
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Did you touch it? Did ya? Huh? Huh? Did ya???
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f86sabre
> The Compromiser
01/17/2015 at 19:37 |
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No. Too many eyeballs and it is right by security at the main entrance. I did touch the Apollo 15 command module at the USAF museum years ago!
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The Compromiser
> f86sabre
01/17/2015 at 19:55 |
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Yeah they get touchy about being touchy. I almost touched part pf the Arrow and they were not happy. The other flyable aircraft however seemed to be fair game however....