On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 11:48 PM, Peter Klein <pklein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Moon rock, taken through thick glass. This is the real thing. View
> full screen to get rid of resizing blur. They managed to put it in a
> place with an incredible number of hostile reflections.
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/13885773355/>
>
> You mean a chunk of rock from the Arizona desert that they used on the
sound stage where they faked the entire space program, right? :-P
> Apollo command module:
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/13886176374/>
>
>
>
That's too clean - was that a spare, or is it an actual mission capsule?
Every time I see one of those, and look inside, I get claustrophobic
thinking about the fact that three guys spent 4-1/2 days wedged in that
little cone just to get to the Moon, and then the same on the way back.
--
Paul Braun
Certified Music Junkie
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold Auerbach
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