I like space stuff

I went though my slides and found some that you guys might enjoy.  The first two I had taken while visiting the Kennedy Space Center.  The rest are slides that I had purchased from their gift store. 

Bakster, that is some serious eye candy there. Thank you for sharing them.

Thanks Bakster.

I love space race stuff.

Bakster

Mitsdude--it sounds like you were old enough to appreciate the space race from Sputnik, and on. How cool!  Thanks for sharing your story.  I really wish that I had been old enough to experience those early days. More so, I wish I had been able to witness at least one of the launches, in person. 

I have a friend that grew up in Florida, not far from Cape Canaveral. She tells me stories of seeing the rockets rise up, all from her back yard.  Man...that would be cool.

Gaf--I like your idea about the Race into Space GB.  I am tied up in another project right now, but that is a GB I would really enjoy.

You guys mentioned seeing the Saturn V on display.  It IS impressive isn't it.  I toured the Kennedy Space Center many years ago and they had one there too, on its side.  I have some slides of it tucked away somewhere.  If I can scan them, I will post a few.  The tour was very interesting.  They take you on a bus to all the launch locations and at the time, the tour guide had an excellent knowledge of the sites.

 

 

 

 

Bakster,

There are times when I think back to those days that it seems like a scene from a movie, book or maybe even a dream. I get the thought in my head "did that really happen?" "did I really experience that event?" I dunno, maybe it just comes with age.

Modelcrazy/Stik--you are welcome. I am glad you enjoyed them.

Mitsdude-- I totally agree.  It does seem like a dream at times.  I have the same thoughts and feelings about it.  And you may be correct.  It could be an age thing.  One thing is for sure.  I am feeling very nostalgic of late...  

I remember when the first multi-day missions went up.  Was that during the two-man Gemini era?  Anyway, a buddy and I decided we would conduct our own two day mission in our garage.  We acquired a large cardboard carton, big enough for both of us comfortably.  We planned to stay in it for a couple days at least.  We gathered up supplies (water and food, I don't recall any "restroom" plans though ) and started our mission.  A few hours later, we junior "star voyagers" got bored and went back to playing baseball or army!

Texgunner

I remember when the first multi-day missions went up.  Was that during the two-man Gemini era?  Anyway, a buddy and I decided we would conduct our own two day mission in our garage.  We acquired a large cardboard carton, big enough for both of us comfortably.  We planned to stay in it for a couple days at least.  We gathered up supplies (water and food, I don't recall any "restroom" plans though ) and started our mission.  A few hours later, we junior "star voyagers" got bored and went back to playing baseball or army!

 

I want to say that Gordo Cooper's Mercury flight was the first. 22 orbits at something like 90 minutes each.

I remember quite well playing astronaut with a neighbor friend as well. A large box (probably from a new TV) was our capsule and pillows were our couches for us to lay on our backs and have our legs up Astronaut style. Of course our missions did not last very long either...

Texgunner

I remember when the first multi-day missions went up.  Was that during the two-man Gemini era?  Anyway, a buddy and I decided we would conduct our own two day mission in our garage.  We acquired a large cardboard carton, big enough for both of us comfortably.  We planned to stay in it for a couple days at least.  We gathered up supplies (water and food, I don't recall any "restroom" plans though ) and started our mission.  A few hours later, we junior "star voyagers" got bored and went back to playing baseball or army!

 

Similar thing here! My space capsule was a very large display box of "Fab" laundry detergent. I found it all folded up in its shipping carton laying along side the road. A grocery store was just down the way and I've always figured it fell off a delivery truck. I had to run home and bribe my sister to come help me haul it home. It was big enough for us to stand up in when assembled. It met a disasterous end a few days later during a heavy rain and hail storm. Sure was fun while it lasted.

Great stories guys.  Smiling over here.

Bakster, that Titan photo was sure appropo.  I am building the MPC Titan 3, and needed better detail of main engine area.  That photo you posted was better than any I found in a google image search!  I need to do a couple of minor paint touchups now :-)

Ha!  Hey Don...I am glad that I could help!  Let me know if you could use the photo in higher resolution.  I hope that you post some images of the final build. I, and I am sure others, would love to see it.  BTW... Earlier on in this thread you wrote that you were involved in the engineering of the Gemini program.  I bet you have some interesting stories you could share. Maybe some little known facts, or some thoughts that you could share. We would love to hear about them. 

On a different note.  I just watched a video about John Glenns Friendship 7 flight.  It is a dramatized account with sappy music and all, but the detailed video and communications of the flight is done really well. It runs about 58 minutes. I skipped half of it. The first half leads up to the launch.  The launch starts at about 26 minutes into the video. The link is below for those interested.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yLSLgrcEoyQ

Say Don...check out the links below.  These are even better images of the Titan rocket and engine/area.

http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/gallery/titan/titan1.html

http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/gallery/titan/titan2.html