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Topic:	Space capsule metal flotation spheres (balls)

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Joel Katzowitz: [B]I agree with Mercsim regarding the lack of hard or official documentation of the balls being flown on a Mercury s/c. However, it's hard to ignore all of the anecdotal evidence. I have a LOA from a technician who worked at the Cape on Project Mercury. His LOA states: <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]This is to certify that the accompanying titanium buoyancy ball flew in space aboard the Mercury 9 spacecraft piloted by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper on May 15, 1963. This small buoyancy ball, measuring 3 cm in diameter, was removed from the forward section of Mercury 9, known as "Faith 7", as part of the preparations for displaying the capsule following the 22-orbit mission - the final flight of Project Mercury.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> It's signed: <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]XXXX Airman Second Class, USAF 6555th Aerospace Test Wing Cape Canaveral, Florida[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE>[/B][/QUOTE]
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