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Topic: Wired: NASA's Most Adorable Model Spaceships
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randyc
Member Posts: 779
From: Chandler, AZ USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 12-01-2011 02:30 PM
   
Here's a Wired Science photo gallery: NASA's Most Adorable Model Spaceships The list of NASA's accomplishments is long and impressive, which is probably why one of its most remarkable feats is so often overlooked: the extreme cuteness of its scale models.From lunar landers and rovers to satellites space stations, NASA's engineers built tiny replicas and concept representations that will melt your heart. Here are some of our favorites. |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 12-01-2011 03:08 PM
Cute? Adorable? Ooooooookay?At least it has some good eye candy in it.  |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-01-2011 03:31 PM
A good article in this area could also focus on understanding the scope of relationship NASA model shop employees had with the engineers who designed the actual flight vehicles. How did the modelers go about their task? For instance were they handed 3D drawings, or did they build based on a representative from the flight centers/JPL sitting down and talking through the attributes NASA wanted represented. And conversely, with respect to models supporting concept evaluation (before the first metal was even cut), how much impact did the model makers and their products hold in influencing subsequent design decisions? That relationship was probably more crucial in the 60's before the advent of CAD and other more modern visualization tools. |
Jerry Brouillette
Member Posts: 147
From: Louviers, CO
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 12-02-2011 04:23 PM
Here are the two pictures with the second caption.  
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Retro Rocket
Member Posts: 445
From: Santa Paula, Ca,. USA
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 12-02-2011 06:58 PM
As a professional model maker for NASA, "adorable" is a pretty odd word to use describing the models, "neat" would be better. |
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