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Topic: Photo of the week 121 (February 24)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 02-24-2007 02:47 AM
   
 Atlas 88D arrives at Cape Canaveral's Skid Strip in early August 1961. This Atlas would launch an unmanned Mercury spacecraft with a simulated astronaut on the MA-4 mission on September 13, 1961. (Thanks to Joel Powell) Ed Hengeveld [Edited by heng44 (February 24, 2007).] |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 02-24-2007 06:35 AM
beautiful and quite amazing!
Thanks, Ed.Chris. |
Matt T
Member Posts: 1368
From: Chester, Cheshire, UK
Registered: May 2001
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posted 02-24-2007 08:47 AM
And surprisingly small! The two figures at the rear of the lorry give a sense of scale that I'd not appreciated before.Cheers,
Matt ------------------
www.spaceracemuseum.com |
ea757grrl
Member Posts: 729
From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 02-24-2007 09:11 AM
Wow -- with color that vivid, it looks like it could have been taken yesterday instead of 47 years ago. Thank you for another heart-breaker of a beautiful photo!jodie |
art540
Member Posts: 432
From: Orange, California USA
Registered: Sep 2006
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posted 02-24-2007 09:48 AM
Yes, Atlas looks small here but wait until you stand next to one that is erected and look up! Really nice image. |
spaceheaded
Member Posts: 147
From: MD
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 02-24-2007 07:18 PM
Speaking of scale... imagine an Atlas the size of a Saturn V. That'd be something.Really nice photo, Ed. Thanks. Bill |
John Charles
Member Posts: 339
From: Houston, Texas, USA
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 02-24-2007 08:03 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Matt T:
And surprisingly small! The two figures at the rear of the lorry give a sense of scale that I'd not appreciated before.
Matt, that is something I have also been impressed with, concerning rockets in general. Instead of wondering at how large they are, I am glad that the scale factors in the universe have come together such that we can send people and hardware such incredible distances at such incredible speeds with rockets that aren't even larger! Even the Saturn V--immense as it seems--seems like it should be much larger, to have done all it did. ------------------
John Charles
Houston, Texas |
divemaster
Member Posts: 1376
From: ridgefield, ct
Registered: May 2002
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posted 02-24-2007 09:21 PM
quote:
Originally posted by John Charles:
Matt, that is something I have also been impressed with, concerning rockets in general. Instead of wondering at how large they are, I am glad that the scale factors in the universe have come together such that we can send people and hardware such incredible distances at such incredible speeds with rockets that aren't even larger! Even the Saturn V--immense as it seems--seems like it should be much larger, to have done all it did.
At the same time, whenever I see that Saturn V at KSC, I try to envision it vertically on the pad, fully fueled, and think of Gene Cernan's description in Last Man On The Moon as a living, breathing being, while standing at it's base. Even Al Shepard looking up at his fueled Redstone comes to mind.
Big difference between horizontal and vertical. [love the rainbow in the Atlas photo] -tracy
[Edited by divemaster (February 24, 2007).]
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FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 02-24-2007 10:02 PM
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Originally posted by Tracy: At the same time, whenever I see that Saturn V at KSC, I try to envision it vertically on the pad .... Big difference between horizontal and vertical.
I recommend a visit out to Huntsville, then... the replica of the Saturn V they have there, standing vertically - it is indeed breathtaking, and can be seen for miles around. [Edited by FFrench (February 24, 2007).] |
art540
Member Posts: 432
From: Orange, California USA
Registered: Sep 2006
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posted 02-26-2007 04:11 PM
Thank you...that is a superb image; keeps you in awe of what man can do...... |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 02-27-2007 11:09 AM
Which make is that trcuk?
An old FORD or PETERBILT ??? |
spaceheaded
Member Posts: 147
From: MD
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 02-27-2007 03:15 PM
I'll guess Diamond Reo 734CG.Bill |
Astro Bill
Member Posts: 1329
From: New York, NY
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 02-28-2007 02:00 PM
What a fantastic photo. It looks like a toy truck on top of someone's desk. |
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