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Topic: Photo of the week 383 (February 25, 2012)
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heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 02-25-2012 02:30 AM
   
 Fifty (!) years ago this past week: John Glenn orbits the earth aboard Friendship 7. Ed Hengeveld |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 02-25-2012 10:26 AM
Always a good choice for a photo. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-25-2012 10:32 AM
Are there any still frames from the pilot observation camera that catch Alan Shepard's gotcha, the little mouse, floating (either in the shot or in the mirror on Glenn's chest)? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 02-25-2012 03:24 PM
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
Are there any still frames from the pilot observation camera that catch Alan Shepard's gotcha, the little mouse, floating (either in the shot or in the mirror on Glenn's chest)?
Dunno, I have never seen that. I guess looking carefully at the Spacecraft Films Mercury set could help. This is also a DVD frame. |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 02-25-2012 05:41 PM
I understand that the mirror on his chest was to film the control panel so that engineers post-flight could study the indicators. Was the original film of sufficient resolution that the needles in the gauges were clearly visible? |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 02-26-2012 07:12 AM
I would have thought the camera over his right shoulder was filming the control panel. I was of the understanding the mirror was to be able to read dials and gauges that were behind his head. |
PeterO
Member Posts: 399
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 02-26-2012 08:15 AM
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Originally posted by ejectr:
I was of the understanding the mirror was to be able to read dials and gauges that were behind his head.
The chest mirror would not reflect something behind Glenn's head. There would have to be a mirror pointing back from the instrument panel (or nearby) to do that. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 02-26-2012 12:55 PM
Read the caption under the last photo of Glenn on this page.It appears the mirror on his chest was used for the sake of the recording camera and the ones on his wrists were for his use to read instruments. Doesn't make sense when they had a camera over his shoulder pointing right at the panel, but that is what the text at the left of his photo says. |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 02-26-2012 01:53 PM
Having the camera filming his face at the same time as the instrument panel would let them see his reactions to what was going on with the spacecraft controls. You'd miss that if you were only filming the panel. |
star61
Member Posts: 294
From: Bristol UK
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 02-26-2012 05:49 PM
Cameras were big and bulky 50 years ago, so probably just a cheap and easy way get redundancy in case the panel facing one failed. |
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