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Topic: Photo of the week 398 (June 9, 2012)
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heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 06-09-2012 01:41 AM
Actress Julie Andrews is talking to Chris Kraft, then Deputy Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, during a visit together with her husband, director Blake Edwards, on July 2, 1970. Ed Hengeveld |
garymilgrom Member Posts: 1966 From: Atlanta, GA Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 06-09-2012 06:14 AM
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! |
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 06-09-2012 08:43 AM
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ilbasso Member Posts: 1522 From: Greensboro, NC USA Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 06-09-2012 12:19 PM
I've met both of them! ... and was actually on stage with Julie Andrews at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. |
Ken Havekotte Member Posts: 2915 From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 06-09-2012 01:14 PM
Was it a special occasion that Andrews and Edwards visited MSC in meeting deputy director Kraft? Or, perhaps, the couple were in Houston and wanted to visit/tour the space center in Texas when the Apollo program was at its peak? |
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 06-10-2012 01:03 AM
It was probably a private visit. There are many photos of VIP visits to MSC (or other NASA centers for that matter). It was probably a combination of genuine interest in the space program and an opportunity for 'being seen'. |
Delta7 Member Posts: 1505 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 06-10-2012 08:47 AM
"Surely Mr. Kraft, they cannot seriously be thinking of cancelling Apollo 18 and 19?""Yes Ma'am; I'm afraid so ..." (She breaks out in song). |
Chariot412 Member Posts: 156 From: Lockport, NY, 14094 Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 06-10-2012 06:30 PM
Two things: - ilbasso - very cool; tell us a little about that.
- Delta7 - yes, but what song? The shuttle had "SS Columbia", there was even a "High Calypso", but what IS the Apollo song? Anyone?
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ilbasso Member Posts: 1522 From: Greensboro, NC USA Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 06-10-2012 08:26 PM
"Fly Me to the Moon"Regarding Julie Andrews: I sang with the National Symphony Orchestra Pops at the Kennedy Center's Spring Gala in April 2005. Marvin Hamlisch was an absolute b**tard to work with, but it was a fun show nonetheless. Julie Andrews was one of the hosts. Unfortunately, this was after the operation that ended her singing career, although I can truly say that we were on the stage at the same time! I did get to perform (as a chorister) with Barbara Cook, Irish tenor John McDermott, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Elaine Stritch, and Frederica Von Stade. |
Delta7 Member Posts: 1505 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 06-10-2012 09:58 PM
"The Marius Hills are alive with a trove of know-ledge..."or "Climb every mountain, Rove every rille, Search every crater, and let Fred Haise's goal fulfill..."
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Apollo Redux Member Posts: 346 From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Registered: Sep 2006
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posted 06-15-2012 03:53 PM
Serious look. They were probably talking about Apollo 13. |
mikepf Member Posts: 441 From: San Jose, California, USA Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 06-15-2012 05:03 PM
NASA was looking into the feasability of flying umbrella technology to replace reentry parachutes. |