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heng44
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posted 06-09-2012 01:41 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

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

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posted 06-09-2012 06:14 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for garymilgrom   Click Here to Email garymilgrom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

heng44
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posted 06-09-2012 08:43 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

ilbasso
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posted 06-09-2012 12:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ilbasso   Click Here to Email ilbasso     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I've met both of them! ... and was actually on stage with Julie Andrews at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.

Ken Havekotte
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posted 06-09-2012 01:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ken Havekotte   Click Here to Email Ken Havekotte     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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
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posted 06-10-2012 01:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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
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posted 06-10-2012 08:47 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Delta7   Click Here to Email Delta7     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
"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).

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posted 06-10-2012 06:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Chariot412   Click Here to Email Chariot412     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Two things:
  1. ilbasso - very cool; tell us a little about that.

  2. Delta7 - yes, but what song? The shuttle had "SS Columbia", there was even a "High Calypso", but what IS the Apollo song? Anyone?

ilbasso
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posted 06-10-2012 08:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ilbasso   Click Here to Email ilbasso     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
"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
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posted 06-10-2012 09:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Delta7   Click Here to Email Delta7     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
"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..."

Apollo Redux
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posted 06-15-2012 03:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Apollo Redux   Click Here to Email Apollo Redux     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Serious look. They were probably talking about Apollo 13.

mikepf
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posted 06-15-2012 05:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mikepf   Click Here to Email mikepf     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
NASA was looking into the feasability of flying umbrella technology to replace reentry parachutes.

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