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Topic: Photo of the week 506 (July 5, 2014)
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heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 07-05-2014 12:17 AM
All three X-15 ships are seen together in a hangar at Edwards AFB in this rare shot taken on April 23, 1964. They were set up for filming of the NASA film 'Project X-15'. |
MCroft04 Member Posts: 1634 From: Smithfield, Me, USA Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 07-05-2014 07:38 AM
Awesome picture Ed! I wonder which one local pilot (from nearby Madison, Maine) Bob Rushworth flew? |
bobslittlebro Member Posts: 179 From: Douglasville, Ga U.S.A. Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 07-05-2014 08:21 AM
Great photo Ed. Thanks very much. |
PeterO Member Posts: 399 From: North Carolina Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 07-05-2014 10:04 AM
quote: Originally posted by MCroft04: I wonder which one local pilot (from nearby Madison, Maine) Bob Rushworth flew?
All three, according to this Wikipedia summary. |
nasamad Member Posts: 2121 From: Essex, UK Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 07-05-2014 02:01 PM
My god!!! I didn't realise the X-15 went 6800mph way back in 1966, that's just amazing. Great image by the way Ed. |
micropooz Member Posts: 1512 From: Washington, DC, USA Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 07-05-2014 03:52 PM
That's 6800 km/h, which is about 4500 mph. Still an incredible feat!And great picture Ed! |
moorouge Member Posts: 2454 From: U.K. Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 07-06-2014 03:56 PM
Congratulations Ed on showing remarkable restraint with this photo considering current events elsewhere in the world. |
nasamad Member Posts: 2121 From: Essex, UK Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 07-06-2014 04:42 PM
Oops, my bad, and there was me about to blame Wackypedia! Thought the Mach number looked low but didn't bother to check. |
micropooz Member Posts: 1512 From: Washington, DC, USA Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 07-06-2014 05:09 PM
No sweat, NASAMAD! Those of us in the US still like to use archaic measurement systems in order to cause confusion...and it works! lol |
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 07-07-2014 04:28 AM
quote: Originally posted by moorouge: Congratulations Ed on showing remarkable restraint with this photo considering current events elsewhere in the world.
It seems that the papers can't write about anything else than soccer these days. Today's paper has fourteen (14!!!) pages about the Dutch victory over Costa Rica. So I decided against an Apollo 17 orange soil photo... |
GoesTo11 Member Posts: 1309 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 07-07-2014 09:22 PM
I'm not even a soccer fan and I "got" that reference...what do I win, Ed? |
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 07-08-2014 01:00 PM
quote: Originally posted by GoesTo11: ...what do I win, Ed?
A lifelong subscription to collectSPACE!
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moorouge Member Posts: 2454 From: U.K. Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 07-09-2014 05:07 AM
quote: Originally posted by heng44: So I decided against an Apollo 17 orange soil photo...
A thought - the astronauts wear orange spacesuits, so does this mean that they are all closet supporters of the Dutch football team?To take it further, logically the astronauts wear orange, the Dutch footballers wear orange, therefore the Dutch football team are astronauts. Q.E.D. Picture problem solved. |