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BLACKARROW
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posted 03-01-2005 05:34 PM
 
I have just returned home from a trip which included a visit to the current home of the fastest man-carrying vehicle ever built. Where was I? What is the vehicle called? |
FFrench
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posted 03-01-2005 05:41 PM
I would say you were in South Kensington, London, and looking at a certain Peanuts cartoon character...FF |
Astro Bill
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posted 03-01-2005 06:11 PM
Is that the X-15 at the Nat'l Air & Space Museum in Washington? |
micropooz
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posted 03-01-2005 07:04 PM
Ditto on FFrench's reply.Dennis Dillman |
burnsnz
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posted 03-01-2005 07:38 PM
Were you at the Science Museum viewing the Apollo 10 Command Module "Charlie Brown"?All the Best Burns Fallow
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gliderpilotuk
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posted 03-02-2005 11:45 AM
Have you found Aurora? <LOL>Geoffrey - you didn't specify "within" the atmosphere, or outside of! Either the X-15 at the NASM or Ap 10 CM at the Science Museum Paul Bramley
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nasamad
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posted 03-02-2005 02:47 PM
I ditto FF's reply as well. It's probably the fastest man carrying vehicle NOT displayed in a space gallery ! (and not covered by perspex). Adam |
spaceheaded
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posted 03-02-2005 03:11 PM
I'm torn between the ThrustSSC (Museum of British Road Transport in Coventry) or the Apollo 10 CM or the Ford F-150 Lightning. Bill |
BLACKARROW
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posted 03-02-2005 04:50 PM
Well done to most of you...while my wife was doing what women do in Oxford Street, London (the reckoning comes with the credit card bill next month) I took a quick Tube trip to the Science Museum, South Kensington, to see the space section for the first time since 2001. Having just viewed the excellent Apollo 10 DVD set, it was particularly interesting to see one of the stars of the show, "good 'ole Charlie Brown." And the greatest speed ever attained by man: 24,816 mph ("Apollo 10 Mission Report").PAUL, "fastest" means "fastest", not "fastest inside - or outside - the atmosphere." But you're forgiven. Glider pilots don't fly faster, just better and cheaper! |
BLACKARROW
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posted 03-02-2005 04:53 PM
ADAM,
You're right about the location of "Charlie Brown." It's not in the space section, it's next door in a section dedicated (I think) to human achievement. |
Aztecdoug
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posted 03-02-2005 05:35 PM
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Originally posted by BLACKARROW:
And the greatest speed ever attained by man: 24,816 mph ("Apollo 10 Mission Report").PAUL, "fastest" means "fastest", not "fastest inside - or outside - the atmosphere." But you're forgiven. Glider pilots don't fly faster, just better and cheaper!
How fast did they go...? I have seen different references to different speeds when they hit re-entry at 400,000 feet. 24,759
24,791
24,816 I think Tom Stafford wrote 24,791 knots in his book. I wonder if there is a set figure, or if you just have to accept that when you are falling to Earth and accelerating at that speed, it just depends on which instrument you are looking at. In any event, Tom, John and Gene are the fastest men in the Universe. I did ask Gene once why they came back so hot. He mentioned that they had some extra fuel to burn coming back and they used it. ------------------
Kind Regards Douglas Henry Enjoy yourself and have fun.... it is only a hobby!
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