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Topic: H2's Museum Men: Historical spaceflight exhibits
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-13-2014 04:27 AM
   
H2 (History 2), A&E's international spinoff of the History Channel, has a new series, Museum Men, which follows the team from Creative Arts Unlimited as they design and build historical exhibits for museums throughout the country. They approach each build determined to tell a story, and the details are everything. And these guys don't just build for museums; they also re-create items for individual private collections. But every project has challenges, including hard-to-find research, demanding schedules, and obsolete methods of construction. Through this prism you'll hear stories related to the objects, people and building techniques of various historical eras. The series third episode, Relaunching Apollo 13, premieres tonight (Dec. 13).  The Museum of Science and Industry is looking to expand their space race exhibit, and they know just the team to help them do this: Creative Arts. The team agrees to build the iconic Apollo 13 lunar module, the hero craft from the perilous Apollo 13 mission. Creative Arts will also build a heat shield for the museum's existing Mercury capsule. In 1970, a mission to the moon turned into a story of survival when an oxygen tank exploded. Their command module disabled, the three-man crew was forced to take refuge in their lunar module. With a lot of ingenuity and a little bit of duct tape, the Apollo 13 crew made their harrowing journey home. If you miss Saturday night's broadcast, the episode re-airs beginning Dec. 18 for five nights, and will be available to watch online beginning on Sunday (Dec. 14). |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-14-2014 10:26 AM
So, did anyone else watch this? A couple of surprises along the way, including a cameo and a reveal as part of the build...According to the promo that aired during the show, next week's episode involves building a replica of a Bell X-1. |
pupnik
Member Posts: 114
From: Maryland
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 12-14-2014 12:41 PM
I did and three things stuck with me:Mercury capsules were only used for suborbital flights. There are no surviving lunar landers. The lunar lander can't support its own weight in earth's gravity. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-14-2014 01:14 PM
Yes, there were some errors (though the point about no surviving lunar landers was, I think, a clunky way of saying that none of the space-flown LMs returned to Earth to be displayed). |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 12-14-2014 01:39 PM
I have not been able to watch it all but both times I have been to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago it had a LM. I must be missing something here. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-14-2014 01:43 PM
Same name, different museum. This is the Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa, Florida. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 12-14-2014 03:11 PM
Okay, that's better. I only missed the mark by some 1200 miles.  |
David Carey
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Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 12-14-2014 03:44 PM
Perhaps we're too close to the topic vs. the intended audience but there did seem to be a number of simple errors that would have been easy to get right without complicating things. Mostly, this bit of hyperbole struck me as a disservice to the real project: "They have just 25 days to accomplish what took NASA 7 years". Yes, well...Perhaps I missed the mention (or misjudged the proportions) but it didn't seem to be 1:1 scale - something more like 1/2 to 3/4 actual size?
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GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 12-14-2014 04:11 PM
I agree I just watched it. The scale is about three-quarters and there a number of structural/antenna errors. |
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