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Topic: Photo of the week 30 (September 15)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 09-15-2005 09:52 AM
   
 NOSE JOB
KSC ground support crewmen Don Murray and Don Porterfield remove protective covers from the forward thruster nozzles in the nose of Columbia on April 7, 1981, during final preparations for rollback of the Rotating Service Structure for the launch of STS-1. Note Columbia’s nose cap and the pattern of heat-protective tiles. Ed Hengeveld |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 09-15-2005 02:49 PM
Nice one!
I'm always amazed how clean the shuttles looked before they first flew. Now they look like a good well used truck that has been driven down a dusty road. |
Ben
Member Posts: 1896
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: May 2000
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posted 09-15-2005 03:34 PM
Yea, this is a good, not-often-seen shot. Thanks for posting!------------------
-Ben www.LaunchPhotography.com |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-15-2005 04:40 PM
Looks like a rather bizarre Easter egg to me! |
mzieg
Member Posts: 72
From: Seneca, PA USA
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-15-2005 09:38 PM
Every week it's another interesting & unique photo! Ed, where do you find them all? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 09-16-2005 02:53 AM
quote:
Originally posted by mzieg:
Every week it's another interesting & unique photo! Ed, where do you find them all?
In my files!  This particular photo I picked up at the still photo desk in KSC's press center the day after it was taken. I fondly remember friendly Althea Washington handing them out. This photo and dozens of others...
And I like the Easter egg analogy, Francis! Ed [This message has been edited by heng44 (edited September 16, 2005).] |
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