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Topic: Photo of the week 153 (October 6)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 10-06-2007 03:32 AM
   
 This is not a scene from the movie 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'. The photo was taken during the early morning hours of 5 May 1961 at launch pad 5, Cape Canaveral. Workers are fueling Mercury-Redstone 3 in preparation for the launch of astronaut Alan Shepard aboard Freedom 7. Ed Hengeveld |
East-Frisian
Member Posts: 586
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 10-06-2007 06:13 AM
Hi, Ed,you are right, but it could really be a scene of a film. It looks a little bit dangerous. The Eastfrisian |
ApolloAlex
Member Posts: 390
From: Yeovil, England
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 10-06-2007 06:21 AM
Reminds me of a Pink Floyd stage show but nevertheless a very good pic,you can almost feel the atmosphere of the moment.Cheers,
Alex. ------------------
"Why dont you fix your little problem and light this Candle?" |
divemaster
Member Posts: 1376
From: ridgefield, ct
Registered: May 2002
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posted 10-06-2007 08:55 AM
If I wasn't told differently, I'd swear it was my college dorm room.
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Lunar rock nut
Member Posts: 911
From: Oklahoma city, Oklahoma U.S.A.
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 10-06-2007 09:50 AM
Words you wouldn't want to hear in that fog. Hey Joe you got a smoke and a light?Great Shot! Terry |
Ben
Member Posts: 1896
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: May 2000
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posted 10-06-2007 11:11 AM
How times have changed...this is a nice one. |
art540
Member Posts: 432
From: Orange, California USA
Registered: Sep 2006
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posted 10-06-2007 02:14 PM
The night time lox loading of Redstones and Jupiters allowed for some great photo ops especially time exposures... probably helped to have f45 and f64 aperture stops. Nice early days posting, Ed. |
Cliff Lentz
Member Posts: 655
From: Philadelphia, PA USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 10-08-2007 09:16 AM
All these early photos take on new meaning for me, having walked around the launch pad and blockhouse during the UACC tour in June. How much have things changed? The blockhouse is only 300 feet away from where the rocket sat. The closest shuttle viewing area is 3 1/2 miles away. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-08-2007 09:24 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Cliff Lentz:
How much have things changed? The blockhouse is only 300 feet away from where the rocket sat. The closest shuttle viewing area is 3 1/2 miles away.
As an aside, the shuttle equivalent of the Mercury blockhouse, at least in regards to the closest people at the time of launch, would be the 15 members of the Pad Rescue Team, who are staged at 0.9 miles with the M113 armored personnel carriers. |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 10-08-2007 11:59 AM
quote:
As an aside, the shuttle equivalent of the Mercury blockhouse, at least in regards to the closest people at the time of launch, would be the 15 members of the Pad Rescue Team, who are staged at 0.9 miles with the M113 armored personnel carriers.
Are they down in a bunker with the M113s parked nearby or are they inside the M113s during launch? Either way, do they have a view of the launch from there? Imagine the look and feel of that kind of viewing location! Tom |
Ben
Member Posts: 1896
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: May 2000
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posted 10-08-2007 12:07 PM
They are in the M113s when it lifts off but they tend to get out and watch as soon as the tower is cleared.Blockhouses in the US were used up until Feb. 2005, when the last Atlas 3 flew from Complex 36 here. Edit: to point out, those guys in the M113s are wearing protective gear during launch (I presume SCAPE suits). Edited by Ben on October 08, 2007 at 12:15 PM. |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 10-09-2007 01:28 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Ben:
They are in the M113s when it lifts off but they tend to get out and watch as soon as the tower is cleared.
So you are going to get a spot on that Super-VIP section for photos soon aren't you?  Tom |
Russ Still
Member Posts: 535
From: Atlanta, GA USA
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-01-2007 09:55 AM
There used to be, and perhaps still is, a great photo in the press center of the rescue guys sitting on top of the APC DURING a launch! I've been told that they were all fired. Jimmy Brown will certainly remember it. He's the one who pointed it out to me.Edited by Russ Still on December 01, 2007 at 10:29 AM. |
robsouth
Member Posts: 769
From: West Midlands, UK
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 12-01-2007 10:15 PM
I remember a photo in the old Spaceflight magazine showing the crew in the armoured vehicle watching up close as the shuttle took off. The following week they had a photo of some Russian crew members watching a Soyuz launch from even closer. The views both teams had were quite impressive. |
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