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Topic: Photo of the week 173 (February 23, 2008)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 02-23-2008 04:21 AM
   
 Creating a traffic jam, the Apollo-1 spacecraft is transported from the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building to Launch Complex 34 at Cape Kennedy for mating with the Saturn-1B launch vehicle. This was on January 6, 1967. Ed Hengeveld |
mensax
Member Posts: 861
From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 02-23-2008 05:51 AM
That is one traffic jam that I wouldn't have minded being in.Noah |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 02-23-2008 10:18 AM
I like the contrast between the "futuristic"-look of the CSM and the "vintage" cars that follow (as well as telephone/electricity lines!). It reminds me of a photo of the XB70 next to a '60s truck. Some things were ahead of their times...Chris. |
SpaceCat
Member Posts: 151
From: Florida, US
Registered: May 2006
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posted 02-23-2008 11:06 AM
Also a touch of sadness here, when you contrast the optimism of this day to the horror and grief to follow just 21 days later.I spent a summer working on old 34 about 10 years ago and got familiar with the landscape- now mostly in ruins, of course. This photo is looking WSW, since you can see the "beehive" blockhouse behind the service tower. Not much is left of this road. |
APG85
Member Posts: 306
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Registered: Jan 2008
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posted 02-24-2008 05:24 AM
It would be neat to see the same view/angle now... |
hlbjr
Member Posts: 475
From: Delray Beach Florida USA
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 02-24-2008 09:33 AM
I respectfully disagree with the comment this is a view looking WSW. I believe the convoy is in fact heading NNE toward pad 34. Harvey Brown |
SpaceCat
Member Posts: 151
From: Florida, US
Registered: May 2006
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posted 02-25-2008 06:15 PM
LOL- my 6-decade old eyes aren't what they used to be. That looked like the edge of the blockhouse 'beyond' the pad- but on enlargement, you can see the whole blockhouse in front of the pad. Wondered why they would be delivering from the beach road.APG85, let me look through my photos- may have one I can scan from 1997 or 98. |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 2915
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 02-25-2008 07:30 PM
Yep, that was the old Cape Road, now Phillips Parkway, that goes straight into the Pad 34 area. The road hasn't really changed that much and is still frequented by Cape traffic. The Operations Support Building is still there on the left as you exit Phillips and enter the complex area.Across from the support building is what used to be, the remains so-to-speak, of the high pressure gas facility. Next in line would be the actual blockhouse or launch control center. The once-gigantic service structure, as parked in a launch position south-west of the complex, rested between the blockhouse and the pedestal launch pad. The Apollo 1 and 7 astronaut crews traveled many times on the same Cape Road to and from their spacecraft and Saturn 1B launch vehicle. |
R.Glueck
Member Posts: 115
From: Winterport, Maine, USA
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 02-26-2008 06:55 PM
So much expectation at that moment, even though the astronauts and their back-ups have so little confidence in the spacecraft, most of us don't have a clue that anything could go wrong. It is a remarkable photograph, particularly to those of us who remember the announcement which followed in a few weeks. Quite a picture.
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