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Topic: Photo of the week 198 (August 16, 2008)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-16-2008 02:27 AM
   
 As the Enterprise is trucked from the Rockwell plant in Palmdale to Edwards Air Force Base on January 31, 1977, two former astronauts discuss future Shuttle operations at the base. General Tom Stafford was commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards, while Dave Scott was Director of the adjacent NASA Flight Research Center. Ed Hengeveld |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 08-16-2008 05:36 AM
Watch out for the wingtip guys...Great classic "Freightliner" truck! |
Jacques van Oene
Member Posts: 861
From: Houten, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 08-17-2008 06:57 AM
"So do you want to buy this thing from me or not..."  |
Mr Meek
Member Posts: 353
From: Chattanooga, TN
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 08-17-2008 08:56 AM
Imagine being the truck driver. For the rest of your life, you get to tell everyone that you "drove" the Space Shuttle. |
Steve Procter
Member Posts: 1031
From: Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 08-17-2008 10:12 AM
'Well Dave, don't you worry. Security is pretty tight here - no one would be able to walk in and steal a Shuttle' |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-17-2008 10:19 AM
This photo (and any others like it) make the Matchbox toys I played with as a kid all that much cooler. As a child, I always thought there was something wrong with having a truck pulling a space shuttle... little did I know (although they never did get the scale between the truck and orbiter quite correct). |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 08-17-2008 11:50 AM
"Ya know, Dave, looking at all that cactus out there, maybe I'll just hold it in until we get to Edwards. But don't let me stop you; I'll wait in the car!" |
Mr Meek
Member Posts: 353
From: Chattanooga, TN
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 08-17-2008 01:22 PM
Wait a sec...is that Optimus Prime towing the Space Shuttle?!?!? |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 08-17-2008 07:57 PM
"Speeding, officer? In this little thing? Heck, this Shuttle doesn't do more than 225 miles per hour... uh, oh." |
mark plas
Member Posts: 385
From: the Netherlands
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 08-18-2008 01:19 AM
"Don't you tell me I cannot drive this thing, back in 1971 I even drove a car on the moon!" |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1634
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 08-18-2008 06:55 PM
Does anyone else think that Tom and Dave are a bit overdressed for the desert? |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 08-18-2008 07:04 PM
Another time, another place, but this quote is somehow appropriate for the photo and dedicated to all who believed Enterprise would fly in space:"Why don't you fix your little problem and light this candle?" |
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