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Topic: Photo of the week 240 (June 6, 2009)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 06-06-2009 04:41 AM
   
 Forty years ago today, Apollo 11 was about five weeks from launch. But already preparations for Apollo 12 were in full swing. Here LMP Al Bean enters the spacecraft during altitude chamber tests at KSC. Commander Pete Conrad is already inside and CMP Dick Gordon is out of frame, waiting for his turn. Ed |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 06-06-2009 08:22 AM
Great shot!And at this point, there was still a very legitimate shot that Apollo XII would be the first to land on the moon, if everything didn't go perfectly on XI... ------------------
John Capobianco
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ASCAN1984
Member Posts: 1049
From: County Down, Nothern Ireland
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 06-06-2009 12:37 PM
The blue look awsome. What is it? Would be amazing if the spacecraft were actually that colour |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 06-06-2009 04:26 PM
The blue was the protective wrapping for the Kapton foil. The blue plastic is why the Apollo 9 crew named their CM "Gumdrop," because it looked like a wrapped-up piece of candy when it was delivered to the Cape. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 06-06-2009 07:02 PM
The back of that tech's white lab coat says "AC Industries". Wonder who they were. |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 06-06-2009 07:27 PM
A quick Google search reveals AC Industries as a maker of spa covers. That sounds like something Pete Conrad would have ordered! |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-06-2009 07:34 PM
I can see why it would be confused for "AC" but the back of his jacket is actually "ILC Industries", better known today as ILC Dover. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 06-07-2009 06:41 AM
Duh... You're absolutely right Robert and when I first saw it, I thought the same, but the more I looked, the more it looked like AC. I even enlarged the photo and still saw AC. |
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