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Topic: Photo of the week 391 (April 21, 2012)
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heng44
Member Posts: 2330
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted April 21, 2012 01:16 AM
   
 In light of this week's events I have selected the oldest Discovery photo I could find in my files. It was taken March 24, 1982, at the Rockwell plant in Palmdale as construction was beginning. Ed Hengeveld |
Lasv3
Member Posts: 187
From: Bratislava, Slovakia
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 21, 2012 02:35 AM
Those were the times... |
OV-105
Member Posts: 540
From: Ridgecrest, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted April 21, 2012 02:48 PM
I like that the back doors are open and you can see the desert. |
Fra Mauro
Member Posts: 852
From: Maspeth, NY
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted April 21, 2012 07:48 PM
"They will never see the likes of us again," from the Genesis song, Driving the Last Spike. |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 53
From: Albany, Oregon USA
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted April 22, 2012 02:15 PM
I liken this to laying the keel of any ship and the hopes for safe voyages that go with it. |
sfurtaw
Member Posts: 89
From: Saginaw, MI USA
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted April 23, 2012 06:54 AM
To stay on topic, what a neat photo of the earliest days of Discovery. Thanks for posting, Ed. Another great find. quote:
Originally posted by Fra Mauro:
"They will never see the likes of us again," from the Genesis song, Driving the Last Spike.
To stray a bit off topic, Fra Mauro, you just quoted my favorite Genesis song. |
Philip
Member Posts: 4540
From: Brussels, BELGIUM
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted April 23, 2012 10:34 AM
Great photo, Rosamond/ Los Angeles dry lake is an amazing place at the edge of the Mojave (semi-) desert  |
Fra Mauro
Member Posts: 852
From: Maspeth, NY
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted April 24, 2012 07:25 PM
The song seemed appropriate for the pioneering spirit of the time. |
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