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Topic: Photo of the week 470 (October 26, 2013)
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heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 10-25-2013 02:06 PM
At the Kennedy Space Center's Apollo/Saturn V Center, the 1998 astronaut candidate class (group 17) line up for a photo during a tour of facilities at KSC on September 27, 1999. Towering over them is the business end of the Saturn V with the five F-1 engines, providing a nice sense of scale. Thanks to Bob McLeod for the photo. |
randy Member Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 10-25-2013 03:22 PM
Thanks for the great photo. Brought back a lot of very fond memories from when I was there at the AHOF in 2001. |
mach3valkyrie Member Posts: 719 From: Albany, Oregon Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 10-27-2013 10:37 PM
Business End of the Saturn V indeed! Nice angle. |
ASCAN1984 Member Posts: 1049 From: County Down, Nothern Ireland Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 10-28-2013 04:54 AM
In some ways, quite a sad photograph to look at with Alan Poindexter and Patricia Hillard Robertson sadly no longer with us. A lot of big players as well in ISS construction and long duration spaceflight such as Garrett Reisman. Think if memory servers Neil Woodward was the only one who never flew. Why was their class named "The Penguins"? |
Hart Sastrowardoyo Member Posts: 3445 From: Toms River, NJ Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 10-28-2013 11:45 AM
I believe it was Reisman who told me that the previous class wanted to call them the Dodos. They didn't mind being named after a flightless bird, but it was going too far to be named after one that was extinct.... |
KSCartist Member Posts: 2896 From: Titusville, FL USA Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 10-28-2013 11:49 AM
...and since the previous Class was named the Sardines, they chose a flightless bird that eats fish. |
Tom Member Posts: 1597 From: New York Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 10-28-2013 05:22 PM
quote: Originally posted by ASCAN1984: Think if memory servers Neil Woodward was the only one who never flew.
Woodward and Hillard Robertson never had the opportunity to fly. |