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Topic: Photo of the week 518 (September 27, 2014)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 09-27-2014 02:30 AM
   
 Dr. Kurt Debus, director of the Kennedy Space Center, signs the last major beam autographed by construction workers, NASA, and Corps of Engineers employees to be installed during the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) topping-off ceremony on April 14, 1965. |
4allmankind
Member Posts: 1043
From: Dallas
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 09-27-2014 02:47 AM
An absolutely awesome shot! Is this beam visible today? I wonder if anyone's got a photo of it post-installation and what it might look like today. |
stsmithva
Member Posts: 1933
From: Fairfax, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 09-27-2014 05:40 AM
I greatly enjoy the variety of the photos in this series. Not that only shots taken in space during missions would get boring, but the Earthbound ones showing training and other events really give us a better sense of NASA's history. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 09-27-2014 06:15 AM
We aim to please...  |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1634
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 09-27-2014 09:38 AM
Is that the good side or not so good side of Dr. Debus? Hint; he had a scar on one side of his face that I've been told by a former NASA employee that he was proud of, as it was an old war wound. |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 09-27-2014 09:44 AM
That's the scarred side, it's below his lip going across towards his cheek.Great shot Ed, I'd love to know if this is visible as well. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3208
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 09-27-2014 10:06 AM
Here is a photo of its final location. |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 09-27-2014 12:11 PM
Thanks LM-12, I guess as it's way up in the gods, it may now be covered with fireproof materials and cladding now. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3208
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 09-27-2014 12:13 PM
Looks like he signed it twice. This photo is dated May 13, 1965.It wouldn't surprise me at all if that May date is incorrect, but he is signing the beam in a different location. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3208
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 11-03-2014 11:56 AM
Some great 1965 footage of the VAB and the topping off ceremony from Mark Gray at Spacecraft Films. The beam can also be seen near Hangar S. |
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