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Topic: Photo of the week 532 (January 3, 2015)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-03-2015 02:24 AM
   
 A view of construction work at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston in early 1963. The Mission Control Center is in the background, but the cars in the foreground are the real reason I wanted to post this photo! |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 01-03-2015 07:21 AM
Can understand your reasoning Ed. Holland, being flat, has only bicycles so cars must be quite a rare sight.  |
stsmithva
Member Posts: 1933
From: Fairfax, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 01-03-2015 07:57 AM
I know others have said something like this before, but one of the things that impresses me about the space exploration missions of the 60's and 70's is comparing the spacecraft and their components (computer, guidance, radar, communications, etc.) to other technology of the day; i.e. the cars. People of the future will probably do the same thing: "They had astronauts living in orbit while on Earth they still had cell phones that weren't permanently implanted? Ha ha ha!" |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 01-03-2015 09:07 AM
I got to relive that automotive period in time this past summer during a trip to Cuba. I would guess 40 to 50% of the cars we saw were American and from the 40s and 50s.I always wanted a Corvair, damn that Ralph Nader. |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 01-03-2015 09:13 AM
It was a time when not only the rockets had fins! |
mikepf
Member Posts: 441
From: San Jose, California, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 01-06-2015 03:07 PM
Well, it's the start of the new year and that is good enough occasion for me to say one of my periodic thank yous Ed for posting these pictures every week. It's always a treat to see what you are going to show us next! — Mikie |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-08-2015 06:37 AM
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