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Topic: Photo of the week 534 (January 17, 2015)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-17-2015 02:12 AM
   
 A four-day test of the Mobile Quarantine Facility that would house the Apollo 11 astronauts after their return to earth was performed onboard the USS Guadalcanal in March 1969, in conjunction with the Apollo 9 recovery. The test was supervised by Dr. Bill Carpentier. The other participants are shown here. Standing is MQF technician John Hirasaki. At left are Paul Kruppenbacher (top) and Texas Ward, at right is Arthur Lizza. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 01-17-2015 07:11 AM
Ed - are you sure you have this printed the right way round? I know of another location where this is reversed, i.e. the double occupied bunks on the right. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-17-2015 07:44 AM
Yes, this is the correct orientation. I am always very keen on this sort of thing. My clue was Hirasaki's breast pocket. It seems to be in the usual place. The confirmation is another photo of him standing next to an instrument panel with text labels. |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1634
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 01-17-2015 08:03 AM
Gee, not much roomier than the CM. |
dabolton
Member Posts: 419
From: Seneca, IL, US
Registered: Jan 2009
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posted 01-17-2015 03:21 PM
The Apollo Navy guys would have felt right at home. |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 01-17-2015 04:34 PM
I agree with Ed about the way the photo is shown. As well as his comments, the fellow on the bottom left-hand bunk is wearing his watch on his left wrist (as do most right-handed people), and his wedding ring is on his third finger left. There are probably more clues that would show up in a higher-res version. |
Kite
Member Posts: 831
From: Northampton UK
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 01-18-2015 04:46 AM
Colin, you should have been a detective!! |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 01-18-2015 07:27 AM
With the research he puts into his books, he IS a detective! This photo just makes me realize all of the work that went into Apollo. So much had to be tested, and it all had to work right to get 3 men home. |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 01-18-2015 08:20 PM
I think Ed would agree with me that after years of receiving a small number of photos printed backwards from NASA, and many others mislabelled, you have to have a bit of detective about you. There are so many early photos - particularly Mercury era - that say a certain photo was taken on launch day, but you see people wearing three different shirts, or someone that you know wasn't there on launch day (such as Al Rochford on Scott Carpenter's launch day - he was in another state about to get married). I'm sure JL out at Retro Space Images has torn his hair out many times trying to identify when a certain photo was actually taken, rather than believe the accompanying NASA caption. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-21-2015 04:37 AM
Colin is absolutely right. I think I would be a better NASA archivist than the NASA archivists.  |
mikepf
Member Posts: 441
From: San Jose, California, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 01-21-2015 11:03 AM
NASA archivist isn't nearly as prestigious as collectSPACE archivist. |
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