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Topic: Photo of the week 563 (August 8, 2015)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-08-2015 02:35 AM
   
 This photo of Gemini 11 command pilot Pete Conrad was taken by pilot Dick Gordon on September 13, 1966, while Gordon's hatch was open to jettison EVA equipment that was no longer needed. |
Fra Mauro
Member Posts: 1587
From: Bethpage, N.Y.
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 08-08-2015 07:22 AM
A real gem. It shows how cramped Gemini.was. |
Headshot
Member Posts: 864
From: Vancouver, WA, USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 08-08-2015 08:55 AM
Damn good picture. Did Gordon have an interest in photography? |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 08-08-2015 06:22 PM
Claustrophobia in a nut shell... or should that be a Gemini spacecraft? |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 08-11-2015 08:28 PM
Mercury had 50 cu/ft of space. Gemini had 35 per person. |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 08-11-2015 09:58 PM
It's been compared to a Volkswagen Beetle of that era for interior room, but I think the Beetle had more. Especially when you add the inflated pressure suits to the mix.I definitely wouldn't fit! |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-12-2015 06:54 AM
But on the plus side, "zero-G" allows you access to ALL of the interior compartment. |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 08-12-2015 08:09 AM
I'm sure Frank Borman and Jim Lovell had their hands - and interior compartments - full during their marathon Gemini flight, so it must have felt like being sprung from solitary confinement! |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 08-12-2015 01:09 PM
I remember seeing a Gemini at the visitor's center and Goddard Space Center, which I believe was Gemini XI. I couldn't believe how small inside they were. |
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