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Topic: Photo of the week 647 (March 18, 2017)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-18-2017 03:36 AM
   
 Kennedy Space Center workers J.R. Zalenski (barely visible on the swing arm) and Bill Enos (on beanie cap) at Launch Pad 39A during preparations for STS-1 in February 1981. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 03-18-2017 04:51 AM
Cool photo! Thanks Ed! |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 03-18-2017 05:31 AM
Wow, awesome shot! Now I don't have to worry about the wiggles in the black line on my STS-1 model ET. It wasn't very straight in real life. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 03-18-2017 09:03 AM
What was purpose of the Beanie cap over main tank? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-18-2017 09:11 AM
The "beanie cap," formally known as the vent hood, was part of the gaseous oxygen vent arm. From NASA: Heated gaseous nitrogen is pumped into the hood to warm the liquid oxygen vent system at the top of the external tank. This prevents oxygen vapors that are exiting the vent louvers from condensing water vapor in the surrounding air into potentially damaging ice. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-18-2017 12:00 PM
Must have been quite the view from that vantage point. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-18-2017 01:46 PM
The view from the beanie cap is seen in Photo of the Week 26. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 03-19-2017 12:00 PM
Wow! Talking about an unusual shot! (I wasn't around on Week 26!). |
Wehaveliftoff
Member Posts: 2343
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Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 03-19-2017 05:35 PM
Hope he had a tether. No way you could pay me to do that, acrophobia or not. |
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