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Topic: Photo of the week 731 (October 27, 2018)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 10-26-2018 01:59 PM
   
 Half a century ago this week, Apollo 7 commander Wally Schirra released a raccoon tail from a box which he told newsmen contained a mongoose. The reporters were covering the crew's return to Houston on October 26, 1968. Schirra told them how dangerous the animal was. When they came closer for a look he tripped a spring on the lid, sending the raccoon tail flying in the air and the newsmen into a hasty retreat. |
ea757grrl
Member Posts: 729
From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 10-26-2018 04:11 PM
A classic Wally Schirra "gotcha"! |
gareth89
Member Posts: 298
From: Ireland
Registered: May 2014
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posted 10-26-2018 04:53 PM
This photo/story just made my evening.  |
oly
Member Posts: 905
From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Apr 2015
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posted 10-26-2018 07:44 PM
I like this, thank you for posting yet another great photo. |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 10-26-2018 11:42 PM
Fantastic!! I hope there is film of this! |
sts205cdr
Member Posts: 649
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 10-27-2018 03:49 PM
Ed, are you a Turtle? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 10-28-2018 04:01 AM
quote:
Originally posted by sts205cdr:
Ed, are you a Turtle?
YBYSAIA! |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 10-28-2018 04:08 AM
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Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 10-28-2018 06:31 AM
Appropriate as the Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles will soon celebrate its 80th birthday! |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 396
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 10-28-2018 07:46 AM
And the "Interstellar Association" (Outer Shell Division) has confirmed: "It's turtles, all the way down." |
Fra Mauro
Member Posts: 1587
From: Bethpage, N.Y.
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 10-28-2018 06:36 PM
His last gotcha as an astronaut. |
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