Re: What is it? CXVIII

[Scott Lurndal]

689 Some type of aircraft control panel. I'm guessing for a helicopter.

I initially thought that too, but there aren't suit controls on a helo. More likely a high-altitude MACH+ jet (X-1? U-2? SR71?)

scott

[Robert Bonomi]

nope. A spacecraft. give-aways (from switch labels): 3-axis autopilot -- "roll", "pitch", "yaw". RCS -- that's the maneuvering thrusters then, at the bottom of the console are 'suit flow' thingies. *TWO* of them.

So, we've got a two-man spacecraft, with labelling in English. There are precisely _two_ vehicles that fit in that classification -- A Gemini capsule, and a LEM. My money says Gemini. Especially, since I found a picture of the LEM interior (), and _that_ doesn't match.

[Norman D. Crow]

Well, look on the bright side . . at least I was in the right church, just didn't sit in the proper pew.

[Rich Grise]

Possible spoiler?

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---------------------------------------------------------------------- space news from Sep 20, 1993 AW&ST [presumably, "Aviation Week & Space Technology"]

Henry Spencer summaries

Letter from Karl Henize of JSC, commenting on an AW&ST report of Neil Armstrong's Gemini glove still being in orbit and still being tracked. Wrong in three ways. First, the lost glove happened on Gemini 4, while Armstrong flew on Gemini 8. Second, such a relatively large and light object, in the fairly low orbit the Geminis used, would have reentered within a year. And third, the Gemini 4 glove was never tracked well enough to appear in the tracking catalog. ...

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'tcha just LOVE Google? ;-)

Thanks! Rich

[Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippi]

Big, BIG Bambu! %-}

Cheers! Rich

[Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippi]

Well, I knew it was no USAF fighter or bomber aircraft - all of their panels are flat black. :-)

Cheers! Rich

[R.H.]

That isn't what I was looking for, there was something extra on them, something common but not normally found on gloves.

Rob

[Mark & Juanita]

I'm impressed. My first thought was LEM because of the "radar" switch; but I didn't have the persistence to investigate further.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

[Gunner]

Frat house sized spliff.

Gunner

[Bill B]

How about the "famous" Gemini excrement glove?

[R.H.]

LOL, not exactly sure what that means but I'm positive it's not what I had in mind. The gloves were designed and made with something functional added to them, to be used by Armstrong in some of his work.

Rob

[GLM]

"R.H." wrote in news:nDLig.56769$ [e-mail]:

It must be the safety pin his mother used to pin them to his spacesuit so he wouldn't lose them.

Gary

[Rich Grise]

Well, I've already given it my best shot - how long are you going to keep us in suspenders?

Thanks, Rich

[Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippi]

"Whoa, that's the biggest joint I've ever seen!" "Aah, it's not real, it's just full of a bunch of my old socks and stuff." "Well, let's try it anyway - ya never know!"

Cheers! Rich