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Subject: [Leica] Apollo Mission Control
From: cartersxrd at gmail.com (CartersXRd)
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 23:51:55 -0500
References: <5edfdc04-7b60-c385-e335-2714d63e49aa@gmail.com>

how exciting

i was also one of those kids who followed from pre-Mercury all the way to 
the Moon

ric


> On Feb 25, 2020, at 10:44 PM, Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> I'm back from 12 days in Texas--Houston and Austin.  A highlight of the 
> trip was a visit to NASA's Johnson Space Center. It was pilgrimage I've 
> wanted to make all my life. Part of me is still that space-crazed kid who 
> watched all the launches, hoping I'd be in one of those spacecraft someday.
> 
> Building 30 houses most of the Mission Control rooms, past and present. 
> The room used for the Apollo program has been restored to look as much as 
> possible as it did at the moment Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon 50 
> years ago.  The period "artifacts" are very detailed, many contributed by 
> people who  worked there during the Apollo program.
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at 
> N04/49585990292/in/dateposted-public/>
> 
> A better view of the center consoles. Flight Director Gene Kranz' console 
> is just left of center.
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at 
> N04/49585990232/in/dateposted-public/>
> 
> Another console, closer up:
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at 
> N04/49585753721/in/dateposted-public/>
> 
> The building courtyard, with its historic landmark landmark plaque:
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at 
> N04/49585990392/in/dateposted-public/>
> 
> A very happy visitor:
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at 
> N04/49585753836/in/dateposted-public/>
> 
> The room is smaller than it appeared on TV.  Wide-angle lenses do that.  
> The viewing area is behind glass in what used to be the VIP observation 
> area--reserved for astronaut's families and visiting dignitaries back in 
> the day.  They normally show an audio-visual presentation of the minutes 
> before and after the landing, but it, um, malfunctioned. No matter. They 
> displayed the "one small step" picture, and a guide talked us through.  
> All I cared about was that I was THERE.
> 
> Olympus E-M5 and Panasonic 20/1.7.  Enjoy!
> --Peter
> 
> 
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