Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you for the quick tour. Once the facility is open again for tours I'll need to drop in for another tour. On Wed, May 27, 2020, 7:32 PM Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Here are a few photos taken inside NASA's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility > in Houston. Astronauts train here for future missions to the > International Space Station, the moon and Mars. It's hard to believe I > was there only 3 months ago, near the end of the "before-time." > > This shot is particularly interesting because a NASA technician is > training a robot for a future Mars mission. I wondered about the pickup > truck. It turns out that they use it to teach the robot how to open doors. > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/49943265091/in/dateposted-public/ > > > > Here's the rest of my picks, showing ISS module mockups and such: > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/49942752458/in/dateposted-public/ > > > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/49943265161/in/dateposted-public/ > > > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/49943265191/in/dateposted-public/ > > > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/49943561352/in/dateposted-public/ > > > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/49943561392/in/dateposted-public/ > > > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/49943265261/in/dateposted-public/ > > > > Olympus E-M5 and Panasonic 20/1.7 (40mm equivalent). Our large tour > group was packed into a narrow hallway above the facility, with thick > glass windows. I don't remember seeing the Space-X Dragon mockup, but > we were being moved along fairly quickly. View large and full screen if > you can. Enjoy! > > --Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information