Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ric: Ham seems to be saying, "I couldda been a contenduh...!". At least they could have cast him in a couple of B Grade sitcoms so he'd have some residuals and be able to afford some chimp chicks to party with, now and again. As with Rodney Dangerfield, Ham don't get no respeck. Bob On Jun 20, 2007, at 18:58, Ric Carter wrote: If I have the right stuff in remembering "The Right Stuff" and other Project Mercury history, Ham the astrochimp was not popular among the other astronauts. The humans thought him unworthy of his early flight in the novice capsule. Ham never got a shot at Gemini or Apollo like so many of the super seven. I don't know how it came to be, but Ham lived out his retirement and senior years at the North Carolina Zoo, a new facility at the time and innovative in terms of reasonably natural habitat. <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/PAW+2007+and+1982/25ham.jpg.html> <http://tinyurl.com/3aszzt> Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information