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90 Days in the Hole

frycook — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:14:50 +0000

I wonder where these guys are now. They would be in their 60s.

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Growing Plants in Lunar Soil

frycook — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:14:49 +0000

NASA scientists were able to grow plants in Moon dirt.

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Guess You Can Only be a Lab Technician

frycook — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:14:36 +0000

Lab Technician Set

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Forever alone

frycook — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:14:35 +0000

Viking spacecraft wait for the first humans to visit Mars.

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Ingenious, lightning-fast computing machines

frycook — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:57:50 +0000

Ingenious, lightning-fast computing machines designed to compute artillery firing tables.

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Apollo 15 Astronauts Cancel a Stamp on the Moon

frycook — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:50:22 +0000

Apollo 15 Astronaut Scott Cancels a Stamp on the Moon

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Elections Depend on the Most Trivial of Things

frycook — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:50:22 +0000

The minor tragedies of life.

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Is there nothing Orson Welles can’t do perfectly?

frycook — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:50:05 +0000

In 1975, Orson Welles made a science promo film for NASA called “Who’s Out There?”

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Only thing mapping satellites could do in the 1960s

frycook — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:49:59 +0000

Simplicity itself.

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The Drama of Transportation

frycook — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:17:24 +0000

Patriotic call from Ford V-8 trucks. The vital drama of transportation – courteous men and dependable machines.

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NASA Mad Max Chase Car

frycook — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:16:59 +0000

Only a brief clip of one of NASA’s cool chase cars chasing a Heavy Lift Body.

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Apollo 13 Understated

frycook — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:16:59 +0000

NASA’s somewhat understated summary of Apollo 13.

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Back when America manufactured things

frycook — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:16:57 +0000

Remember when America manufactured lots of things & hauled them in Ford trucks. 1940 film.

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Chasing the 1966 Solar Eclipse

frycook — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:16:40 +0000

Chasing the 1966 Solar Eclipse across South America.

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Cheerful Censors at Work

frycook — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:16:40 +0000

Things were a little different during World War 2 — one could expect their mail to be read by a stranger.

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Aerial Ballet of Refuelling the F-22

frycook — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:23:53 +0000

F-22 Raptor refuel.

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Aggressor Annie

frycook — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:23:52 +0000

Aggressor Annie’s sexy propaganda voice.

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I’m Giving a TED Talk! (In My Living Room)

frycook — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:23:52 +0000

Laura Zigman on Ted Talks.

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Looks dangerous

frycook — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:23:51 +0000

Last chopper out.

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Chaos theory of phone charger cords

frycook — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:23:35 +0000

Maybe ask Siri to help.

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G.I. Ingenuity – Quad Bazooka

frycook — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:23:34 +0000

Mini-artillery.

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Scramble the B-52s

frycook — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:23:30 +0000

Great music. Why does the guy say “Klaxon, klaxon, klaxon?”

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Uniquely human view of the Apollo 11 astronauts

frycook — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:39:39 +0000

Apollo 11 astronauts and families.

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NASA Cool Suit

frycook — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:53:26 +0000

Vintage NASA video explains how a boy born with no sweat glands now lives a relatively normal life.

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The scary days of human testing

frycook — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:06:55 +0000

Rocket Sled Pioneers — critical condition, but 5 days later he was back to work.

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