tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post3154123544760968331..comments2024-03-29T04:48:01.038-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: New York World's Fair SmorgasbordMajor Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-73330939364867876752010-05-28T04:58:29.666-07:002010-05-28T04:58:29.666-07:00On the ejection seats, if its all ya got, its all ...On the ejection seats, if its all ya got, its all ya got. However, they had a perfectly workable system with Mercury and later with Apollo, so they seats really never made much sense...stu29573https://www.blogger.com/profile/01965083590581106701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-64825778026163120792010-05-28T04:05:30.117-07:002010-05-28T04:05:30.117-07:00it was the word i had to write in the box, but it ...it was the word i had to write in the box, but it sounds more like a spell that i heard in a Harry Potter book/movie!!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-82200122098209752432010-05-27T20:55:06.954-07:002010-05-27T20:55:06.954-07:00Yes, I think I might take my chances with the ejec...Yes, I think I might take my chances with the ejection as well. <br /><br />Nancy, what is avenesca??Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-49037799491221384442010-05-27T19:40:59.836-07:002010-05-27T19:40:59.836-07:00very cool, as always. love a trip to the Fair
se...very cool, as always. love a trip to the Fair<br /><br />seeing the Gemini capsule would have been so great. i love visiting NASA and i got to see the Space Shuttle Enterprise at the New Orleans World's Fair in 1984 when we visited my cousins there<br /><br />i would have loved seeing The Pavilion of American Interiors. im weird, you remember.... aside from Disney park music or books about the making of them, stuff for the house is my favorite gift<br /><br />those weird egg-sack looking things look like some kind of fabric in these pics. i always thought they looked they were made of plastic in other pics we have seen not so close up<br /><br />thanks for sharing...you can never show too much of this one! :-)<br /><br />avenescaNancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-28289840824154758142010-05-27T18:57:13.169-07:002010-05-27T18:57:13.169-07:00Lots of info out there on the Gemini ejection seat...Lots of info out there on the Gemini ejection seat program. Check out http://www.ejectionsite.com/gemini.htm for a basic description of the system and http://www.astronautix.com/craft/gemction.htm for a chronology of the testing program. <br /><br />I'm with Katella Gate - I'd rather be blown out of a space capsule with a chance that the system may malfunction than be blown up with a malfunctioning Titan rocket.Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-30336813903825489382010-05-27T18:31:57.849-07:002010-05-27T18:31:57.849-07:00Dang. I hate these mystery photos. I will not re...Dang. I hate these mystery photos. I will not rest until I figure out that what that talking kangaroo thing is.Old Dognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-28019072093873890982010-05-27T18:19:01.300-07:002010-05-27T18:19:01.300-07:00Re the Gemini ejection seats of death: When it com...Re the Gemini ejection seats of death: When it comes down to a choice between certain death and probabe death, I choose probable.<br /><br />Speaking of the space program's dirty laundry, now that we are weeks from being officially "Out of Business" I can tell you nothing was holding the lower stages of the Apollo rocket together but weight and inertia. I knew the engineer that designed the inter-stage rings for Saturn V, and he said couplers weren't necessary. He also didn't have a degree in anything because he didn't want to take a foreign language. <br /><br />.. And just to demonstrate how necessary advanced College degrees are in engineering, he went on to supervise the design of the B-1 Bomber wings.Katella Gatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05562521359201308834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-50081830186366103272010-05-27T08:12:15.647-07:002010-05-27T08:12:15.647-07:00Thanks Chiana!
Stu, I knew that there were ejecti...Thanks Chiana!<br /><br />Stu, I knew that there were ejection seats in some capsules, but I can't imagine how they would have worked without killing the astronauts.<br /><br />TokyoMagic!, I'm not sure if all of those bubble buildings were "Brass Rail" restaurants, wish I could find out more!<br /><br />VDT, I will be sure to add more Japanese monster references. <br /><br />Andrew, you might be right! With so much to see at the Fair, "American Interiors" sure sounds boring.Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-61113184162716588362010-05-27T08:02:31.915-07:002010-05-27T08:02:31.915-07:00The American Interiors probably needed a cooler na...The American Interiors probably needed a cooler name to peak more people's curiosity at the time, like: Rooms of the Future! ...then they might have seen what was in store for the '70s.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-82959997007362850332010-05-27T07:22:26.098-07:002010-05-27T07:22:26.098-07:00Any post with a Mothra reference is tops with me! ...Any post with a Mothra reference is tops with me! I can hear the twins sining her song now....<br /><br />Speaking of giant insects, those eggs sacks are freaky, doesn't even look real?<br /><br />The kangaroo secretly dreams of joining the cast of America Sings...Vintage Disneyland Ticketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790755040005517146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-76577343568806895232010-05-27T06:40:57.589-07:002010-05-27T06:40:57.589-07:00Again, wish I could have seen this fair!!! I thin...Again, wish I could have seen this fair!!! I think those those bubble roofed snack bars were all called "The Brass Rail," but don't hold me to that.<br /><br />Whatever that kangaroo was for, it looks like her jaw is hinged so she probably spoke! Maybe she was the pre-show for Lincoln!!!TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-21279442983397513562010-05-27T05:40:23.285-07:002010-05-27T05:40:23.285-07:00The Gemini was also the only capsule with ejection...The Gemini was also the only capsule with ejection seats. A former NASA engineer that worked on the project told me that they certainly would have never saved anyone. Its a good thing they never had to use them!stu29573https://www.blogger.com/profile/01965083590581106701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-50501854472138720722010-05-27T01:39:47.031-07:002010-05-27T01:39:47.031-07:00LOL gem of a commentary Maj.
model of a Gemini sp...LOL gem of a commentary Maj.<br /><br />model of a Gemini space capsule? Oh to have seen that!<br /><br />The American Interiors flopped because it would've been showing post-1965 design style, which was lamer. It came too late!<br /><br />Mothra? ROTFLChiana_Chathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18329208224763179478noreply@blogger.com