Reply With QuoteThat must have been an amazing experience and definitely one of my places to go! Thanks for posting the pictures.
Was at the Houston Space Centre today. Amongst the amazing artefacts they had a couple of Speedmasters in display.
I am sure Speedy fans knew this anyway but thought I’d post. Not sure if real items as in a ridiculously flimsy Perspex display!
That must have been an amazing experience and definitely one of my places to go! Thanks for posting the pictures.
Make it happen! It’s amazing. Got to touch some moon rock and Apollo 17 as well. I have added watch content as well!Originally Posted by ataripower
Don't forget that while the displays might be flimsy, I bet the guards are armed...Was at the Houston Space Centre today. Amongst the amazing artefacts they had a couple of Speedmasters in display.
I am sure Speedy fans knew this anyway but thought I’d post. Not sure if real items as in a ridiculously flimsy Perspex display!
Cool. Pity they didn't have some of the astronaut's watches on display. But then those belong to the actual people I suppose.
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Think most of the flown watches still in existence are in the Smithsonian in Washington.
I visited the Kennedy Space Centre a few weeks back, absolutely fantastic place, got to see the immense Saturn 5 and the Discovery Shuttle. Was hoping they might have a Speedy or 2 on display but all I found was Roger Chaffee's personal Timex.
Ta for that info.
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For anybody with an interest in space travel, that's a great tour to take.
I thought to myself, "that's new", then saw the 747 and read back that it was Houston
I was surprised at the absence of Speedmasters at KSC in January and took a photo of the Timex!
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Why the mudguards on the buggy? Not exactly a weight saver like the seats are they,must have expected rain,
I am so glad you asked.
The Rover "tyres" were not tyres as they look there, they were made of metallic mesh, with chevron pattern stainless steel strips around the outside, for weight saving. As such they are a sort of rotating seive, and they picked up luna dust in a BIG way. The lack of gravity on the moon and the vacuum meaning there was no wind to disperse it meant that kicked up dust got everywhere. Over astronauts, into sensors, between surfaces on moving items, and it was a major bugbear. and It all had to be removed before astronauts de-suited or did anything with sensors. So the best way was to avoid the issue and use mudguards (dustguards here).
These were seen as so important that when they got broken (and a few did, especially on Apollo 17), they got teams on the ground figuring out how to fabricate replacements - just like we saw for more life critical stuff in the film Apollo 13. Gene Cernan's dustguard repair is one of the most celebrated uses of duct tape, ever.
Dave
Surprised they don’t sell the Speedy Pro in the gift shop as they sell everything else i seem to recall.
Probably wouldn’t be the place to get a discount though hahaha
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cool photos! I'd love to go some time... not a place in the states i travel to though :(
The shuttle you saw was Atlantis, the final one to fly. KSC is an amazing place.
I went to KSC last year and it really is a day to remember, very well presented and the tours of the launch sites and area was brilliant.
Sitting in the control room for the 3 minute countdown with each station lighting up as it was coming into play was amazing, that was then topped as the doors opened and you go through to the shuttle room.
The only Speedmaster memorabilia I seen was Ed White wearing his.
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