Ekuth
07-17-2007, 10:31 AM
Some of you old timers from the other site may remember my build of the Fortezza shuttle and matching stack.
I had done it around late November and sent it off to my friends at Johnson Space Center (they are both mission trainers and work with the astronauts to prep them for the shuttle missions.).
My only request was if they could take a picture of the model in an official NASA setting and send it to me.
Well, they went me one better!
With a picture being worth a 1000 words, check these puppies out: (click on the image to see it full size)
Here is my model in front of the Shuttle Motion Base Simulator, which is a full scale mock up of the cockpit on hydraulic pistons. Think a huge flight simulator and you've got it.
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The piece de resistance-
My model with, from left to right:
Leland Melvin - Mission Specialist # 1
Steve Frick - Commander
Rex Walheim - Mission Specialist #2
Alan Poindexter - Pilot
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Here's some of the comments my friend at JSC wrote:
"..they were all amazed at your model and even though they were in those hot orange suits without their cooling hoses hooked up, they kept asking about it and wanted to see the Payload Bay Door’s open and close. In short, they loved it."
How's that for braggin' rights? ;)
I had done it around late November and sent it off to my friends at Johnson Space Center (they are both mission trainers and work with the astronauts to prep them for the shuttle missions.).
My only request was if they could take a picture of the model in an official NASA setting and send it to me.
Well, they went me one better!
With a picture being worth a 1000 words, check these puppies out: (click on the image to see it full size)
Here is my model in front of the Shuttle Motion Base Simulator, which is a full scale mock up of the cockpit on hydraulic pistons. Think a huge flight simulator and you've got it.
71
The piece de resistance-
My model with, from left to right:
Leland Melvin - Mission Specialist # 1
Steve Frick - Commander
Rex Walheim - Mission Specialist #2
Alan Poindexter - Pilot
72
Here's some of the comments my friend at JSC wrote:
"..they were all amazed at your model and even though they were in those hot orange suits without their cooling hoses hooked up, they kept asking about it and wanted to see the Payload Bay Door’s open and close. In short, they loved it."
How's that for braggin' rights? ;)