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  • Michael J.
    Extremely Frequent Poster
    • January 27, 2009
    • 7118

    OT: How times change......

    My how things have changed......AstronautsThenandNow.jpg
    Big Tanks In the High Mountains of New Mexico
  • Frank D.
    Expired
    • December 27, 2007
    • 2703

    #2
    Re: OT: How times change......

    I remember buying Mercury 7 astronaut stamps in school with lunch money to support the crews...(damn I'm old). The effort was a gov't sponsored sortee into uncharted realms of space with a nation captivated by it. The crews were heroes and expected to exhibit a certain machismo in other aspects of life.

    Now its a business venture with moguls waiting to cash in - big difference... If the crews drive around in Tesla's and Prius's its no matter...

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    • Joe L.
      Beyond Control Poster
      • February 1, 1988
      • 43211

      #3
      Re: OT: How times change......

      Originally posted by Michael Johnson (49879)
      My how things have changed......[ATTACH=CONFIG]99243[/ATTACH]

      I've ALWAYS thought the way those 1969 Corvettes received the "body blackout" was an absolute ATROCITY. I thought that in 1969 and I still feel exactly the same way.
      In Appreciation of John Hinckley

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      • Mark E.
        Extremely Frequent Poster
        • April 1, 1993
        • 4529

        #4
        Re: OT: How times change......

        Ha!
        Our country is going from cool to dorky. Both the suits and cars. At least now we're more functional and reliable: the Tesla will suck the doors from a '69 Corvette and never requires a tune up.

        The guy walking past with the Covid mask is a nice touch.

        Am I the only one who thought of Dukakis in the tank after seeing the Space X suits?
        dukakus tank.jpg
        Mark Edmondson
        Dallas, Texas
        Texas Chapter

        1970 Coupe, Donnybrooke Green, Light Saddle LS5 M20 A31 C60 G81 N37 N40 UA6 U79
        1993 Coupe, 40th Anniversary, 6-speed, PEG 1, FX3, CD, Bronze Top

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        • Terry M.
          Very Frequent User
          • December 1, 2005
          • 184

          #5
          Re: OT: How times change......

          What a difference 50 years makes. Back then, a 1969 Corvette was not "collectable" it was just a sports car and one that many of us may have coveted but were beyond our means (or age, I was only 16). Still, Corvettes were more in keeping with the space race than a Tesla. I feel "old" too, Frank.

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          • Mark E.
            Extremely Frequent Poster
            • April 1, 1993
            • 4529

            #6
            Re: OT: How times change......

            Originally posted by Terry McCarthy (21187)
            Corvettes were more in keeping with the space race than a Tesla.
            Terry, You must admit though that it was cool how Musk launched a Tesla into space, complete with Starman.
            tesla starman 2.jpg
            Mark Edmondson
            Dallas, Texas
            Texas Chapter

            1970 Coupe, Donnybrooke Green, Light Saddle LS5 M20 A31 C60 G81 N37 N40 UA6 U79
            1993 Coupe, 40th Anniversary, 6-speed, PEG 1, FX3, CD, Bronze Top

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            • Terry M.
              Very Frequent User
              • December 1, 2005
              • 184

              #7
              Re: OT: How times change......

              No I musk not

              I'm old school.

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              • Michael J.
                Extremely Frequent Poster
                • January 27, 2009
                • 7118

                #8
                Re: OT: How times change......

                Well, considering the "habits" of the chief designer and engineer of the modern look, not surprising, Zora smoked too, but not like this......
                Attached Files
                Big Tanks In the High Mountains of New Mexico

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                • Bill M.
                  Extremely Frequent Poster
                  • July 31, 1989
                  • 1322

                  #9
                  Re: OT: How times change......

                  Mark
                  May never need a tune up , but i have been working with electric motors up to 300 HP my whole life and believe me when they are dead they are dead. it now cost's way to much to rewind a blown motor since we now get every motor from accross the border and the labor to rewind just does not pay anymore. The space X suits look like they belong in the Woody Allan movie Sleeper!!!

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                  • Don H.
                    Moderator
                    • June 16, 2009
                    • 2254

                    #10
                    Re: OT: How times change......

                    Knew this OT would go south. Michael, what were you thinking? Facebook man, Facebook is the place for this stuff. Let's keep the tech board to tech (mostly).

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