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10/10/2008 |
2008 HDT Rally - Hutchinson Kansas
Cosmosphere |
One of the surprising things we did is visit the Cosmosphere, a
museum of America', and Russia's space efforts. Who would have
expected a Space Museum in Kansas? Well two of our astronauts came
from Kansas.
We took in the Hubble presentation in the Planetarium will an
incredible array of photos taken from Hubble.
There was an extensive exhibit on the German rocket development for
WW II which was the basis of United States, and Russian, space
development.
These photos do not do justice to the amount of exhibits in the
Museum. Plan several hours if you go.
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The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center |
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They had a SR-71 Blackbird |
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The Blackbird was one big airplane. |
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They had the Shuttle Endeavor |
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This T-38 Talon was the plane used by the astronauts to practice and to travel between NASA facilities. |
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A Surveyor |
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A Mars lander |
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One of the early rocket engines. |
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A replica from the movie "The Right Stuff" of Glamorous Glennis, the plane Chuck Yeager flew to fist break the sound
barrier. |
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A Titan rocket |
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Launch pad close up. |
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A scaled replica of a Lunar Lander. |
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