tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20929613384216706242024-03-13T12:48:45.105-05:00The MYSTERY of OTHER WORLDS REVEALEDunconventional space - yesterday's future, todaySpace Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.comBlogger159125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-15194845091423685082011-02-23T10:00:00.000-06:002011-02-23T10:00:06.256-06:00What's PossibleThe 1950's, the dawn of the Space age... filled with optimism about the Future......Dreaming of the possibilities of the Possible.<br /><br />The average person today, with the advantage of 20/20 hindsight, mocks and ridicules the dreams of that time, before space flight was really a reality. But if it weren't for a dream of "what may be possible?" we could not stand from later achievements. And I get this unsettled awarenss that we are slipping. It just might bode us well if we had held on to some of that optimistic spirit today.<br /><br />I've recently read reviews of some books written by our leading pioneers in space travel. One reviewer took great delight in pointing out how ignorant these scientists were thanks to his hindsight of how history played out (with Project Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and now the soon to be retired Space Shuttle). Does the reviewer not know that the very same people who wrote those books were those who actually <span style="font-style: italic;">lead</span> those programs a decade later?<br /><br />And today ... Can you even imagine the past generation would have quietly sat back and handed the reigns of leadership over to other countries like China? Not only in space, but in industry, economics and our standing in the world? We've become a nation of excuse-makers and whiners, and I wonder that as this nation is foundering and slipping, step by step, if we will ever recover that which is willingly being given up, which our forebears fought so hard and died for.<br /><br />Today were facing the last American lead trips to space. After 50 years the space program is still in its infancy. Our leadership publicly and noisely claims to support advancement ... when it's convenient... while their record shows a consistent rule of cutting of funds, cutting programs, breaking of past promises and passing the buck of real leadership.<br /><br />We need a return to the dream of the possibilties of the Possible, instead of being dragged down inept, bloated, leeching leadership, by being force-fed that the American Dream is not possible.Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-32287927330080271552011-01-31T23:06:00.003-06:002011-01-31T23:13:23.289-06:00Way Out Costume Party<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUM1gynmK8I/AAAAAAAABmk/siYyGsoi3EQ/s1600/76263224_ec527f4583_o_d.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 369px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUM1gynmK8I/AAAAAAAABmk/siYyGsoi3EQ/s400/76263224_ec527f4583_o_d.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567352401820003266" border="0" /></a><br />Judging from this photo, the Man from Planet X is feeling like a wallflower. He just can't seem to find a willing dance partner.Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-26488670115520908052011-01-27T18:19:00.003-06:002011-01-27T18:37:14.613-06:00Destination Moon (1950)<center><!-- LIFE GALLERY 34692 --><iframe marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://www.life.com/embed/index/gallery?id=34692" frameborder="0" height="360" scrolling="no" width="280"></iframe></center><br /><br />Images from the production of "Destination Moon," 1950, from the photographers of <a href="http://life.com/">LIFE</a> magazine. With sets conceived by Chesley Bonestell, co-scripted by Robert Heinlein, it drew upon all resources available at the time to depict such a journey as accurately as possible.Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-10763428468703732242011-01-26T16:17:00.003-06:002011-01-26T16:33:12.704-06:00Krafft Ehricke's Space Craft<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUCdwBowmpI/AAAAAAAABi8/bMLT1cmxv7o/s1600/DSCN0164.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUCdwBowmpI/AAAAAAAABi8/bMLT1cmxv7o/s400/DSCN0164.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566622587828607634" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUCdvQF8bDI/AAAAAAAABi0/13JhD4v7s1w/s1600/DSCN0161.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUCdvQF8bDI/AAAAAAAABi0/13JhD4v7s1w/s400/DSCN0161.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566622574529244210" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Ships for Exit and Return</span> & <span style="font-style: italic;">Vehicles for Outer Space</span><br />from <span style="font-weight: bold;">LIFE</span> magazine<br />January 6, 1958<br /></div>Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-61157344910977877642011-01-23T12:48:00.005-06:002011-01-23T13:08:47.786-06:00Tales of Tomorrow: Morrow on Mars<i><b>Tales of Tomorrow</b></i> is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. At the same time as the television broadcast, it was also tried as a short-lived radio series by ABC running from January 1–April 9th 1953.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTx5pPivGfI/AAAAAAAABfc/WJBZWdvyHmc/s1600/TalesOfTomorrow%252COpeningTitle.PNG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTx5pPivGfI/AAAAAAAABfc/WJBZWdvyHmc/s400/TalesOfTomorrow%252COpeningTitle.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565456988976912882" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tales of Tomorrow:</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> "Morrow on Mars"</span><br />Show number 14<br />Story by ???<br />Radio broadcast: 1953-04-02<br /><br />Apologies for the poor audio quality, not much has survived from this science fiction series.<br /><br />Launch: <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://ia700308.us.archive.org/7/items/Tales_Of_Tomorrow/Tales_Of_Tomorrow_53.04.02-014_Morrow_On_Mars.mp3">Morrow on Mars</a><br /><br />Thanks to <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/Tales_Of_Tomorrow">wwwarchive.org</a> for sharing these old time radio broadcasts.Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-79164277047560503722011-01-23T10:10:00.000-06:002011-01-23T10:11:01.881-06:00Secrets of Space Flight<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTpoJZb00LI/AAAAAAAABeI/ixbbq7Y2abI/s1600/sosf_cvr.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTpoJZb00LI/AAAAAAAABeI/ixbbq7Y2abI/s400/sosf_cvr.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564874800225374386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Spaceship on cover is a realistic model of the future, made by the rocket expert G. Harry Stine and photographed on White Sands desert</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"Secrets of Space Flight"</span><br />Fawcett How-To Book, Number 298<br />by Lloyd Mallan<br />published by Fawcett Publications, 1956<br />144 pages<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Contents<br /><ol><li>Ships That Probe the Unknown</li><li>Space Medicine Forges Ahead</li><li>Men, Mammals and Gravity</li><li>Escape Capsules and Rocket Sleds</li><li>Developement of the Space Suit</li><li>Spaceship in the Basement</li><li>Launch Into the Statosphere</li><li>Searching Through Space</li><li>School for Future Space Pilots</li><li>Checkout in a Rocket Ship</li><li>Research Rocket Takeoff</li><li>Engines of Tomorrow</li><li>Giant Step Into Space</li><li>From the Mouse to the Moon to Mars</li><li>Men who Make Spaceflight Possible</li><li>Flying Saucers Brought Up To Date</li></ol>Profusely illustrated with photos and diagrams (b/w), topics cover rocket developement, test pilots, space medicine and current developments relating to space flight. Some movie stills from "<span style="font-style: italic;">This Island Earth</span>."<br /></div>Original price $.75<br /></div>Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-7723230860265560842011-01-21T09:38:00.003-06:002011-01-21T09:49:54.362-06:00The Rocket Man<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTmoubul_xI/AAAAAAAABaM/CfcNp3k-3Zw/s1600/rocketman.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTmoubul_xI/AAAAAAAABaM/CfcNp3k-3Zw/s400/rocketman.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564664330263592722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Rocket Man</span><br />Starring: Charles Coburn, Spring Byington, Anne Francis, John Agar<br />Film release: 1954<br /><br />A little boy comes into possession of a ray gun that compels anyone caught in its beam to tell the truth. He uses it to prevent his orphanage from being shut down by creditors and to help a cute couple fall in love.Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-484964078219487742011-01-20T16:31:00.007-06:002011-01-21T19:06:51.692-06:00"The Complete Book of Outer Space" - OnlineI was doing a bit of online searching for "The Complete Book of Outer Space", and found a number of hits I'd never came across before.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TToou9n7JdI/AAAAAAAABd0/IdSZ_LOBxe0/s1600/tcboos_cvr.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TToou9n7JdI/AAAAAAAABd0/IdSZ_LOBxe0/s400/tcboos_cvr.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564805076850779602" border="0" /></a><br /><br />First off, the book is now mentioned on Wikipedia: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Book_of_Outer_Space">"The Complete Book of Outer Space" / Wikipedia</a><br /><br />This magazine/book is one of my favorite vintage publications. I still have my old dog-eared copy that my Dad gave me when I was a kid. 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTdbDUR1q5I/AAAAAAAABYs/ScEJ50WZAtU/s400/v2_sillouette.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564015977180801938" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">From the book </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"Worlds in Space"</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">by Martin Caidin</span></div>Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-32736469017444611252011-01-18T18:20:00.003-06:002011-01-18T18:31:51.499-06:00GORT: Up Close<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.yourprops.com/G-O-R-T--Helmet-other-replicas-costumes-wardrobe-Day-The-Earth-Stood-Still--The--1951--prop-28694.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTD_VY-Lx3I/AAAAAAAABMU/zu5IopwkG1A/s400/81bd3b2df0593843_landing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562226282748168050" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTD_VoL20aI/AAAAAAAABMc/DC4Xgp8vX5s/s1600/5b5642022ce23eb3_landing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTD_VoL20aI/AAAAAAAABMc/DC4Xgp8vX5s/s400/5b5642022ce23eb3_landing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562226286832046498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTD_VI9MN7I/AAAAAAAABMM/fIhKzEO76ms/s1600/760b1e3ec4018be4_landing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTD_VI9MN7I/AAAAAAAABMM/fIhKzEO76ms/s400/760b1e3ec4018be4_landing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562226278449035186" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">From the pages of <span style="font-weight: bold;">LIFE</span> magazine<br />Date taken: November 1947<br />Photographer: Allan Grant</div>Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-6193731948324463892011-01-09T21:51:00.001-06:002011-01-10T22:02:08.482-06:00The Space Ark is Ready<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TSvT4ZCszWI/AAAAAAAABIM/FtGuenVthy8/s1600/DSCN0038_s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 347px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TSvT4ZCszWI/AAAAAAAABIM/FtGuenVthy8/s400/DSCN0038_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560771130667355490" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Chesley Bonestell's concept painting of the space ark for the movie <span style="font-style: italic;">When Worlds Collide</span>,<br />from the Fawcett publication <span style="font-style: italic;">The Mystery of Other Worlds Revealed</span>, 1952</span><br /></div>Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-89501096753760189442011-01-08T13:10:00.012-06:002011-01-08T17:37:47.196-06:00Remembering Anne Francis on the Forbidden Planet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TSjU00sOkjI/AAAAAAAABFY/_KewkbdaO0E/s1600/Forbidden_Planet_poster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TSjTWHcZKgI/AAAAAAAABEA/1Lhz-DdyUF0/s400/Forbidden_Planet_small_anne_francis-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559926116897597954" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TSjTVoGVy1I/AAAAAAAABD4/rXW2bR69jd0/s1600/Forbidden_Planet_small_anne_francis-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TSjTVoGVy1I/AAAAAAAABD4/rXW2bR69jd0/s400/Forbidden_Planet_small_anne_francis-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559926108483603282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TSiiQpL-C5I/AAAAAAAABCQ/An7fJ1MMG5k/s1600/AnneFrancis_forbidden-planet.jpg"><br /></a>Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-5757911641309937702011-01-05T22:54:00.001-06:002011-01-15T23:19:35.189-06:00Rockets, Missiles, & Space Travel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTJ6FQ6q6PI/AAAAAAAABQc/yAZKa7M2MCc/s1600/rocketsmissiles%2526spacetravel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTJ6FQ6q6PI/AAAAAAAABQc/yAZKa7M2MCc/s400/rocketsmissiles%2526spacetravel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562642720614967538" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Rockets, Missiles, & Space Travel</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">by Willy Ley</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Third revised edition, 1957<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTJ_yD0zpjI/AAAAAAAABQk/3XIYS22GYRI/s1600/willyley.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 181px; height: 238px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTJ_yD0zpjI/AAAAAAAABQk/3XIYS22GYRI/s400/willyley.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562648987752965682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Chapters:</span><br /><ol><li>The Beginnings of an Idea</li><li>The Decades of the Great Dreams</li><li>"The Rockets' Red Glare"</li><li>Prophets with Some Honor</li><li>The Battle of the Formulae</li><li>Success, Failure, and Politics</li><li>The Return of the war Rocket</li><li> Peenemunde</li><li>White Sands</li><li>The Rocket into Cosmic Space</li><li>The Shot around the World</li><li>The Spaceship<br /></li></ol>Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-9774158041344172142010-12-25T07:00:00.003-06:002011-01-15T15:40:41.117-06:00A Spacey Christmas to All<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TReTXfzl7XI/AAAAAAAAA-g/SzrPdRBrfrs/s1600/popelectxmas.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TReTXfzl7XI/AAAAAAAAA-g/SzrPdRBrfrs/s400/popelectxmas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555070697268964722" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">the holiday issue of Popular Electronics, 1958</span></span><br /></div>Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-27007935507279084822010-12-14T20:40:00.000-06:002011-01-14T20:48:50.942-06:00Rocket Belt<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTEK11UmHOI/AAAAAAAABNk/G-W7To5Znhs/s1600/893786c05127e518_landing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTEK11UmHOI/AAAAAAAABNk/G-W7To5Znhs/s400/893786c05127e518_landing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562238934742080738" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTEK1x8FONI/AAAAAAAABNc/BAEgm2hU8n4/s1600/966b3a0165a12093_landing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTEK1x8FONI/AAAAAAAABNc/BAEgm2hU8n4/s400/966b3a0165a12093_landing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562238933833955538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTEK1su-AGI/AAAAAAAABNU/FqzQXcmiVdI/s1600/rocketbelt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTEK1su-AGI/AAAAAAAABNU/FqzQXcmiVdI/s400/rocketbelt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562238932436779106" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong></strong></div>From the photographers of <a href="http://life.com/">LIFE</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rocket Belt</span><br />Undated<br />Photographer: F. MillerSpace Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-28264563151129663812010-11-29T21:25:00.006-06:002011-01-26T10:18:29.891-06:00Remember the Commander on the Forbidden Planet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUBHVFrUfLI/AAAAAAAABiU/zYf5h91yLWg/s1600/LeslieNielsen_JJAdams_Forbi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUBHVFrUfLI/AAAAAAAABiU/zYf5h91yLWg/s400/LeslieNielsen_JJAdams_Forbi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566527567056633010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p></p><center><object height="325" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8y4crGU7dkg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&hd=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8y4crGU7dkg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="325" width="400"></embed></object></center><p></p> <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUBBBQlKkVI/AAAAAAAABiM/p40FdjKSmiE/s1600/leslie_fb-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 380px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUBBBQlKkVI/AAAAAAAABiM/p40FdjKSmiE/s400/leslie_fb-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566520629316456786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUBAv0JXTdI/AAAAAAAABiE/LeVwOXwQEzU/s1600/leslie%2526anne_fb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUBAv0JXTdI/AAAAAAAABiE/LeVwOXwQEzU/s400/leslie%2526anne_fb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566520329625882066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUBAvobs6jI/AAAAAAAABh8/aMyLyhljcuQ/s1600/leslie_fb_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUBAvobs6jI/AAAAAAAABh8/aMyLyhljcuQ/s400/leslie_fb_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566520326481570354" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUBAdWp8dAI/AAAAAAAABh0/2fBbo8klNkc/s1600/leslie_fb_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUBAdWp8dAI/AAAAAAAABh0/2fBbo8klNkc/s400/leslie_fb_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566520012471825410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUBAdFN9sTI/AAAAAAAABhs/0H-WdphSbbk/s1600/leslienielsen_fb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUBAdFN9sTI/AAAAAAAABhs/0H-WdphSbbk/s400/leslienielsen_fb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566520007791063346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUBAc4fVzII/AAAAAAAABhk/79Mu6Uz0K8s/s1600/LeslieNielsen-ForbiddenPlanet-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUBAc4fVzII/AAAAAAAABhk/79Mu6Uz0K8s/s400/LeslieNielsen-ForbiddenPlanet-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566520004374285442" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUBAc9yEWpI/AAAAAAAABhc/b9cdj_2QbxM/s1600/LeslieNielsen-ForbiddenPlanet-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUBAc9yEWpI/AAAAAAAABhc/b9cdj_2QbxM/s400/LeslieNielsen-ForbiddenPlanet-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566520005795011218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUBAcrrb-uI/AAAAAAAABhU/AYmEJuoUkvA/s1600/leslienielsen-ForbiddenPlanet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TUBAcrrb-uI/AAAAAAAABhU/AYmEJuoUkvA/s400/leslienielsen-ForbiddenPlanet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566520000935361250" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Leslie Nielsen as Commander John J. Adams from <span style="font-style: italic;">"Forbidden Planet," 1956<br /></span></div>Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-24233266409702042502010-10-10T10:10:00.002-05:002011-01-19T22:16:19.765-06:00The Powers of 10On this historic date (10/10/10) I'd like to share with you a short work created by the Eames (Eameses?), namely the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powers_of_Ten"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Powers of 10</span></a>.<br /><br />Basically, the <i><b>Powers of Ten</b></i> is a 1968 American documentary short film written and directed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Eames" title="Ray Eames" class="mw-redirect">Ray Eames</a> and her husband, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Eames" title="Charles Eames" class="mw-redirect">Charles Eames</a>, depicting the relative scale of the Universe in factors of ten.<br /><br />This film has been stuck in my mind since being wowed by it in my junior high school science class. Believe me, most of the filmfare we got in school was pretty dry stuff!<br /><br />Visit the <a href="http://www.powersof10.com/" class="external text" rel="nofollow">official website</a> to learn more.<br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0fKBhvDjuy0?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0fKBhvDjuy0?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object>Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-20301166112366387122010-09-21T23:25:00.001-05:002011-01-26T11:27:20.683-06:00Colonies to the Moon<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTnd369z2_I/AAAAAAAABbU/YhltQXhqn-I/s1600/DSCN9978_s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTnd369z2_I/AAAAAAAABbU/YhltQXhqn-I/s400/DSCN9978_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564722767384009714" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Though heated arguments still rage among rocket engineers, in their discussions of the future, as to whether or not colonies will be established on the moon, and how these colonies will be transported through space to the earth's satellite, the only elaborately detailed plan yet presented publicly on a scientific basis for this purpose is that advance by Dr. Wernher von Braun. He proposes three tremendous space ships weighing more than 4,300 tons each, merely for a six week stay on the moon in space ships similar to that pictured here.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span>From the book </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Worlds in Space"</span> </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">by Martin Caidin</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">illustration by Fred L. Wolff </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(1954)</span></div>Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-51683573630067504252010-08-23T21:05:00.002-05:002011-01-14T21:28:45.568-06:00Pacific Rocket Society<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTETyvLZRaI/AAAAAAAABOc/45nrViv3N-U/s1600/69b563729ad3ffde_landing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTETyvLZRaI/AAAAAAAABOc/45nrViv3N-U/s400/69b563729ad3ffde_landing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562248777157920162" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTEPXqdEC3I/AAAAAAAABNs/cZ-X6kSxl8k/s1600/5fec5f6010aac09d_landing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTEPXqdEC3I/AAAAAAAABNs/cZ-X6kSxl8k/s400/5fec5f6010aac09d_landing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562243913986870130" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTEPYN1ib5I/AAAAAAAABN8/f40tr6NxWrA/s1600/a502c2b0c8c919ec_landing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTEPYN1ib5I/AAAAAAAABN8/f40tr6NxWrA/s400/a502c2b0c8c919ec_landing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562243923484766098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTEPX58APbI/AAAAAAAABN0/GSovnxLac3I/s1600/244119fd78f6bb4a_landing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTEPX58APbI/AAAAAAAABN0/GSovnxLac3I/s400/244119fd78f6bb4a_landing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562243918143176114" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTETyZUonsI/AAAAAAAABOE/g7cWBUHnh_w/s1600/9dceac41223bb5eb_landing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTETyZUonsI/AAAAAAAABOE/g7cWBUHnh_w/s400/9dceac41223bb5eb_landing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562248771291094722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTETypY1ziI/AAAAAAAABOU/wSx-v7rUW7k/s1600/574085bcfcb0588f_landing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTETypY1ziI/AAAAAAAABOU/wSx-v7rUW7k/s400/574085bcfcb0588f_landing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562248775603703330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTETySdO8OI/AAAAAAAABOM/Hexg4JUw01Q/s1600/67391adeb53b2a40_landing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffZts3mhvEM/TTETySdO8OI/AAAAAAAABOM/Hexg4JUw01Q/s400/67391adeb53b2a40_landing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562248769448112354" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong>Pacific Rocket Soc.</strong></div><table id="ltable"><tbody><tr><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date:</span> June 1951<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Photographer:</span> Loomis Dean<br />From the photographers of <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://life.com/">LIFE</a> magazineSpace Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-30142479554045531992010-07-14T19:48:00.003-05:002011-01-15T15:44:36.405-06:00Fashionable Moon Hat - 1956<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxtongue/23309042/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/16/23309042_756cbf980e.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxtongue/23309042/">bettmann - moon bridal hat - boston - 1956</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/foxtongue/">Foxtongue</a>.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Straight out of "<span style="font-style: italic;">Moon Men from Mars</span>" its the moon bridal hat for the open-minded....<br />the very open-minded.<br /></div><p><br /></p>Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-42640220530044545342010-07-10T15:28:00.003-05:002011-01-15T15:49:38.410-06:00X-1 and Crew<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27915408@N05/3036443645/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/3036443645_5c94bc1195.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27915408@N05/3036443645/">X-1Jack Russell/Chuck Yeager & addtl ground crew</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/27915408@N05/">imjmr</a>.</span></div><p>X-1, Jack Russell, Chuck Yeager & the ground crew stand underneather the mothership loaded and ready to go with the experimental X-1 rocket plane aka Glamorous Glennis.<br /><br />Jack Russell was also Chuck Yeager's Crew Chief - pictured front and center.<br /><br />Jack was a technical advisor for the movie "<span style="font-style: italic;">The Right Stuff</span>." He even had a cameo role as the janitor who sawed the broom handle needed to close the hatch after Yeager broke his ribs.</p>Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-39418138433759255162010-07-10T00:57:00.002-05:002011-01-15T15:54:00.332-06:00V2 and Little Joe<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikegrados/4430820945/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4003/4430820945_8ca1613e95.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" alt="" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikegrados/4430820945/">V2 and Little Joe</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/mikegrados/">mikegrados</a>.</span></div></div><p>White Sands Missile Range static display of the twisted remains of a flown V-2 and in the background a rocket configured to test an Apollo capsule configuration, nicnamed "Little Joe."<br /></p>Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092961338421670624.post-59271061868400172552010-07-10T00:42:00.002-05:002011-01-15T16:14:17.700-06:00First View of Earth from Space<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8159210@N02/3138312612/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/3138312612_57a5129196.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" alt="" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8159210@N02/3138312612/">First photo from space, 1946</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/8159210@N02/">www.PastFinder.de</a>.</span></div></div><p>The first view of the Earth as seen from space, from a camera mounted on a captured German V-2 rocket, launched October 24, 1946 at White Sands, USA.</p>Space Commanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03980773832050906325noreply@blogger.com0