Post AXuCQQaSVHtTr1DMiu by halonine@social.vivaldi.net
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(DIR) Post #AXtfn4M61tOn4pgXmy by Trilobyter@mastodon.world
2023-07-20T20:39:26Z
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54 years ago today, the effort of thousands resulted in sending humans to orbit and land on the #moon. My dad was one of them, he worked on the guidance system of the Lunar Module. He received this desk model then, and it was passed on to me after he passed. It was in bad shape, my siblings & I did much damage to it when kids, but a couple of years ago I sent it off to a person that specializes in Lunar Module model restorations & he did a great job.#Apollo11 #LunarLanding #MoonLanding #NASA
(DIR) Post #AXtg89pMsaPU86QsN6 by piquant00@mastodon.online
2023-07-20T20:43:16Z
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@Trilobyter That's really cool!My dad was an aerospace engineer who worked on the SII-C heat shield.
(DIR) Post #AXthSSom5D34m0OxQ8 by blueshiftnz@mastodon.nz
2023-07-20T20:58:08Z
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@Trilobyter "a person that specializes in Lunar Module model restorations" That has to be just about the most specialised specialisation that ever specialised!
(DIR) Post #AXthoOdSJY5CAjZ7aq by Trilobyter@mastodon.world
2023-07-20T21:02:08Z
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@blueshiftnz his career has been in model creation for TV & Film (ranging from Teletubbies to one of the more recent film Batmobiles) so the Lunar Module stuff is apparently something he has a passion to do as a sideline.
(DIR) Post #AXtivl7xBjSluWuC7U by sbourne@mastodon.social
2023-07-20T21:14:39Z
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@Trilobyter What an incredibly special thing to have!
(DIR) Post #AXtmZwAdqepnbh0qgq by snooze_cat@mstdn.social
2023-07-20T21:55:31Z
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@Trilobyter Very cool! My dad helped with the gyro equipment on Skylab. What an exciting era!
(DIR) Post #AXtuXzDaLWaq72yDQW by galacticstone@mastodon.social
2023-07-20T23:24:49Z
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@Trilobyter - Great story. That needs a Moon Rock (lunar meteorite) micromount to display with it. If you want a free one, send me a mailing address via private message.
(DIR) Post #AXtv5FMPLmr3jWxNSK by BruceHarry@mastodon.social
2023-07-20T23:30:50Z
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@Trilobyter Truly an Honor!!!
(DIR) Post #AXtwCGKEGGcQhtqYdM by GrumpusNation@mastodon.social
2023-07-20T23:43:17Z
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@Trilobyter On the subject of lunar model restorations, you may enjoy one of my favourite novels, Michael Chabon’s Moonglow. And thanks for the photo and story!
(DIR) Post #AXtwF0ct5QYSszsrJo by piratero@mastodon.world
2023-07-20T23:43:49Z
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@Trilobyter awesome!!!
(DIR) Post #AXtwRGtqPLhIpff8GO by eryops@dice.camp
2023-07-20T23:46:01Z
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@Trilobyter That's a great story. And I suspect everyone at the time didn't think about these sorts of 'trinkets' much, since we'd soon have weekly shuttles to the moon, so no big deal. I'm happy you were able to have it professionally restored.
(DIR) Post #AXtxWyrAVLw2Z2hGvA by Trilobyter@mastodon.world
2023-07-20T23:58:16Z
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@galacticstone for reals?
(DIR) Post #AXty3y4KSEZ7g3a9qq by Trilobyter@mastodon.world
2023-07-21T00:04:09Z
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@stuartyeates I only do that once a year on the anniversary, let it Roomba about the house to re-enact the landing.
(DIR) Post #AXtz6vmBXDQ3OE4XnU by paulc@mstdn.social
2023-07-21T00:15:57Z
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@Trilobyter that is very cool. Was your father at NASA or Grumman Aerospace? My father was recognized via a large certificate, I think only 250 given out, n but not the cool model your father got. Now to figure out if our fathers knew each other.
(DIR) Post #AXtzIXAUqt5EXpyc0u by galacticstone@mastodon.social
2023-07-21T00:18:03Z
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@Trilobyter - yes.The freebie I will send will be small (a crumb), but it's the Moon and would make a cool addition to the display. Silly "pro tip" : place it on the ground and stand on it. You can then say you have "walked on the moon"
(DIR) Post #AXu0e3mStY8Dj3Z356 by Trilobyter@mastodon.world
2023-07-21T00:33:10Z
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@paulc he was NASA, at the MSC (now JSC) Houston, though he did a lot of travel in those years up to the Grumman facility in NY. There are a lot of other memorabilia from his career that have been spread between me & my siblings, including the certificate with a little US flag that was flown to the moon.
(DIR) Post #AXu24CJhsdKpgR8kUK by paulc@mstdn.social
2023-07-21T00:49:03Z
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@Trilobyter In that case they might have known each other but would be difficult to track down. My father’s certificate was from Grumman. No other LEM memorabilia that I know of.My father wanted to work for NASA but my mother was against it, she felt there was nothing to do at Cape Kennedy except wife swapping. I also think she was unwilling to move away from NYC and her parents.
(DIR) Post #AXu4n5TKNLiROVAmiu by jon_alper@mastodon.online
2023-07-21T01:19:36Z
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@Trilobyter A family member of mine worked on Apollo guidance too. Major point of pride! (Cagey about specifics for privacy reasons. )
(DIR) Post #AXu89h1tiYvm6toVeq by halonine@social.vivaldi.net
2023-07-21T01:57:18Z
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@Trilobyter He let you and your sibs play with it... that's love :mastodon_happy:
(DIR) Post #AXu9G0zYVm0xiJIS6y by PJ_Evans@mastodon.social
2023-07-21T02:09:39Z
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@Trilobyter I can go down the main street and visit the Aerojet-Rocketdyne Saturn V engine. When they moved, some years back, the engine was moved too. Everyone in the area would have been angry if they *hadn't* moved it: it's a landmark. And as big as it is, the idea that it only took five to get that rocket off the ground is amazing.
(DIR) Post #AXu9lfcNVwr4gsYA1A by Trilobyter@mastodon.world
2023-07-21T02:15:23Z
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@halonine let? 🤣. Messing with stuff on his desk was strictly verboten but this was an irresistible object.
(DIR) Post #AXuBb0CopSjLGVdTGq by OWOP@mastodon.world
2023-07-21T02:35:52Z
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@Trilobyter TWW: It is with the eyes of a child that you will know the most that the moment can show you. The world is a child's paradise. *I enjoyed your post with great trips down memory lane of all the odd models D would bring home from various Boeing project roll outs of the 50s and 60s. I would fly them about the house or rumble them across the sandlot until they collapsed. Thank you so much. OWOP
(DIR) Post #AXuCQQaSVHtTr1DMiu by halonine@social.vivaldi.net
2023-07-21T02:45:09Z
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@Trilobyter lol never mind then 🙂
(DIR) Post #AXuCvxK4qJPuMLaO6y by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
2023-07-21T02:50:50Z
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@Trilobyter My dad worked for Scripps and designed optical equipment related to the eye tests of the Gemini series.For all of them, a memorial would be cool.
(DIR) Post #AXuD1KVy2ln5jei5NQ by Trilobyter@mastodon.world
2023-07-21T02:51:50Z
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell yes it would.
(DIR) Post #AXuJPupdGhHR2v0yhM by steriana@mstdn.social
2023-07-21T04:03:29Z
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@Trilobyter Unable to proceed past "a person that specializes in Lunar Module model restorations"
(DIR) Post #AXuLpXKtRnvHc2yvFw by Trilobyter@mastodon.world
2023-07-21T04:30:32Z
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@steriana here he be (his website at least) https://www.sfxmodels.com/
(DIR) Post #AXup2cc22RbQPdacoS by strathearnrose@mastodon.scot
2023-07-21T09:57:50Z
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@Trilobyter such a wonderful part of your family’s history
(DIR) Post #AXvAIdVQaA8Cr1yiBM by Shadyboots@mastodon.social
2023-07-21T13:56:00Z
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@Trilobyter My dad worked in Materials and Processes lab at Marshall. One of my distinct early memories was building a Saturn 5 model on the kitchen table when I was about 5. If was in his office when he died suddenly and at the time didn't think to try and get it.
(DIR) Post #AXvGNbDT7d00vTKO2K by Trilobyter@mastodon.world
2023-07-21T15:04:10Z
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@Shadyboots sorry that you lost your dad that way.
(DIR) Post #AXvOEscXqIuBvqPUxc by alto@fosstodon.org
2023-07-21T08:21:05Z
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@blueshiftnz @Trilobyter I was just wondering what the Lunar Module restoration business is like, I hear it's a cut-throat world out there 😁
(DIR) Post #AXvOEta6GsXmuYH3my by blueshiftnz@mastodon.nz
2023-07-21T08:29:07Z
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@alto @Trilobyter I'm sure he could charge astronomically
(DIR) Post #AXvOEuMfMJONLAzqUK by alto@fosstodon.org
2023-07-21T09:37:41Z
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@blueshiftnz @Trilobyter I bet he's been over the moon since he landed that gig
(DIR) Post #AXvOEvB0L9errIY2wy by Trilobyter@mastodon.world
2023-07-21T16:32:12Z
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@alto @blueshiftnz now I’m wondering if he just does it for the pun of it.
(DIR) Post #AXvOEvSNIZYKjAfv1c by blueshiftnz@mastodon.nz
2023-07-21T09:37:26Z
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@alto @Trilobyter but the results are out of this world!
(DIR) Post #AXwKi1howDzRqeTr3Q by brian@fedinerds.net
2023-07-22T03:27:22Z
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@TrilobyterThat is very cool, my dad also worked on that project. That was really an amazing time to be a kid!