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Great Baltimore Fire of 1904
Before the fire:
Baltimore burns:
Fireboats in the Harbor:
Engine at Work:
The damage is done:
Note: Thanks to the Maryland and US Archives
Dusty Naval Guys
Here they are. The men who take up my brain-space, time, and energy as I complete my book for Springer Verlag, tentatively titled, “Modeling Ships and Space Craft: The Science and Art of Mastering the Oceans and Sky”
William Froude who championed and proved the value of scale model testing in the 1870′s.
David Watson Taylor who designed and built the first model basin in the US in the early 1900′s.
Alfred Thayer Mahan who made such a convincing case for the link between the strength of a navy and the prosperity of a country in 1890 that he changed the world.
Great Moments in NASA History: Sam the Space Monkey
Remember Sam? The Rhesus monkey who took a spin on Little Joe 2 as part of the Mercury program back in the early 60′s? Here he is, before and after the flight, showing off his model of the Mercury fiberglass contour couch.
This first image is of Sam before the flight. He’d look a bit stressed if that wasn’t an anthropomorphic interpretation!
This second image is of Sam after the flight. He looks a little — what can I say — under the weather. Only the scientist knows for sure.
(Images courtesy of NASA)
NASA Archives
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Friday Photos – Vintage Apollo
Another photo from my appallingly low-tech Apollo collection!
Friday Photos – Vintage Apollo
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Hard to believe this was ever hi-tech!
Courtesy of The National Archives.
