Hutchinson, KS Supper tonight!

[tonycondon]

Leah and I are going to take a club 172 up to Hutch this afternoon to get supper at the steakhouse. We oughtta be there by 5, anyone care to join us?

 

[ScottM]

Is that the town where the space museum is at?

 

[tonycondon]

yes.

www.cosmo.org

 

[ScottM]

yes.

www.cosmo.org

Cool. I have to get there one day. Can't be tonight though, I already have plans.

 

[tonycondon]

we should organize a flyin there sometime. i need to get there too. They've got the Apollo 13 capsule and Gus Grissoms Mercury capsule "Liberty Bell" and an SR71 and who knows what other cool stuff.

 

[Matthew]

... and who knows what other cool stuff.

... and IMAX, and V1 and V2 rockets, and the largest collection of Soviet space stuff outside Russia, ...

 

[jesse]

If you decide to take the Hutchinson taxi to the museum be sure to complete your will prior. If it is raining you'll need a rain-suit as the taxi windows are busted out.

 

[Everskyward]

That is a cool museum they have there. It take you from the early rockets through the Space Age.

 

[ScottM]

we should organize a flyin there sometime. i need to get there too. They've got the Apollo 13 capsule and Gus Grissoms Mercury capsule "Liberty Bell" and an SR71 and who knows what other cool stuff.

I agree, I would want to be in on that. I have seen 5 of the 6 Mercury capsules that were launched into space.

 

[tonycondon]

I agree, I would want to be in on that. I have seen 5 of the 6 Mercury capsules that were launched into space.

which launch did you miss??

 

[ScottM]

which launch did you miss??

I missed all the launches, but I have seen 5/6 the six capsules that flew into space. There were only 6 Mercury missions. Deke Slayton was grounded due to a heart murmur. His first and only mission into space was the Apollo-Soyuz Mission in the 1970's.

I have also seen a couple of the Mercury capsules that did not fly into space. They were stored in a hangar across the street from where I worked. Several of them were used for testing, rescue practice, or component fittings. A lot of these were what were called boiler plate models and were not production quality.
A total of 20 production quality capsules were built. The one that flew on Mecury-Redstone #2 (Grissom's) flight was lost during recovery when it sank.

 

[tonycondon]

Scott you are just far to serious today...

 

[ScottM]

Scott you are just far to serious today...

naw...just a space geek