A Tuesday of Events

July 28, 2009

I got to meet Dr. Christopher Kraft Jr. He gave a really good talk to the co-ops at Space Center Houston. He didn't do a normal talk as he put it, instead he gave us a few thoughts on how the Program is being handled and what he thinks we should consider doing with the Program. He has a few good opinions, but his opinions come from working with some of the great minds of the Apollo Era, including Werner Von Braun. He was an amazing man to listen to.
Later that evening, after the work day was over, I went to the Saturn V movie night. The organizer had to leave early, but had brought in an Apollo VII astronaut, Walter Cunningham. He did a nice little talk with us and answered questions. He encouraged us to buy his book. [oh how many of those we've gotten this quarter] Though he answered 3 questions that everyone wants to ask. (Sorry, I don't remember them all) I just remember the one about how to go to the bathroom in space.
(Picture by Sergey G.)
After Walter left, we watched a movie on the side of the Saturn V Rocket. We watched a documentary about the Apollo times and flights. Sorry almost a month later, I have forgotten the name of it. It was really cool though. Three of us had went to it.
(following pictures by Sergey G)
I officially would love to get a camera like his! :) It's far better than mine.

Military Museum of Texas

July 26, 2009

Alex and I ran across a few of the Tanks from this Museum at the Fourth of July celebration in downtown Houston. I got the little brochure and we ventured up to this museum. We got a personal tour of this museum and even the yard where they work on the vehicles they are given or buy that the military can no longer use or sell. It was a pretty cool place. The gentleman in charge of the museum came in to give us a tour of the rooms with the artifacts from the World wars, such as uniforms, inactive weapons and missiles.
The gentleman in charge was full of fun stories from his time in the military, from disarming different weapons found in houses and washed up on river banks, when the wrong people decide to disarm TNT, and about the munitions dumps in this area. It was rather intriguing and amusing to listen to at times. He even explained how repairing the vehicles can take place including sometimes the vehicles being owned by someone else after a few years.
They are hoping to either be able to own the building or be able to obtain a place that they can re-do to make it more museum efficient.
The former picture is a tank that is currently being worked on.

Lone Star Flight Musuem ... Take 2

July ... 25th ... 2009

My camera died this time ... so additional pictures are from Sergey.

They had a few different planes in the hanger this times. Still not completely open, but they are doing a great job of getting things cleaned up and working again. We found out that if we became members, we could volunteer our time to help clean up the air planes. A good deal of the restored airplanes are used for flight still. Enjoy the pictures!
The Following Pictures are credited to Sergey G.: