Prizewinning flight, but it was the recordbreaking flight. And so they went to the trouble to reinstall the dented engine nozzle on it. Our next stop will be sky lab, and were going to look at that because it is one of the original artifacts on display here since before this Museum Opened. Sky lab is so large, it was brought into the museum before the building was closed out. Now im standing in front of a model of sky lab thats as tall as i am but the real sky lab orbital work station behind me absolutely dwarfs the model and me. It reaches from the floor up into the sky lights of this building, two stories tall. Sky lab was the United States first space station, placed in orbit in 1973 and in 1973 and 74, three different nasa astronaut crews spent time aboard it. Three men at a time, one group was there for one month. Another group for two months, and the third group for three months. The whole point of the sky lab missions was to get some experience in living and working in space. Wh
The moon. So its actually fairly flimsy in some areas. The legs are obviously strong and mount for the rocket engine is strong but the craft itself and particularly the crew module or crew cabin was really fairly spartan. It had two windows. Neil armstrong had command of the craft during the final descent to landing. Both of them were standing. They were fully suited in their space suit and they pretty much filled that interior volume in that position with those space suits on. It was not really designed for comfort. It was designed for the purpose of landing, giving the crew an exit so they could spend a couple of hours on the surface of the moon and then launching again along with their precious cargo of lunar soil and rocks to bring back home to demonstrate that they had been there and to have those materials for scientists to begin analyzing and better understand the moon. Its also amazing to think that the Computing Power required in that day to send these craft to the moon and pr
Theyre part of the original collection here in fact, and we were provided those during the period where we were destroying those launch vehicles in both russia and here. We have another call from steve in new york. Steve, go ahead, please. Caller hello, general . Is anybody on the other end there . Yes, we are. We can hear you. Caller hello . Go ahead, steve. Hello. Caller you know, when columbus sailed for america, he didnt know it at the time, but Queen Isabella funded his expedition. And they were looking for known treasure, a shorter way to the orient to get spices, and he collided with the American Continent by accident. And we know for a certainty that there on the moon and on mars theres not a blade of grass, theres not a glass of water, theres not a breath of fresh air. So, you know, you risk life and limb to go to a better ace. But we have that right here on earth. Why would we want to go there, moon or mars . Can someone explain that to me . Thank you for the call. Well, you
Original ceremony was held on may 10, 1869. Included on this ties a list of the dignitaries from that company, including leland stanford, and the big four are all marked there. Another thing you can see on this site is a connection with the resources that would have the twoilable to companies building the railroad. We have mocked up everything to make it as authentic as possible. If you look on the west side, you will see the cut ties. The Central Pacific had they cut all of their ties and brought them down from the mountain. The Union Pacific from the east had to hand cut their ties wherever they could find wood. Not a lot available in the area so they would split them and you can see them mocked up, how they would cut them and bring them out when they could. The Transcontinental Railroad was happening at the end of the victorian age as you are going into the industrial age. It was a perfect time for the United States. When that Transcontinental Railroad was complete, it made a major
In philadelphia in 1787. Charles was four times governor of south carolina. He was an ambassador to spain. In the legislation in south carolina. He was in congress up in washington. He spent his entire life in public service. But the key, the National Significance of charles were his contributions at the Constitutional Convention. He presented a complete plan of government. Its called the pinckney draft. Which you have to get through kind of a backwards way because they were no surviving copies. He presented this complete plan of government on the third day of the convention. Its through other peoples notes at the Constitutional Convention that you find the details in that plan. Now, whats interesting is that james madison, who we think of as the father of the constitution, who had copious notes, he doesnt meanings the pinckney draft. Which is one of the reasons that pinckney is a forgotten founder. He was a brash young man from south carolina. Very bright, but only 29 years old. And i