Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy
The Prix Guzman
Wikipedia explains:The Prix Pierre Guzman (Pierre Guzman Prize) was the name given to two prizes, one astronomical and one medical. Both were established by the will of Anne Emilie Clara Goguet (died June 30, 1891), wife of Marc Guzman, and named after her son Pierre Guzman. This prize was a sum of 100,000 francs, to be given to a person who succeeded in communicating with a celestial body, other than Mars, and receiving a response.
Did the Apollo 11 astronauts really "communicate" with another world to qualify for the prize?
Source of article.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 31, 2019 -
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Category: Aliens, Certificates, Diplomas, and Other Testaments of Achievement, Communications, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, 1960s, Europe, Nineteenth Century
Vector: The Smell of Space
On April 1, Lockheed Martin announced that they had created a perfume that recreated the smell of space: "blends metallic notes... with a sterile feel, balanced by subtle, fiery undertones that burn off like vapor in the atmosphere."The timing of the announcement indicates it was an April Fool joke, except that Lockheed Martin really created some of this stuff, sent out samples of it, and is giving away bottles of it to people who sign up on its website. Which I think makes it a legitimate addition to our ongoing exploration of weird fragrances. It recalls the moon-smell fragrance created by French designer Barnabé Fillion.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 03, 2019 -
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Category: Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
Billboards in space
If Russian company StartRocket has their way, there will soon be no escaping ads. They plan to display them in the sky, from satellites. They hope to have them up and running by 2021.More details
Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 09, 2019 -
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Category: Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Advertising, Billboards
Charles Fitzgerald, Daredevil
Bored with risking his life on Earth, Fitzgerald offered to become the first astronaut.
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Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 05, 2019 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Twentieth Century
Putnik Ride
It's hard to see what this thing did, other than revolve around the fake Earth. Swing up and down, maybe? I assume there was a counterbalancing capsule on the other end of the boom.Plus, 300 riders per hour? Three in each capsule, as shown. Six total per "ride." That's fifty rides per hour, given filling and emptying the capsules. One minute swinging around at the end of a boom?
Surely one of the dullest rides ever invented.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 28, 2018 -
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Category: Boredom, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, 1950s
Unidentified Flying Oddball
Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 06, 2018 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Science Fiction, Time-travel, 1970s
Mystery Gadget 64
NASA uses this. What is it?
The answer is here.
And after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 07, 2018 -
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Category: Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Technology, 1960s
1958 Rocket Queen
"Karen Barger, 14-year-old queen of Van Nuys-Sherman Oaks Water Carnival of 1958, steps down from simulated rocket ship to open show."
Original photo here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 03, 2018 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, 1950s
Light Is Invisible
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 17, 2018 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Science, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, 1940s
Moon Cheeze
July 20 was the anniversary of Neil Armstrong landing on the moon. Back in 1969, the Fisher cheese company, located in Armstrong's home town of Wapakoneta, Ohio, capitalized on that achievement by coming out with "Moon Cheeze." It seems to have been just regular American cheddar cheese. Only the packaging was special. It came in a container shaped like the state of Ohio. Apparently it was so popular that they kept making it for years.
Palladium-Item - Jan 19, 1969
Pensacola News Journal - July 18, 1969
Bonus: Armstrong making pizza in 1969. That looks like mozzarella, not Moon Cheeze.
via I have seen the whole Internet
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 21, 2017 -
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Category: Food, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, 1960s
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