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AS-201/CM-009, NOT AS-202/CM-011 (Epic Expo 67 NASA Fail)

The Command Module (CM) in each image of the montage is the same one. I've circled just one of the features that clearly confirms such, there are plenty of others.

For reference, the photo on the left was taken at Expo ‘67 in Montreal…which is, literally - EVERYWHERE, since DAY ONE - MISIDENTIFIED as CM-011, flown during AS-202.

 

WRONG, WRONG & WRONG:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZgVRJ-H8U

Credit: Shane Saldana/YouTube

 

THIS is NOT supposed to be the rocket science part!

 

The reentry scars of each CM are like fingerprints, greatly aiding in spacecraft identification. In this instance further simplified by all of these photos having been taken in 1967 or earlier. Not a whole lot of flown CMs as of that time to befuddle even simpletons, or so one would’ve thought.

 

Somehow, DESPITE that, some nasa stooges managed to f**k it up, ROYALLY. And it's still f**ked up, and likely to remain that way.

PATHETIC, HUMILIATING, STUPID, CARELESS, INCOMPETENT…along with multiple other derogatory adjectives that escape me at the moment.

 

My several futile attempts to POLITELY, DEFERENTIALLY EVEN, bring this to somebody’s/anybody's attention within n(Ass)a was met with either crickets or the lone "I'll pass it on to [yet another unresponsive n(ASS)a douche bag]."

 

At least those who saw it, let alone remember it, or even knew/cared about what they were looking at, are pretty much all DEAD - so "no harm/no foul."

Isn’t that right…you TOTAL POS, unnecessarily & UNFOUNDEDLY arrogant & dismissive n(Ass)a History Office/Department/Section/Closet (and other) tools???

To hell with any conscientious & competent effort at accurate/correct historical record keeping.

 

Even some members of an otherwise decent site drank the Koolaid, perpetuating the egregiously inexcusable, inexplicable & glaring bungle.

 

Check out the following link. Remember, this was THE venue to showcase your national wares as it were, during the height of the space race & first Cold War. What a grand stage to 'exhibit' the incompetence & stupidity:

 

youtu.be/6TnT2lSLHxo

Credit: Pchermayeff/YouTube

 

 

Upper black & white photo credit Flickr member “dwt_author”, lower black & white photo credit Flickr member “NM Museum of Space History”. On the left is an image I downloaded from…somewhere...I don’t remember where. And the one on the right is from my personal collection.

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Uploaded on April 14, 2023