You tell me, which one was on display at Expo ‘67?
A final futile hurrah, primarily for my own edification & catharsis, since my recent posting of the CM-009 recovery photo opened up this old wound.
Since 1967, NASA - and quite literally – EVERYONE has identified/propagated the Command Module that was on display at Expo ’67 as being CM-011, flown during the AS-202 mission.
I CANNOT any more conclusively & comparatively demonstrate that this is WRONG. It’s been wrong for FIFTY-EIGHT (58) years, and counting.
Upon even only a cursory look at my montage, it’s OBVIOUS that it was CM-009, flown during the AS-201 mission. And yes, the red-box highlighted “UNITED STATES” & U.S. flag on CM-011 corresponds to those on CM-009.
HOW HAS THIS BUFFOONERY BEEN PERPETUATED FOR THIS LONG?
INEXPLICABLE.
MIND BLOWING.
AND, TO ME, INEXCUSABLE.
As a slightly surreal & mildly sad example, I’m compelled to provide the following:
share.google/lBTKJArlWmpfUQE0S
Credit: “NASA Spaceflight” website/forum
Huh??? Potent Koolaid indeed. And consider the poor bloak’s consequently misinformed dad.
It’s like I’m living a rejected episode of the “Twilight Zone”, as I seem to be the only one that’s caught this, and frankly, the only one that evidently cares…with several NASA individuals having dismissed me several years ago when I naively attempted to bring it to their attention. “Hinge Thunder” anyone?
Some light fiction:
share.google/Zd3CKpemSwswVqGXK
share.google/6a6Cg7oyIY1gHRCCJ
Doesn’t an accurate historical record matter, even if it’s now a moot point?
Finally…potentially disconcerting is the fact that both CM-009 & CM-011 were subsequently used in land drop-tests. Were they correctly identified then?
Extrapolating further, are the two capsules correctly identified at their respective display sites?
Images used in the montage are from my personal collection, DVIDS, Ed Hengeveld's post to the "Space Hipsters" FB group: www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=7223350381062132&set=...
...some NASA site, and a nameless photo "pay-to-play" site.
You tell me, which one was on display at Expo ‘67?
A final futile hurrah, primarily for my own edification & catharsis, since my recent posting of the CM-009 recovery photo opened up this old wound.
Since 1967, NASA - and quite literally – EVERYONE has identified/propagated the Command Module that was on display at Expo ’67 as being CM-011, flown during the AS-202 mission.
I CANNOT any more conclusively & comparatively demonstrate that this is WRONG. It’s been wrong for FIFTY-EIGHT (58) years, and counting.
Upon even only a cursory look at my montage, it’s OBVIOUS that it was CM-009, flown during the AS-201 mission. And yes, the red-box highlighted “UNITED STATES” & U.S. flag on CM-011 corresponds to those on CM-009.
HOW HAS THIS BUFFOONERY BEEN PERPETUATED FOR THIS LONG?
INEXPLICABLE.
MIND BLOWING.
AND, TO ME, INEXCUSABLE.
As a slightly surreal & mildly sad example, I’m compelled to provide the following:
share.google/lBTKJArlWmpfUQE0S
Credit: “NASA Spaceflight” website/forum
Huh??? Potent Koolaid indeed. And consider the poor bloak’s consequently misinformed dad.
It’s like I’m living a rejected episode of the “Twilight Zone”, as I seem to be the only one that’s caught this, and frankly, the only one that evidently cares…with several NASA individuals having dismissed me several years ago when I naively attempted to bring it to their attention. “Hinge Thunder” anyone?
Some light fiction:
share.google/Zd3CKpemSwswVqGXK
share.google/6a6Cg7oyIY1gHRCCJ
Doesn’t an accurate historical record matter, even if it’s now a moot point?
Finally…potentially disconcerting is the fact that both CM-009 & CM-011 were subsequently used in land drop-tests. Were they correctly identified then?
Extrapolating further, are the two capsules correctly identified at their respective display sites?
Images used in the montage are from my personal collection, DVIDS, Ed Hengeveld's post to the "Space Hipsters" FB group: www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=7223350381062132&set=...
...some NASA site, and a nameless photo "pay-to-play" site.