Kind Of Cool

Here are some pictures of the NASA Astrovan used during the shuttle program.

They had Scotty beam it there.

Probably some sort of NASA spy thingy. :)

2112 wrote:

Dog Folks wrote:

2112 wrote:
And for the rest of the story:
It has been repurposed to become an outdoor collaborative meeting area. Link and History
I am still clueless of how they got it there though :h

I can see myself using this once it warms up some.

I'm sure there is a crane or two around Texas that could have done the job.

A sky hook maybe.

This thing is in the middle of acres of trees and ponds surrounded by buildings and not a tire track to be found. I gave up trying to figure it out and just accepted it. And so there it is and stays.

You are wise. How is small stuff, and small stuff doesn't really count.

Dr Quick wrote:
I my memory serves me correctly, could this be the trailer used to quarantine astronauts from first Moon mission? There was a trailer like this on the deck of the aircraft carrier the picked them up. Not knowing if there might be some harmful bacteria on the moon, they spent time in the trailer until doctors were sure that there was not problem.

I thought they did find some bugs the astronauts brought back from the moon- some lunar ticks ;)

Dog Folks wrote:

2112 wrote:
And for the rest of the story:
It has been repurposed to become an outdoor collaborative meeting area. Link and History
I am still clueless of how they got it there though :h

I can see myself using this once it warms up some.

I'm sure there is a crane or two around Texas that could have done the job.

A sky hook maybe.

This thing is in the middle of acres of trees and ponds surrounded by buildings and not a tire track to be found. I gave up trying to figure it out and just accepted it. And so there it is and stays.

2112 wrote:
And for the rest of the story:
It has been repurposed to become an outdoor collaborative meeting area. Link and History
I am still clueless of how they got it there though :h

I can see myself using this once it warms up some.

I'm sure there is a crane or two around Texas that could have done the job.

And for the rest of the story:
It has been repurposed to become an outdoor collaborative meeting area. Link and History
I am still clueless of how they got it there though :h

I can see myself using this once it warms up some.

I my memory serves me correctly, could this be the trailer used to quarantine astronauts from first Moon mission? There was a trailer like this on the deck of the aircraft carrier the picked them up. Not knowing if there might be some harmful bacteria on the moon, they spent time in the trailer until doctors were sure that there was not problem.

Similar units were used to transport the astronauts from the preparation building to the launch pad.

Could be one of those.

From WIKI: "In 1969, upon their return from the Moon, the crewmen of Apollo 11 were quarantined in the Mobile Quarantine Facility, a modified airtight Airstream trailer, until it could be determined that there was little likelihood of their having brought back lunar pathogens with them.

For decades, NASA has used a fleet of Airstream motorhomes to transport astronauts to the launch pad. The space shuttle program used a modified 1983 Airstream Excella beginning in 1984 dubbed the Astrovan."