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frustratedpilot

The Dork Who Fell To Earth

Feb 20, 2010 21:12

(I think theidolhands might want to hear about this little "space oddity".)

Today, my buddy Paul gave me an audio CD copy of content he acquired though his Disney contacts...

...Soundtracks from the Moonliner and Mission To Mars attractions at the Disney theme parks ( Read more... )

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tochiro998 February 22 2010, 04:24:47 UTC

I think Glenco Models still has the Moonliner available, or they pop them out every once in a while. I always wanted to tackle that kit. It's strange how it looks like the landing gear retracts but it doesn't, I wonder if the original Strombecker kit had retracting legs ( ... )

frustratedpilot February 22 2010, 04:39:43 UTC

Since the dummies' costumes read "McDonnell-Douglas", it would have to be from after 1967 when the two companies merged.

And by privatizing space travel, how exactly is it supposed to SAVE the nation money? I don't understand that at all.

tochiro998 February 22 2010, 13:50:00 UTC

Yeah, I couldn't quite make that out but...yeah ( ... )

frustratedpilot February 23 2010, 01:37:24 UTC

I wasn't so much reacting to the space tourist "shuttlecock" machines as I was to the idea of NASA relying on private providers for getting astronauts and cargo to the ISS.

The problem with the stimulus program is the red tape and the fact that the regulator agencies are watching everything like hawks.