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Monday, June 25, 2012

Orbital Maneuvers : Wives of NASA's Project Gemini Space Program

Posted by setya at 8:40 AM

Five days after the Soviet Spacewalk, several astronaut’s wives watch in tremendous anticipation as the first Gemini lifts off with its two man crew. Love this, a broad brushstroke of expression and emotion, much more than just one moment captured here, these faces beam back all the pride, thrill, terror and raw astonishment the Space Program can present.

Or maybe it’s a just a summer snapshot with the greatest collection of 60′s sunglasses ever captured by camera. (From Sci-Fi-O-Rama)

Project Gemini was conducted between projects Mercury and Apollo, with ten manned flights occurring in 1965 and 1966. Its objective was to develop space travel techniques in support of Apollo, which had the goal of landing men on the Moon.

Century 21 Calling : Seattle 1962

Posted by setya at 12:05 AM

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Seattle World's Fair, Century 21 Exposition, 1962

Futuristic Gyroscope in the Centerhouse Pavilion

Panorama of the midway at night, future home of the Fun Forest

Blinded By The Light

Posted by setya at 1:18 PM

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Hear the voice of the Bard!
Who present, past, and future sees;
Whose ears have heard
The Holy Word,
That walked among the ancient trees,

Calling the lapsed soul,
And weeping in the evening dew;
That might control
The starry pole,
And fallen, fallen, light renew!

"O Earth, O Earth, return!
Arise from out the dewy grass;
Night is worn,
And the morn
Rises from the slumberous mass.

"Turn away no more;
Why wilt thou turn away?
The starry floor,
The watery shore,
Is given thee till the break of day."

-William Blake