Museum prepares Apollo 9 for display (photos)

Museum prepares Apollo 9 for display
Update to: Apollo 9 spacecraft lands in San Diego

http://www.collectspace.com/news/new...4a.html#071804

After its arrival in late May, Apollo 9's Command Module was hidden
from public view behind other exhibits in a dark corner of the San
Diego Aerospace Museum. Now the museum has begun preparing the
spacecraft for its mid-July display debut.

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Journalist Francis French and photographer Sonia Lopez have provided a
behind-the-scenes look at Gumdrop as its prepared for display. Given
that a plexiglass protective barrier will be installed, Lopez's photos
provide a rare unobstructed look inside the crew compartment.

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Robert Pearlman, Editor
collectSPACE - The Source for Space History & Artifacts
http://www.collectspace.com/

Very nice. I will have to make a trip to see Gumdrop.
Must be (along with Apollo 7 , Skylab 2,3 and 4 and ASTP) one of the
most pristine heat shields on all of the Command Modules (since reentry
loads were lighter).

Matthew Ota

Robert Pearlman wrote:

Museum prepares Apollo 9 for display
Update to: Apollo 9 spacecraft lands in San Diego

http://www.collectspace.com/news/new...4a.html#071804

After its arrival in late May, Apollo 9's Command Module was hidden
from public view behind other exhibits in a dark corner of the San
Diego Aerospace Museum. Now the museum has begun preparing the
spacecraft for its mid-July display debut.

--

Journalist Francis French and photographer Sonia Lopez have provided a
behind-the-scenes look at Gumdrop as its prepared for display. Given
that a plexiglass protective barrier will be installed, Lopez's photos
provide a rare unobstructed look inside the crew compartment.

While reading in the bathroom on 19 Jul 2004 05:59:11 -0700, I saw
that (Robert Pearlman) had written:

Museum prepares Apollo 9 for display
Update to: Apollo 9 spacecraft lands in San Diego

Did the Michigan Space Center get something (anything) to replace
Gumdrop? I still think the MSC was/is the best space museum of its
size.

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Did the Michigan Space Center get something (anything) to replace
Gumdrop? I still think the MSC was/is the best space museum of its
size.


I visited ity once years ago. It appears to have closed Or thats what the
article said...
HAVE A GREAT DAY!