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Old 06-01-2009, 12:59 PM
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I thought the one in Huntsville got cannibalized for the Soyez project, didn't know they had the whole rocket.

They still got the SR-71 out front? (been a while since I was up there)

Part of the tour was going through the section where they were assembling the modules for the space station. They had a really cool welder that first hit the joint with a plasma cutter and followed behind with a TIG. They claimed it would do about 50ft of weld before an air bubble might happen. They showed us a sample weld, it was unbelivabley perfect.

There were a couple guys sitting in there, doing nothing. (you'd think they'd tell them when a tour goes buy to try to look busy)

My brother worked at the Lewis research center in Cleveland, heck of a wind tunnel there. I especially liked the "fruit fly" test.
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