In honor of you two-door kind of people....

[Magnified]

Here's a photo of Challenger, Apollo 17's lunar lander returning to command module "America." That's Gene Cernan in the window.



Anyone remember when cutting edge technology was about the human future and not just a new way to access social media?

 

[Go Goody]

Why do chicken coupes have 2 doors? If they had 4 doors they would be chicken sedans.....

 

[Jungle Cat]

It’s funny how cutting edge then was lots and lots of tin foil. That stuff can’t be as flimsy as it looks?

 

[Catless]

It’s funny how cutting edge then was lots and lots of tin foil. That stuff can’t be as flimsy as it looks?

I believe that is metalized DuPont Kapton and/or Mylar film with insulation. It is not flimsy as it looks.

 

[Magnified]

Sections of that foil were as thin as a sheet of paper. Micrometeorites are your enemy.

 

[Jungle Cat]

I believe that is metalized DuPont Kapton and/or Mylar film with insulation. It is not flimsy as it looks.

I figured it had to be more than it appeared.

 

[FatCat]

Sections of that foil were as thin as a sheet of paper. Micrometeorites are your enemy.

Looks like the box of the Ford 150.....made from "Space Age Aluminum".

 

[Stormtrooper1320]

Sections of that foil were as thin as a sheet of paper. Micrometeorites are your enemy.

Well....it's not like there's much "space debris" flying around on a soundstage in Burbank