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Old 13-07-2009, 10:08 PM
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Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)
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BTW Chris, I got to sit in a Gemini capsule while it was on display at the science show here in Melbourne in about 1971. This and holding a moon rock in my hand really buggered up my life
Excellent David It's something you remember forever. I, too, had a similar experiance at the Smithsonian in D.C. a few years back when they were allowing visitors to stick their heads inside the Apollo 11 CM. Normally it is shielded from the public behind perspex. It still smelled of cordite.
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