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my conference is in L'enfant plaza, in downtown washington, i'll be there every day through wednesday.
its across the street from the US Department of Transportation where my dad used to work.
at lunch time yesterday I walked over to the mall, I got some pictures of the Capitol
and the Washington Monument. this week there is a big ethnic festival going on there. And next monday there is, of course, a big 4th of July celebration here.
It was pretty sunny, I feel sorry for the horse! :-(
Sorry! I couldn't resist! This sign is here on the sidewalk because i was right in front of the Air and Space Museum, one of my favorite places to visit as a kid.
The view from the main entrance across the mall to the museum across the way(I forgot which one). Of course lots of great memories of coming here as a kid. in July 1989 I took a day off my summer job to come here to see President Bush (the first one), commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing. All 3 astronauts were there of course. Bush pledged to go to Mars... which of course is why his son took up the same goal when he became president (don't want to make daddy look like an empty promiser!)
Although I'm surprised, because it seems like it hasn't changed very much since the late 1970s when I first came here. I guess the pioneering aerospace stuff was pretty much all done by then. Thats the Spirit of Saint Louis up there, and the back end of the Apollo 11 capsule too.
Decomissioned Soviet and American ICBMs (also from the 70s or 80s)
Speaking of ballistic missles... a V1 and V2! old skool.
This full scale mockup of the Soyuz/Apollo docking has been there for a long time, but they had a bunch of new exhibits on the Soviet Space program, including real soyuz capsules and other interesting stuff.
The highlight to me was this Soviet moon lander suit... that of course was never used. The Soviets had a desperate moon program that they scrapped after they failed to beat us. But this suit is proof that they were serious about it.
As Buzz Aldrin once said 'Second comes right after first!' -- full scale mockup of the Apollo lander. This whole museum is great American engineering propoganda. By the time you leave this museum you are convinced that the greatest nation in the history of the world is the USA, followed only by Nazi Germany...everyone else is not contributing. :-P
On my way home from the evening sessions I stopped and took a few pictures from the scenic overlook on the George Washington Parkway down to the Potomac River.
As you can see, quite green, (and hot and humid), this time of year. Looking back towards the city.
its across the street from the US Department of Transportation where my dad used to work.
at lunch time yesterday I walked over to the mall, I got some pictures of the Capitol
and the Washington Monument. this week there is a big ethnic festival going on there. And next monday there is, of course, a big 4th of July celebration here.
It was pretty sunny, I feel sorry for the horse! :-(
Sorry! I couldn't resist! This sign is here on the sidewalk because i was right in front of the Air and Space Museum, one of my favorite places to visit as a kid.
The view from the main entrance across the mall to the museum across the way(I forgot which one). Of course lots of great memories of coming here as a kid. in July 1989 I took a day off my summer job to come here to see President Bush (the first one), commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing. All 3 astronauts were there of course. Bush pledged to go to Mars... which of course is why his son took up the same goal when he became president (don't want to make daddy look like an empty promiser!)
Although I'm surprised, because it seems like it hasn't changed very much since the late 1970s when I first came here. I guess the pioneering aerospace stuff was pretty much all done by then. Thats the Spirit of Saint Louis up there, and the back end of the Apollo 11 capsule too.
Decomissioned Soviet and American ICBMs (also from the 70s or 80s)
Speaking of ballistic missles... a V1 and V2! old skool.
This full scale mockup of the Soyuz/Apollo docking has been there for a long time, but they had a bunch of new exhibits on the Soviet Space program, including real soyuz capsules and other interesting stuff.
The highlight to me was this Soviet moon lander suit... that of course was never used. The Soviets had a desperate moon program that they scrapped after they failed to beat us. But this suit is proof that they were serious about it.
As Buzz Aldrin once said 'Second comes right after first!' -- full scale mockup of the Apollo lander. This whole museum is great American engineering propoganda. By the time you leave this museum you are convinced that the greatest nation in the history of the world is the USA, followed only by Nazi Germany...everyone else is not contributing. :-P
On my way home from the evening sessions I stopped and took a few pictures from the scenic overlook on the George Washington Parkway down to the Potomac River.
As you can see, quite green, (and hot and humid), this time of year. Looking back towards the city.
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