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To the Moon Alice!

Lostpuppy said:
Been waiting too long my friend!!!!l
I still have my Apollo Helmet
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Lol! When I was a wee lad, my father took me to Cape Canaveral. After a tour including the inside of the assembly building I was allowed to touch a specific panel on the Saturn Five Rocket that was taking apollo and the moon buggy to the moon.

Im sure they removed or cleaned the panel but it was wonderful. I was surprised at the time that it wasn’t smooth! I know now that they put little ceramic insulators into the paint for heat regulation)
As if that wasn't enough we then went to the top and got to see thru the open capsule door from sime distance away. Of course we were not allowed to leave the elevator!

Now Imagine trying to do that today. The tour today is a Disney ride of cool stuff but you don’t get anywhere near anything current use. Can you imagine letting people see and touch the orion in the assembly building? You would get shot!
 
Torch said:
I remember knowing, not thinking, knowing we were all about to die several times as we sat in our basement listening to the am radio. I have to say I an much happier to have these snot heads blissfully unawares then live though the cold war. From 1961 to 1991 the world was always a single average persons bad decision from armageddon. One fighter pilot, one sub captain, one bomber crew or one American destroyer with a former German Captain and Sidney Poitier reporting on the bridge. (I know there are several reported Soviet close calls now too) At the time they never made a scandal, it was just the way it was. We had nuclear bombs everywhere. I myself have carried them. It is unbelievable to me now.
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Having flown in many SAC aircraft in the past the time that made me have my heart in my mouth and be truly afraid was the one time the radio officer came forward to the cockpit to say something. After this the flash blinds were clipped in place and flight was continued totally on instruments. Fortunately the alert passed. This really did make me think about the risks and consequences of a nuclear war. I returned to Australia and left the military no long after that.
 
Dr Arthur said:
Having flown in many SAC aircraft in the past the time that made me have my heart in my mouth and be truly afraid was the one time the radio officer came forward to the cockpit to say something. After this the flash blinds were clipped in place and flight was continued totally on instruments. Fortunately the alert passed. This really did make me think about the risks and consequences of a nuclear war. I returned to Australia and left the military no long after that.
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We had started getting laser and flash safe (er) visors. That is another solid point for windowless cockpits and drones. In case y’all aint “pickin up what I am laying down” the Russian and Chinese would try to innocently blind us. Asshats, except I have a level of certitude that we did that right back!

It was usually temporary blindness in one eye through some small openings or if you had dropped the wrong visor. I never heard of anyone completely blind but a lot of Aviators/Pilots have been medically retired from it.

After the cold war Russia stopped and China has gone into turbbo mode with blinding lasers. From what I hear its not much of an issue any longer. (I have no idea) Aviators you are the weakest link!
 
Torch said:
In case y’all aint “pickin up what I am laying down” the Russian and Chinese would try to innocently blind us.
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Yes that has been a ploy. Humans tend to look towards the direction of a light flash naturally. It is an inbuilt instinct that is hard to override. The Chinese military has developed laser devices with the sole intention of making you look towards a flash before getting hit by a brighter light source intended to either blind or temporarily disorientate.
 
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