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#111309 - 05/22/13 08:56 PM A special day with Gus Grissom's Randall Astro *****
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I had the distinct pleasure of spending Monday and Tuesday at the Kansas Cosmosphere, where I attended the first public viewing of the newly recovered Apollo F-1 rocket engines on Monday night. See http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-052113a.html.

Yesterday, I was given a tour of the Cosmosphere -- which is awesome if you are interested in space exploration -- and then a special look into the archives, where I was given an opportunity to examine and handle Gus Grissom's Randall Astro from Liberty Bell 7 and some of the other artifacts recovered from the space capsule. This was a rare treat.

Here are some photos that the Cosmosphere graciously allowed me to take and post here. Enjoy!


















Here is a Camillus pocket knife that was also recovered from the Mercury capsule:

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#111310 - 05/22/13 09:08 PM Re: A special day with Gus Grissom's Randall Astro [Re: David]
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sub-zero cool as they would say on Top Gear.

What was the deal with the money? Was there a stash of money on board in case they landed somewhere and needed to pay for help?
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#111311 - 05/22/13 09:10 PM Re: A special day with Gus Grissom's Randall Astro [Re: David]
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Wow!
Great photos David.
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#111313 - 05/22/13 10:03 PM Re: A special day with Gus Grissom's Randall Astro [Re: TonyLaPetri]
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The launch crew put a signed dollar bill and Liberty dimes in the capsule so they could be flown in space and returned to them as keepsakes. This is a common practice that people do on space launches, dives, expeditions, flights, etc.
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#111317 - 05/22/13 11:51 PM Re: A special day with Gus Grissom's Randall Astro [Re: David]
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You lucky dog! Thanks for sharing.
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#111319 - 05/23/13 12:06 AM Re: A special day with Gus Grissom's Randall Astro [Re: David]
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That is WAY COOL! Since I learned of the capsule recovery, I wondered how the knife fared after all those submerged decades.

Thanks for sharing with us Randallphiles.
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#111320 - 05/23/13 12:16 AM Re: A special day with Gus Grissom's Randall Astro [Re: pyronaute]
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Here is something new that I learned yesterday: the conservation team recovered a smoked cigarette butt and little cup used as an ashtray from inside the capsule. How is that for a mystery?
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#111321 - 05/23/13 07:17 AM Re: A special day with Gus Grissom's Randall Astro [Re: David]
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David,
Thanks for the photo's!!
Looks like you had a great time!!
:-)Rocky
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#111324 - 05/23/13 09:04 AM Re: A special day with Gus Grissom's Randall Astro [Re: thevalueman]
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what a great opportunity. Thanks for sharing

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#111325 - 05/23/13 09:49 AM Re: A special day with Gus Grissom's Randall Astro [Re: John Hightower]
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how do you smoke in space?
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