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There's Jim, stepping out of the original Mercury space capsule at the
New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo. We were a bit short of time that day, so we just wandered around their outdoor "sculpture garden" of stuff that goes
really fast.
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I was taken with the construction details. Welds that will hold and screws/bolts that won't come loose.
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The beautiful patinas created by tremendous heat and force.
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The lines, patterns, and forms all designed for a specific function.
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From these early beginnings to today's safe arrival home of the space shuttle Atlantis. Amazing!
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