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Jan 28, 2008 | 03:39 PM

suzie-q

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Corvettes in Space . . . . .

Had a chance to visit the Kennedy Space Center last month and at the Apollo/Saturn V Center, came across these two displays:

Jan 28, 2008 | 03:51 PM

Binnie77

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Very cool indeed

Jan 28, 2008 | 03:56 PM

Ron R

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The fact that people who get to go to space for a living like the C3 should be all the convincing anyone needs to understand that the C3's are the best Corvettes.

Jan 28, 2008 | 04:06 PM

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5'-10" and only 164 lbs! I vaguely remember passing through that weight back in college.

Jan 28, 2008 | 04:49 PM

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5'-10" and only 164 lbs! I vaguely remember passing through that weight back in college.

Yeah me too...and I'm only 23 and graduated last spring...just broke 190 for the first time yesterday lol. Good thing my bowflex is on the way.

Jan 28, 2008 | 04:56 PM

markbett

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Rule of thumb is 2 Lbs for every year of marriage. So if you're married looking to lose weight, get divorced, if you're single don't get married.

Jan 28, 2008 | 04:58 PM

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well seeing how most of the astronauts of the 60's and early 70's owned vettes its only fitting

Jan 28, 2008 | 04:59 PM

69monzacpe

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That must be something relatively new. I was there just about a year ago, and don't recall seeing that. If I had, I certainly would have taken a picture of it!!

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Jan 28, 2008 | 05:24 PM

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I was there two years ago and I can't believe I missed that one!
Would make a great avatar!

Jan 29, 2008 | 02:36 AM

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well seeing how most of the astronauts of the 60's and early 70's owned vettes its only fitting

Jan 29, 2008 | 08:11 AM

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well seeing how most of the astronauts of the 60's and early 70's owned vettes its only fitting

Unlike the cool cars the competition were driving!

Jan 29, 2008 | 08:58 AM

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Apollo 12 crew just 2 weeks after they had been on the moon,

Wow, They deseved it!

From Bizzoco's 69 Guidebook

Jan 29, 2008 | 03:44 PM

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From: YANKEES UNIVERSE 70 454-LS5 500 ft-lbs Torque

That is a great pic.I have one similar to that hanging in the garage.

Jan 29, 2008 | 04:06 PM

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96% body mass, 4% fuel, and 100% only bad a$$ American Sports car!

BTW, what do you think those three cars in a single sale grouped together would sell for on Barrett Jackson?

Jan 29, 2008 | 04:23 PM

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Didnt Jack Nicholson play an Astronaut in the 1983 movie Terms of Endearment. I remember him driving a 1978 Silver Anniversary Corvette on the beach.

kdf

Jan 29, 2008 | 04:25 PM

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96% body mass, 4% fuel, and 100% only bad a$$ American Sports car!

BTW, what do you think those three cars in a single sale grouped together would sell for on Barrett Jackson?

Only Ron Pratt would be able to tell you

Jan 29, 2008 | 04:31 PM

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Those guys were truely Bad Azzes.

Have you ever looked closely at the stuff they went to the MOON in?

They went to the moon in a Sears & Roebuck metal lawnmower shed !

They deserved a free Vette!

Jan 29, 2008 | 04:41 PM

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BTW, what do you think those three cars in a single sale grouped together would sell for on Barrett Jackson?[/QUOTE]

An astronomical sum!

Jan 29, 2008 | 05:21 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 69L46vert

Apollo 12 crew just 2 weeks after they had been on the moon,

Wow, They deseved it!

From Bizzoco's 69 Guidebook

Great picture!! I found some info about these Vettes that I thought was interesting:

General Motors leased cars to early American astronauts under an executive lease program, implemented as a means of sidestepping a ban on astronauts making product endorsements. Under the program, the astronauts’ lease was $1 per year. Astronauts could choose any Chevrolet they wanted; most astronauts chose Corvettes.

The Apollo 12 crew is the only crew to request matching Corvettes. The AstroVette was a special edition exclusively for the three-man crew. These gold ‘69 coupes wore NASA logos and had black wings and a red, white and blue insignia on the left side of the car.

More pics: http://www.vetteweb.com/features/vet.../photo_01.html

More info on the AstroVette:
http://www.vetteweb.com/features/vet...ray/index.html

Jan 29, 2008 | 07:32 PM

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suzie you posted what i was about to say, GM basically gave them the cars for free advertising otherwise i dont think so many of the astronauts would have been driving them.

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