Nasa's Corvette Connection
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Nasa's Corvette Connection
I came across this article about astronauts and their vettes. I wonder if some of these cars are still around. 
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/...te-connection/
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/...te-connection/
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the wife and i visited the kennedy space center last year, and alan shepard's 68 white vert was on display next to the saturn 5 moon rocket -
BTW, back in 1984, i turned down a job with lockheed at the space center - position was a test engineer on the shuttle's OMP's (orbital maneuvering system/reaction control system pods). to this day, i regret that decision.
BTW, back in 1984, i turned down a job with lockheed at the space center - position was a test engineer on the shuttle's OMP's (orbital maneuvering system/reaction control system pods). to this day, i regret that decision.
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the wife and i visited the kennedy space center last year, and alan shepard's 68 white vert was on display next to the saturn 5 moon rocket -
BTW, back in 1984, i turned down a job with lockheed at the space center - position was a test engineer on the shuttle's OMP's (orbital maneuvering system/reaction control system pods). to this day, i regret that decision.
BTW, back in 1984, i turned down a job with lockheed at the space center - position was a test engineer on the shuttle's OMP's (orbital maneuvering system/reaction control system pods). to this day, i regret that decision.
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Yes there are several still around. Some have received more attention than others, Alan Bean's 69, Gus Grissom's 67, Neal Armstrong's 67 in particular, but others are out there. Ill go ahead and tell you, unless something major has changed GM nor the Museum have any records on them. I'm also afraid that when Mr. Rathmann sold his dealership years ago those records were also lost. He has since passed away, so the chances of tracing a cars history are getting more difficult with each passing year.
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the wife and i visited the kennedy space center last year, and alan shepard's 68 white vert was on display next to the saturn 5 moon rocket -
BTW, back in 1984, i turned down a job with lockheed at the space center - position was a test engineer on the shuttle's OMP's (orbital maneuvering system/reaction control system pods). to this day, i regret that decision.
BTW, back in 1984, i turned down a job with lockheed at the space center - position was a test engineer on the shuttle's OMP's (orbital maneuvering system/reaction control system pods). to this day, i regret that decision.
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Wow, how I can identify with what you wrote! I did a design for a local subcontractor back in 1981 while in college, and was offered a job at NASA right after graduation. Like you I turned down the job because I didn't want to move to TX. BTW... the design was a solar energy motor controller that went in to the final shuttle design works. Talk about regrets... but I have the vette!
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