Trip to the Armstrong Air And Space Museum

[WH867]

I took the Pass around sak to the museum last week for a few pics.  Here's the ones that did'nt make it into that thread.

 


















 

[J-sews]

That place is definitely on my 'must visit' list Dennis! Great pics, thanks for sharing! (please tell me they've dropped that crazy talk of shutting it down...?)

[David]

Thanks for the pics Dennis.

[donvito]

Thanks Dennis, great pics

[WH867]

That place is definitely on my 'must visit' list Dennis! Great pics, thanks for sharing! (please tell me they've dropped that crazy talk of shutting it down...?)

I have'nt heard anything recently.   There was a rumor I heard awhile back of a local group possibly taking over running it and trying to keep it open if the State decides it wants to shut it  down.

[AHB]

Thanks for sharing Dennis. I gotta go to US sometime.. 

[Zed]

cool pics dennis, have they any of the watches on display , omega speedmaster's/casio G-shocks etc, 

paul

[Gareth]

That place looks fantastic Dennis, thanks for sharing.

[yud]

I really i need to go there sometime it is just down the road

[J-sews]

What's the story with that bicycle near the wall in photo 4?

[DaveK]

Cracking pics Dennis.

The closest thing I've been to to compare to that is the Aerospace museum in Paris, where they have a couple of Arian rockets, and to be fair, a couple of hangers full of "space stuff". I thought that was excellent, so I can only imagine what your museum would be like.

We have a Space museum in Leicester too, the "National Space Centre", only we've never really had a space program so it's a bit empty on the hardware front They have a bit of moon rock that I assume they begged or stole from NASA though, and a decent planetarium, but the only rockets as I recall were ICBMs

[WH867]

What's the story with that bicycle near the wall in photo 4?

If I remember right that was his as a kid.

[J-sews]

What's the story with that bicycle near the wall in photo 4?

If I remember right that was his as a kid.

Oh.

I was hoping maybe he rode it on the moon or something.


 

[Neil]

Cool museum Dennis.   Its been years since I visited the Space Centre in Leicester (pre-children) and I really should go again.

I'm amazed we even have the centre in Leicester.  There is a general apathy in the UK to space research.  Not surprising really, we only ever launched the one satellite back in '71 before the project was cancelled   Who would have though their was shed loads of money to be made in satellite launching