Monday, September 3, 2018

'Nauty Pictures

Gemini-era NASA offical portraits courtesy of TSG Archives
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5 comments:

The Right Parm said...

I thought "nauty" somehow presaged images having to do with the Navy (i.e., things nautical). Clearly, I erred and jumped too early to a conclusion. Now, I see you playfully riffed on the word astronaut, hence proving you have lost none of your capacity for brutal and ruthless word play.

Were these images part of some bubble gum card collector's edition? If so, the young consumer likely would have appreciated a bit more implied action. Launching rockets, deployed capsules, orbiting expelled urine, and like that. I mean, these things would have been out there competing with the likes of the Mars Attacks! cards . . . .

September 4, 2018 at 12:29 PM
Willard "Space Force" Biscuit said...

Those portraits were acquired during the Project Gemini years. I sent letters to NASA and individual astronauts asking for pictures and info and got a huge amount of stuff in return. Even got a couple of autographs in the bargain. These days I suspect similar requests would be handled via email and that astronaut portraits would be sent as attachments as opposed to eight-by-tens.

September 5, 2018 at 10:55 AM
Buzz Parm said...

You were such a diligent little space cadet, TSG. I have a scrapbook (teacher inspired/directed) that has newspaper and magazine articles and such from the space program. Didn't think to write directly to the source.

September 5, 2018 at 12:58 PM
ed said...

How about a collage of all the TV star 8x10's you got?

September 9, 2018 at 12:35 PM
yawndave said...

I'll keep that idea in mind next time I get motivated enough to dig through the archives.

September 11, 2018 at 8:06 AM

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