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What Is It? for 1/29/12

Posted January 29, 2012 12:00 AM
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01/29/2012 12:09 AM

It's the mockup for a cockpit instrument dashboard...

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01/29/2012 5:57 PM

I agree, and I think it might be for the Apollo Command Module control panel.

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01/29/2012 8:22 PM

Yes the Lunar Lander control panel ..

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01/30/2012 8:39 AM

I'd say yes a mockup, and yes NASA, but the Mercury panel (see the curved edge at top indicated small diameter).
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01/29/2012 1:48 AM

The design of Trippplep's dashboard for the dishwasher.

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01/29/2012 6:13 PM

Microbloats' first edition of a ON/OFF switch. Or is it service pack 1? Not sure. S.M.

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01/29/2012 10:54 PM

The latest smart phone screen layout...
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01/30/2012 5:36 AM

I also think its something from NASA or similar.....

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01/30/2012 9:04 AM

The controller panel from Mission Space before Green Mission/ Orange Mission
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01/30/2012 10:30 AM

It's from the replica space capsule at The Boston Museum of Science.

Found a wedding photo here.
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02/01/2012 9:02 AM

Since nobody chose to click the link I supplied....
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02/01/2012 9:44 AM

OMG!!!!! He can see our computers!!!!

How else would he know whether or not we've clicked the link??
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02/01/2012 10:09 AM

I just figgered the hit counter at the site was broken...

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02/02/2012 8:34 AM

Not having clicked through, I didn't know there was one !
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01/30/2012 10:42 AM

I agree with Usbport...

Development panel of the Main Display Console of an Apollo Command Module. One of the final variants here.

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01/30/2012 10:53 PM

It looks like one of Grumman's developmental circuit breaker diagrams/panel boards for the Apollo Command Module....for checking the ergonomics?

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02/01/2012 5:32 AM

It's the lithograph for the early BBC test cards....honest injun!

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02/01/2012 6:30 AM

So it isn't a map to help men find their way round women's bodies then? OK!

Is there an App for that, BTW?

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02/01/2012 6:40 AM

Come on!!

Many men don't know their way round their OWN body......and map reading is also difficult for some!!!
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Re: What Is It? for 1/29/12

02/02/2012 9:36 AM

Answer: It is a replica of the Apollo space capsule at the Museum of Science in Boston, MA.

RufusVS and Usbport got it right!

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02/02/2012 10:06 AM

"It is a replica of the first space capsule..." Negative.

The first space capsule was Sputnik 2.

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02/02/2012 11:02 AM

Thanks for the catch. I'll blame point out these sites which had the same mistake!

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02/02/2012 11:17 AM

I have a suspicion that the remark refers to the replica Mercury capsule on display at the museum.

Either way, the What Is It? image is of an Apollo console.

These are sort of fun. I'm glad CR4 decided to run with this.

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