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Happy Freedom 7 Anniversary!

In the summer of 2016, I visited the National Museum of American History, and for some reason the museum has Al’s spacesuit (why is it not in one of the TWO National Air and Space Museums?)

I found the full video! It was posted last December on YouTube. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrazL120rG0

Wally Schirra made a parody video of Alan Shepard. On the 6th anniversary of Freedom 7, this video, called “Astronaut Hero, or How to Succeed in Business Without Flying … Much”, was shown at a fundraiser in front of hundreds of people. Schirra narrated the funny film that featured planes crashing, Freedom 7’s recovery, and the first two space chimps: Ham and Enos. It featured the picture above also. The film humorously made fun of Shepard. At the end of the five-minute video, Shepard unexpectedly came on the screen and said “Wally, I expect you to be at my office at oh-eight-hundred Monday morning”. Schirra did not know about that little scene that Shepard had added.

I have only found a four-minute version of this film on a PBS site. That version was posted over five years ago. Is there a site online where the full video is found??? I really want to see the entire thing.

Sources: http://ablogaboutnothinginparticular.com/?p=1433 and Neal Thompson’s book “Light This Candle: The Life and Times of Alan Shepard”.

A guy to remember

I can't quite place the aura this cat exudes

i am not a religious person…….. but if you’re out there, giant rat that makes all of the rules,

me: has absolutely no idea what size an acre is in real people language

1% the size of the wood where Winnie the Pooh lives, next question

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Things I’m learning from my internship

College Tired is different than Work Tired, in both intensity and pride.

There is a microwave in the break room. Do not use it.

The farthest cubicle wedged into the corner by the supply closet does not count as a “corner office.”

Do not be concerned about the people who poop at work. Be concerned about the people who don’t.

Your boss will only come to check on you when you are doing something stupid.

When you hear a low-flying airplane, do not gasp and rush to the windows to look for it. This is largely regarded as Unprofessional.

Always pack more food than you think you’ll eat.

If you stay too late in the evening, you will hear faint whimpers in the distance. This is the microwave in the break room. Do not go to check on it.

Throwing a stress ball over the walls of the cubicles counts as team building.

It is perfectly acceptable to sit at your desk wrapped in a blanket eating Cheez Its. It is not acceptable to offer Cheez Its to the IT person who comes to set up your programming software.

You may bond with your coworkers by offering them Cheez Its.

Even though you work for 8 hours and sleep for 8, there are not 8 hours left at the end of the day. Nobody knows where those hours went. Just go with it.

Every office has a Janet. If yours does not have one, you aren’t looking hard enough.

Do not attempt to guess at the unspeakable horrors which have befallen the microwave in the break room. It is always worse than you think.

My favourite's the Apollo 12 episode, Apollo 8 a close second :) Nice blog! xx

Thanks!! Yeah the apollo 12 episode is one of my favorites too. I also liked the Apollo 9 episode because it was cool learning how the LM was made