http://zerosix.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/gus-grissoms-mercury-capsule-found-on-sea-floor/ High tech weapon systems from around the world and some assorted oddities. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:52:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://zerosix.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/gus-grissoms-mercury-capsule-found-on-sea-floor/#comment-1669 Rick Nigh Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:39:06 +0000 http://zerosix.wordpress.com/?p=351#comment-1669 This is very cool indeed, but you might want to put a note about this being a "Blast From the Past!", somewhere in the title or lead in. Liberty Bell 7 was found in July of 1999 and has since been raised, restored, aent on tour of air and space museums around the country. I was fortunate to see it when it came to Kennedy Space Center about 5 years ago. (It has been back since.) As you can see from the photo of the capsule on the bottom there was very little corrosion damage, and a remarkable number of fragile objects were recoverd inside. Gus's plotting board with his grease penceled notes was just as he left it. There were even some legeble notes on paper. Very, very cool! This is very cool indeed, but you might want to put a note about this being a “Blast From the Past!”, somewhere in the title or lead in. Liberty Bell 7 was found in July of 1999 and has since been raised, restored, aent on tour of air and space museums around the country. I was fortunate to see it when it came to Kennedy Space Center about 5 years ago. (It has been back since.) As you can see from the photo of the capsule on the bottom there was very little corrosion damage, and a remarkable number of fragile objects were recoverd inside. Gus’s plotting board with his grease penceled notes was just as he left it. There were even some legeble notes on paper. Very, very cool!

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