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2010-09-11 07:37 pm

NASA Ames/Moffett Field Excursion

Let me start with this, zeppelin hangars are very large. 

Hangars 2 & 3

Hangar 1 from the far end of the air field

Many Pictures and Much Blathering )

In summation, it is sad to see many Big Science facilities barely used due to lack of funding and interest.  Of everywhere I went, the Supergun sees the most business.  All the other facilities I visited seem to be used as storage for files and equipment from "When We Did Stuff".  Oh, I'm told the computational areas see a great deal of action but eventually you have to make a model into reality and we don't seem to be doing that much anymore.

As [livejournal.com profile] warren_ellis says, DO SOMETHING.
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2010-09-11 11:44 am

Hangar Hangover

Subject Line Explanation: I am too fat and out of shape to be scaling ladders to the top of a former zeppelin hangar.  Everything hurts today, including my brain.  This is not Hangar One Vodka's fault, it is instead Moffett Field's Hangar 2.

I will expand more upon this when my brain doesn't hurt so much.  In the meantime, a picture.