Gemini is what got me into space, science, all of it. Amy Shira Teitel can bring you up to speed.
Gemini worked out almost everything that had to be worked out to go to the moon. Not the part with the big fire cracker under the tin can to take off from the moon, but most of the rest of it.
Science Communication Gone Rong!
And, just for fun, right after I tweeted this post, I got this:
More like this
"So numerous are the objects which meet our view in the heavens, that we cannot imagine a point of space where some light would not strike the eye;—innumerable stars, thousands of double and multiple systems, clusters in one blaze with their tens of thousands of stars, and the nebulae
“In my better sense of mind, I know that I’m far from alone and far from the worst, and the earth keeps spinning. Everything keeps moving, with or without me.” -Phil Anselmo
Events
1965 - Launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew.
UK Science and Technology Facilties Council has a "Delivery Plan" for 2008-2011
STF...
Ah, the uncanny hand of providence.
LOL. Guess we could've seen that coming!
PS Might just be my lousy old computer but I'm not seeing a facebook button here to like and share this one via fb Greg. Is it just me or are you and others finding this too?
Stevo, must be you. I can see the button on my computer.
So, Greg, did you click on the "timeline bitly link"? (Rhetorical question; I can guess the answer.)
Considering the topics we're discussing here lately, I thought this might be enjoyable.
The Old Negro Space Program