I ran across this thread on Twitter about a little museum in Bozeman, Montana which apparently has an amazing computing and technology collection, and what else do they have but Dave Scott's Apollo 15 Speedmaster. Here's the thread: https://twitter.com/ThatAndromeda/status/1027988913904742400 And the museum is: http://www.compustory.com. Should you find yourself in Bozeman with some time to kill.
Get out! When I lived in Wyoming, I’d visit friends in Bozeman semi-regularly. Had no idea what treasure were hiding there! Too cool!
Wow - I have a family vacation property 40 min from Bozeman. Never been to this museum, but will absolutely check it out next time I’m there. Bozeman/Big Sky and the whole area is fantastic.
Yes grab the watch while you can. You will be doing them and the entire watch community a favour Permission hereby granted
Ah... next picture posted explains it. I thought the one in the OP was the one he wore where the hesalite crystal popped off.
Always good to have a watch on display that failed during a mission. It's like a broken piston rod on a race car that blew a qualifying engine at Le Mans.
The Hesalite "problem" of Scott's Speedy was not mentioned in the Apollo 15 report, as the same "problem" with Apollo 16 Charlie Duke's Speedy was mentioned in the Apollo 16 report... a forum Search will bring up the complete text of that report... in summary ; There are no plans for corrective action.
If Yellowstone explodes none of us will be ogling Speedmasters. We’ll be out searching for food and defending our families from marauders .
I'm under the middle of the exclamation point. Finally, Florida gets something right! Guess I better get back to Yellowstone! Only been once!
Back on the Apollo 15 topic as I share an image of the " Fallen Astronaut " artwork made by Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck... In 1969, Van Hoeydonck had an exhibition at the Waddell Gallery in New York when Louise Deutschmann sparked the idea to put an artwork on the Moon. A small light-weight non-gender non-religion statuette was agreed upon and was crafted out of aluminium at the instigation of the Apollo 15 crew, notably by Commander Dave Scott who had always expressed great support for interpreting Apollo Moon flights as expeditionary voyages... Apollo 15 was a full USAF crew ! The " Fallen Astronaut " artwork was left on the Moon near the Apollo 15 Lunar Roving Vehicle as a memorial with a little card bearing the names of 14 astronauts/cosmonauts that died during pre-1969 spaceflight training & missions. . . Yes, that's a steel mesh Jacoby Bender Champion bracelet in the background