In 1959, a cement mixer with a full load of cement, wrecked near Winganon, Oklahoma 🇺🇸
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In 1959, a cement mixer with a full load of cement, wrecked near Winganon, Oklahoma
By the time a tow truck came to haul it away, all of cement had hardened inside of mixer. Tow truck was not able to remove all wreckage at same time because of weight, and decided to haul only cab/frame and would come back for detached mixer later, which never happened.
Today, 67 years later, it still sits where it fell. Locals have painted it and added "rocket thrusters" to make it look like a space capsule.
@archaeohistories @cstross fun fact: in my days of trolling flat earthers I saw some of those idiots claiming this is a proof the space program is a hoax.
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@archaeohistories how many reply-guys are needed to replace thrusters on a failed space capsule filled with err... cement or concrete?
@xChaos @archaeohistories out of boardom I read the comments and was happy to know they are not a part of my fediverse.
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@xChaos @archaeohistories out of boardom I read the comments and was happy to know they are not a part of my fediverse.
@hananc they are not just entirely pointless
I am not reply-guy hater, in fact, I find this kind of Internet debate kind of amusing, it is somehow how we were always doing. I am bit of an aerospace nerd myself, so I must acknowledge, that some of the comments have pretty good point.But if you ask me, if this is the way, how the federated nerdom of Internet is going to beat the combined Trumpism, Elonism, Putinism, and other mad -isms, plagueing the world these days... well, I am not sure.
But is is marginally funny.Of course, they are missing the whole spectrum of possible symbolic meanings of that sculpture in public space, which on the other hand seems so obvious to some people, that they don't even bother to comment. But maybe it is obvious, but people choose to comment in a silly way, because it is more fun. This is why I posted this. I need to figure it out...
Anyway, the space capsule artifact is a good job.
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@hananc they are not just entirely pointless
I am not reply-guy hater, in fact, I find this kind of Internet debate kind of amusing, it is somehow how we were always doing. I am bit of an aerospace nerd myself, so I must acknowledge, that some of the comments have pretty good point.But if you ask me, if this is the way, how the federated nerdom of Internet is going to beat the combined Trumpism, Elonism, Putinism, and other mad -isms, plagueing the world these days... well, I am not sure.
But is is marginally funny.Of course, they are missing the whole spectrum of possible symbolic meanings of that sculpture in public space, which on the other hand seems so obvious to some people, that they don't even bother to comment. But maybe it is obvious, but people choose to comment in a silly way, because it is more fun. This is why I posted this. I need to figure it out...
Anyway, the space capsule artifact is a good job.
What I love about the fediverse is that I can choose my small circle and no algorithm will shove to my feed people and posts I don't want.
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In 1959, a cement mixer with a full load of cement, wrecked near Winganon, Oklahoma
By the time a tow truck came to haul it away, all of cement had hardened inside of mixer. Tow truck was not able to remove all wreckage at same time because of weight, and decided to haul only cab/frame and would come back for detached mixer later, which never happened.
Today, 67 years later, it still sits where it fell. Locals have painted it and added "rocket thrusters" to make it look like a space capsule.
@archaeohistories @sundogplanets glorious!
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In 1959, a cement mixer with a full load of cement, wrecked near Winganon, Oklahoma
By the time a tow truck came to haul it away, all of cement had hardened inside of mixer. Tow truck was not able to remove all wreckage at same time because of weight, and decided to haul only cab/frame and would come back for detached mixer later, which never happened.
Today, 67 years later, it still sits where it fell. Locals have painted it and added "rocket thrusters" to make it look like a space capsule.
@archaeohistories pitty you missed doing alt-text
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@LanceJZ @Cadbury_Moose @isaackuo @archaeohistories ok _hwat_ are those astronauts doing
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In 1959, a cement mixer with a full load of cement, wrecked near Winganon, Oklahoma
By the time a tow truck came to haul it away, all of cement had hardened inside of mixer. Tow truck was not able to remove all wreckage at same time because of weight, and decided to haul only cab/frame and would come back for detached mixer later, which never happened.
Today, 67 years later, it still sits where it fell. Locals have painted it and added "rocket thrusters" to make it look like a space capsule.
@archaeohistories this is cruel trolling of future archaeologists
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In 1959, a cement mixer with a full load of cement, wrecked near Winganon, Oklahoma
By the time a tow truck came to haul it away, all of cement had hardened inside of mixer. Tow truck was not able to remove all wreckage at same time because of weight, and decided to haul only cab/frame and would come back for detached mixer later, which never happened.
Today, 67 years later, it still sits where it fell. Locals have painted it and added "rocket thrusters" to make it look like a space capsule.
@archaeohistories It's almost like an illustration of "Tales from the Loop", with a technological thing simply discarded at the side of the road.
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@Cadbury_Moose @isaackuo @archaeohistories there has never been a capsule with thrusters on them from Apollo on.
@LanceJZ - you don't seem bothered by the solid concrete construction, which is probably a bigger problem for using it as a spaceship. @Cadbury_Moose @isaackuo @archaeohistories
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@LanceJZ - you don't seem bothered by the solid concrete construction, which is probably a bigger problem for using it as a spaceship. @Cadbury_Moose @isaackuo @archaeohistories
@NovaNaturalist @LanceJZ @Cadbury_Moose @archaeohistories It's okay for a boilerplate mass simulator.
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@NovaNaturalist @LanceJZ @Cadbury_Moose @archaeohistories It's okay for a boilerplate mass simulator.
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In 1959, a cement mixer with a full load of cement, wrecked near Winganon, Oklahoma
By the time a tow truck came to haul it away, all of cement had hardened inside of mixer. Tow truck was not able to remove all wreckage at same time because of weight, and decided to haul only cab/frame and would come back for detached mixer later, which never happened.
Today, 67 years later, it still sits where it fell. Locals have painted it and added "rocket thrusters" to make it look like a space capsule.
@archaeohistories
Great story
@davep -
Tell me government in Oklahoma is a failure without saying government in Oklahoma is a failure.
@troy_frizzell @archaeohistories looks like an opportunity for some creative problem solving.
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@LanceJZ @Cadbury_Moose @archaeohistories This is what people think of when they think of the Apollo "capsule". It has a big main thruster in the tail, and lots of thruster clusters all over the place.
That's the reason why the artists modifying the cement mixer tank felt the need to add thrusters. It didn't look right without them, because the overall shape looks like a capsule plus its service module.
@isaackuo @LanceJZ @Cadbury_Moose @archaeohistories besides which, without the thrusters it just looks like a discarded cement mixer with a paint job.
srsly people wanting accuracy, it just needs to look space-capsule-ish for the joke to work, and thrusters does the job! -
@isaackuo @archaeohistories except the capsule had no thrusters on it.
@LanceJZ @isaackuo @archaeohistories mercury had thrusters (tho they should be jet by time it lands)
Dragon and that Chinese one both have thrusts I think.
The Apollo service module had a big nozzle on it. Not supposed to land but it's art not a real spacecraft
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@davevolek That would likely require someone to pay for it. Given the little bits I've gleaned about local governance in the U.S. I can easily see no one having any spare budget for it.
@Chigaze @davevolek @archaeohistories I read that too fast as:
"I can easily see no one having any space budget for it."
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@LanceJZ @Cadbury_Moose @archaeohistories This is what people think of when they think of the Apollo "capsule". It has a big main thruster in the tail, and lots of thruster clusters all over the place.
That's the reason why the artists modifying the cement mixer tank felt the need to add thrusters. It didn't look right without them, because the overall shape looks like a capsule plus its service module.
@isaackuo @Cadbury_Moose @archaeohistories That is the command module. The capsule is the small part in the front.
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@isaackuo @Cadbury_Moose @archaeohistories That is the command module. The capsule is the small part in the front.
@LanceJZ @Cadbury_Moose @archaeohistories I know what you mean, but that's what people think of.
One reason they think of the Apollo "capsule" as the Command Module and Service Module is that there isn't any footage of the Command Module by itself in space. No one left on the Service Module to shoot the Command Module after separation.
(The Command Module is just the return capsule.)
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In 1959, a cement mixer with a full load of cement, wrecked near Winganon, Oklahoma
By the time a tow truck came to haul it away, all of cement had hardened inside of mixer. Tow truck was not able to remove all wreckage at same time because of weight, and decided to haul only cab/frame and would come back for detached mixer later, which never happened.
Today, 67 years later, it still sits where it fell. Locals have painted it and added "rocket thrusters" to make it look like a space capsule.
@archaeohistories I see after 67 years they still haven't fixed the steep dropoff road margins that caused the cement truck to go off the road in the first place. Maybe the local government is hoping for more space capsules.
