Archaeo-HistoriesJan 11

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.

Show threadIsaac Ji KuoJan 11
@archaeohistories Honestly, this is what a space capsule should look like.
Show threadKnightmareJan 11
@isaackuo @archaeohistories except the capsule had no thrusters on it.
Show threadCadbury MooseJan 11

@LanceJZ @isaackuo @archaeohistories

That's a piece of Art, and congratulations to the locals for maintaining it.

(Actually the capsule would have had thrusters: there would be Capsule:Flotation Bag:Heat Shield:Thruster Pack, with the thruster pack held on by straps so it could be jettisoned after deceleration but before hitting atmosphere. On one mission they re-entered with the thruster pack attached because the flotation bag light had come on and they were concerned about the heat shield.)

Show threadKnightmareJan 11
@Cadbury_Moose @isaackuo @archaeohistories there has never been a capsule with thrusters on them from Apollo on.
Show threadIsaac Ji KuoJan 12

@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.

Show threadKnightmare
@isaackuo @Cadbury_Moose @archaeohistories That is the command module. The capsule is the small part in the front.
Jan 12 at 3:56pmWeb
Show threadIsaac Ji KuoJan 12

@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.)