"Join the SPARS" -- "Be a SPAR, Don't Be a Spare!"
New York, N.Y. - "The Coast Guard Musical Revue "TARS AND SPARS" -- was presented today at the New York Strand Theatre in connection with the Spars recruiting program. Here the two leading players, VICTOR MATURE, CBM (Chief Boatswain's Mate), and CORALEE BURSON, Y/3C (Yeoman 3rd Class), enjoy some golden brown between acts."
-- New York Bureau -- May 5th, 1944
"Semper Paratus -- Always Ready"
#VictorMature #WWII #Spars
Today is the 20th birthday of ESA's Mars Express so from 17:00 BST (under an hour from now) they are going to have a "live feed" from one of the onboard cameras - at 1 frame every 50 seconds!
“This is an old camera, originally planned for engineering purposes, at a distance of almost three million kilometres from Earth – this hasn’t been tried before and to be honest, we’re not 100% certain it’ll work,”
Live streem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qyVNqeJ6wQ&ab_channel=EuropeanSpaceAgency%2CESA
Peter Mount