Buzz Aldrin uses Corvette for Moon Ride - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

XfireZ51 · 07-10-2014

Here he is arriving for moon shot prep

KILLSHOTS · 07-10-2014

That's not a real Corvette. It only appears to be a Corvette. This shot was actually taken in a special studio in the Nevada desert using highly specialized taxpayer-funded lighting and cameras. Corvettes were never actually made.

XfireZ51 · 07-10-2014

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Originally Posted by KILLSHOTS

That's not a real Corvette. It only appears to be a Corvette. This shot was actually taken in a special studio in the Nevada desert using highly specialized taxpayer-funded lighting and cameras. Corvettes were never actually made.

Oh so that is the fabled "Capricorn Corvette"!

WB9MCW · 07-11-2014

Astronaut Alan Bean drives his old Corvette again

http://youtu.be/uarNyD1L1lM

Corvettes have been associated with America’s space program beginning with Alan Shepard’s sub-orbital Mercury flight in May of 1961 and continuing into the Apollo moon landing program. Astronauts were offered a special Chevrolet plan in which they were given the use of any Chevrolet automobile for a year at the very nominal cost of $1. Many chose Corvettes, but only the crew of Apollo XII elected to have their 1969 Corvettes customized with identical paint schemes.

http://www.examiner.com/article/apol...ip-to-the-moon

gbrtng · 07-11-2014

stylish pocket protector ...

XfireZ51 · 07-11-2014

Brian,

Do you recall what that paint scheme was about?

WB9MCW · 07-11-2014

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Originally Posted by XfireZ51

Brian,

Do you recall what that paint scheme was about?

Furthermore, the crew decided a distinctive paint scheme was needed; since Alan was the artist among the three he was put in charge of that project. Bean explained during an interview that, “Pete probably came up with the idea. Due to the heavy training schedule there was little time to give much thought to it, but I did present three or four ideas to Jim Rathmann.” Rathmann took it from there. As Bean recalled, “Jim painted one of the cars. The first paint job may have had more black – the hood may have been black. We did not really like it, but Jim was patient and repainted the car perhaps two more times.” The last presentation resulted in thin white pinstripes being added to divide the black from the gold. Some of the finer details of the project have been forgotten, though, over the last three decades; Capt. Bean could not recall why black was chosen since blue and gold are Navy colors.

From
http://c1toc3vettes.blogspot.com/201...-corvette.html

XfireZ51 · 07-11-2014

Personally not a fan of the scheme, but it is historic now, so that's that.

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XfireZ51 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chicagoland, IL Posts: 9,684	Buzz Aldrin uses Corvette for Moon Ride Here he is arriving for moon shot prep __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]Former Membership Chairman Former ZR-1 Registry - BOD 1972 Corvette 4speed base Coupe SOLD long time ago 1984 Corvette Z-51/4+3 SOLD 1992 Corvette ZR-1 Aqua/Gray #474 SOLD 1992 Corvette ZR-1 Black Rose/Cognac #458 2014 Honda VFR Interceptor DX

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KILLSHOTS Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: AZ Posts: 860	Re: Buzz Aldrin uses Corvette for Moon Ride That's not a real Corvette. It only appears to be a Corvette. This shot was actually taken in a special studio in the Nevada desert using highly specialized taxpayer-funded lighting and cameras. Corvettes were never actually made.

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WB9MCW Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: McHenry, Il. Posts: 6,607	Re: Buzz Aldrin uses Corvette for Moon Ride Astronaut Alan Bean drives his old Corvette again http://youtu.be/uarNyD1L1lM Corvettes have been associated with America’s space program beginning with Alan Shepard’s sub-orbital Mercury flight in May of 1961 and continuing into the Apollo moon landing program. Astronauts were offered a special Chevrolet plan in which they were given the use of any Chevrolet automobile for a year at the very nominal cost of $1. Many chose Corvettes, but only the crew of Apollo XII elected to have their 1969 Corvettes customized with identical paint schemes. http://www.examiner.com/article/apol...ip-to-the-moon __________________ http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...9mcw/SIG-2.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o128/wb9mcw/vcm.gif "The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BC " We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." - Abraham Lincoln

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gbrtng Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Antonio area Posts: 1,179	Re: Buzz Aldrin uses Corvette for Moon Ride stylish pocket protector ... __________________ “Buy the best example of what you want, and pay whatever it takes. That way, you cry only once.” ~ Bruce Meyer

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XfireZ51 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chicagoland, IL Posts: 9,684	Re: Buzz Aldrin uses Corvette for Moon Ride Brian, Do you recall what that paint scheme was about? __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]Former Membership Chairman Former ZR-1 Registry - BOD 1972 Corvette 4speed base Coupe SOLD long time ago 1984 Corvette Z-51/4+3 SOLD 1992 Corvette ZR-1 Aqua/Gray #474 SOLD 1992 Corvette ZR-1 Black Rose/Cognac #458 2014 Honda VFR Interceptor DX