Tuesday December 11, 2007
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Tuesday December 11, 2007
Smithsonian Air and Space, Washington DC Photos
Last week, I traveled to Washington DC in order to participate in the annual meeting of the Anita Borg Institute Technical Advisory Board. The first place I visited between meetings was the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on the national mall. This building seems to contains the first of everything: the actual planes and equipment, rarely models. Since 2007 is the 50th anniversary of Sputnik, the Smithsonian had a special exhibit about the U.S.-Soviet space race, including a life size replica of Sputnik hanging from the ceiling. (It was borrowed from the Soviet space museum.) There is even a figure of Sally Ride, the first American Space Woman (whom I was thrilled to meet in person at the 2006 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing).
You can tell I am a native Californian because I take photos of snow...
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Arriving with the
first snow 
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George Washington
head with snow 
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Rose in
first snow 
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Washington Monument
(mall with snow) 
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50 Years of the Space Age
with 1957 Sputnik
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Smithsonian
rockets 
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Smithsonian 1969
lunar lander 
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MacCready's 1977
Gossamer Condor 
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Lindbergh's Spirit
of St. Louis 1927 
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Yeager's 1947 X-1
Glamorous Glennis 
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Wright Brothers'
1903 Flyer 
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Images Copyright 2007 by Katy Dickinson
Posted at 06:39PM Dec 11, 2007 by katysblog in Hopper - Anita Borg Institute |
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