eBay: Your Very Own Gemini Capsule…

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May 122011
 

… sorta. Some guy (not me) has a Gemini boilerplate capsule for sale on eBay, for the low, low buy it now price of $42,900:

  ***AUTHENTIC GEMINI CAPSULE BOILER PLATE #313***

     

 Posted by at 8:02 pm

  6 Responses to “eBay: Your Very Own Gemini Capsule…”

  1. Michael Scott says:
    May 13, 2011 at 10:51 am

    That top left hand picture appears to have been taken at the Huntsville Space and Rocket center which is of course next to the Marshal Spaceflight Center and Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL. Is that where the Gemini boilerplate came from?

  2. kbob42 says:
    May 13, 2011 at 11:33 am

    Is the museum selling theirs or did someone commit Grand Theft Gemini?

  3. heroicrelics says:
    May 13, 2011 at 11:42 am

    The photo under that photo (with the blue sign next to it and the picnic tables and dumpster in the background) was also taken at the USSRC.

    This photo is presumably from Americans in Orbit – 50 Years, as it appeared when collectSPACE (scroll about half-way down). The text of the release is on the AIO site:

    In July, Russell took the first step in preparation for the February 20, 2012 “America’s Launch” mission when he transported a boilerplate Gemini capsule from Kansas City, MO, to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL where it is currently on display. The capsule is “on loan” to AIO-50 from Vince Lawrence, president of SpaceCraftRentals.com.

    BTW – I don’t believe that Marshall played any significant part in Project Gemini.

  4. Blake P says:
    May 13, 2011 at 4:22 pm

    Yeah, it was used by Americans in Orbit ( I was involved with the project for a while at UAH).

  5. Jeff Wright says:
    May 14, 2011 at 10:10 am

    Heck of a keg–that’s probably what it will wind up being–a still.

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