Complex 34

Standing on the shores of human space exploration.

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kaiyves:

todaysdocument:

Midshipmen Wrong and Right are back for another vintage installment of the U.S. Navy’s Dating Dos and Don’ts training film: How to Succeed with Brunettes. 

(See if you can guess which one is Midshipman “Wrong.”)

In case you missed it, some background from the previous post:

Courtesy of our colleagues in the National Archives’ Motion Picture Preservation Lab we present How to Succeed with Brunettes (1967), a film produced by the Navy that demonstrates proper dating etiquette for officers. Part of a recentaccession of military instructional films from the Defense Visual Information Center (DVIC), the somewhat dated film features wonderful music, evocative of its era, and a fair bit of comedy, both intentional and unintentional.

via Media Matters: Don’t Shut Your Date in the Door: Military Dating Dos and Don’ts

Oooo…kaaaay… This is just about the strangest thing I’ve seen on Today’s Document.

Definitely old-fashioned, but the central idea that the key to success in any relationship is respect is valid.

But why the hair color classification? Do blondes not deserve the same respect? Redheads?

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bunnybundy: asonlynasacan: bunnybundy: I don’t know why they made this record label.There was no real record*. I don’t know why they did a lot of the things they did in 1965. But this happened, and here it is. *(I’m actually really disappointed that there was no record. It would have pleased me to know that somewhere out there existed an LP with John on guitar and the pair of them singing an ode to the Molly Brown. It would almost certainly have been terrible and excellent.) Oh my god…I bet this was just cusses and laughing and farting SIDE 1: “Hey Gus, you want some of this sandwich?” “Dammit John, we’re recording and - where the hell did you get that, you son of a bitch?” “Heh heh heh heh heh” SIDE 2: “Goddamnit rookie, there’s crumbs everywhere! What’s that face you’re makin—oh, god, no —” *TTHHHBBBBBBPPPPPTTT* “Heh heh heh heh heh” “Aw, fuck.” “Dear Gus…Thank You for the Advice on the Underwear” is a beautiful ballad.

bunnybundy:

asonlynasacan:

bunnybundy:

I don’t know why they made this record label.There was no real record*. I don’t know why they did a lot of the things they did in 1965. But this happened, and here it is.

*(I’m actually really disappointed that there was no record. It would have pleased me to know that somewhere out there existed an LP with John on guitar and the pair of them singing an ode to the Molly Brown. It would almost certainly have been terrible and excellent.)

Oh my god…I bet this was just cusses and laughing and farting

SIDE 1:

“Hey Gus, you want some of this sandwich?”

“Dammit John, we’re recording and - where the hell did you get that, you son of a bitch?”

“Heh heh heh heh heh”

SIDE 2:

“Goddamnit rookie, there’s crumbs everywhere! What’s that face you’re makin—oh, god, no —”

*TTHHHBBBBBBPPPPPTTT* “Heh heh heh heh heh”

“Aw, fuck.”

“Dear Gus…Thank You for the Advice on the Underwear” is a beautiful ballad.

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Since [landing after Apollo 12], I have not complained about the weather one single time. I’m glad there is weather. I’ve not complained about traffic. I’m glad there’s people around.

One of the things that I did when I got home, I went down to shopping centers, and I’d just go around there, get an ice cream cone or somethin’, and just watch the people go by, and think: “Boy, we’re lucky to be here. Why do people complain about the earth? We are living in the Garden of Eden.”

— Apollo 12 moonwalker Alan Bean

Via Brainrow: “Perspective”

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kaiyves: natgeofound: Navy pilots test their steadiness and muscular coordination in Corpus Christi, Texas.Photograph by the U.S. Navy This looks like some kind of really weird seance ritual. I half expect him to run down the aisle and give each one of them an exuberant five like it’s a pep rally.

kaiyves:

natgeofound:

Navy pilots test their steadiness and muscular coordination in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Photograph by the U.S. Navy

This looks like some kind of really weird seance ritual.

I half expect him to run down the aisle and give each one of them an exuberant five like it’s a pep rally.

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theclearlydope:

WORTH SEEING: Just shooting a music video in space. NBD. This is beautiful. 

robhuebel:

This is the best (I hope he doesn’t get fired).

We’ve been passing around Chris Hadfield’s video for a few days now. I’ve watched it again and was still just as moved by it. I haven’t been this sad about a crew coming home from ISS for a long time. Hadfield has been the best ambassador the space program has had in years. He was perfect up there and wrote himself into the pantheon of astronaut legends with grace, wit and a charm that enthralled both adults and kids.

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beea: inritus: NASA Astronaut Anna Fisher photographed by John Bryson for Life Magazine, May 1985. Dr. Anna Fisher, American chemist and a NASA Astronaut. She was also the first mother in space.

beea:

inritus:

NASA Astronaut Anna Fisher photographed by John Bryson for Life Magazine, May 1985.

Dr. Anna Fisher, American chemist and a NASA Astronaut.

She was also the first mother in space.

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kaiyves: lightthiscandle: Ted Freeman’s Texas Deputy Sheriff ID: This laminated, two sided, card was issued to Freeman on 2 April 1964, a mere four months after he was selected in the Third Group of NASA astronaut candidates. The Sheriff has signed the front of the card in blue ink and Freeman has signed the reverse in black ink… ALSO included is his chromed Deputy Sheriff’s badge (note his name on the bottom). I love this. Also, I’m sure that the astronauts were all made “honorary Texas Deputy Sheriffs,” and I’d love to see other examples of the ID and badge. Also: “Complexion: Ruddy”? Why is this on a government document? Maybe because it’s hard to tell from a black-and-white photograph? You’re right, it does sound strange. Deputy Pink Cheeks.

kaiyves:

lightthiscandle:

Ted Freeman’s Texas Deputy Sheriff ID:

This laminated, two sided, card was issued to Freeman on 2 April 1964, a mere four months after he was selected in the Third Group of NASA astronaut candidates. The Sheriff has signed the front of the card in blue ink and Freeman has signed the reverse in black ink… ALSO included is his chromed Deputy Sheriff’s badge (note his name on the bottom).

I love this. Also, I’m sure that the astronauts were all made “honorary Texas Deputy Sheriffs,” and I’d love to see other examples of the ID and badge.

Also: “Complexion: Ruddy”? Why is this on a government document?

Maybe because it’s hard to tell from a black-and-white photograph? You’re right, it does sound strange.

Deputy Pink Cheeks.