NASA and The Six Million Dollar Man
I saw this feature on NASA's website and it brought back some memories. Don't tell anyone but when I was a kid back in the 70's, I wanted to be the bionic man. Lee Majors was so cool. With his legs, I imagined myself outrunning everyone on the playground. With his arms, I could chuck a baseball to the next town. I couldn't get enough of ABC's "The Six Million Dollar Man." Remember that show?
One thing that I've never forgotten is the show's opening. Forget the show itself. The beginning was worth missing dinner over. And believe me, I went hungry on more than one occassion. The opening was this horrific crash sequence followed by Lee Majors getting put back together again. "Gentlemen, we can rebuild him." Here's the transcript of the show's opening.
But what many people didn't realize was that the crash footage was very real. And the pilot behind the disaster was NASA's Dryden research pilot Bruce Peterson. It happened on a dry lakebed on May 10, 1967, when his wingless M2-F2 went tumbling out of control. The M2-F2 was one of the lifting body research vehicles that helped pave the way for space shuttle landings from space.
"Better...stronger...faster." Loved that show.
posted by Aaron S. Thiel at 11:25 PM
3 Comments:
Hmmm...and I thought this blog is another John Grisham in the making =)
But seriously this fixation about NASA, Space etc...are thought-provoking that I will surely come back and read more of your entries. I'm also a fan by the way of the Six Million Dollar Man, no T.V series are quite like it. I want to be bionic in the near by future...=)
Such a secret whish is nothing to be ashamed off. many people have secret whishes. Would you accually like to be in space, obtain supernatural powers, be more handsome?
Kind regards,
Martijn Fransen
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