Win a Full Sized Gemini Spacecraft???

[Guest GroundHOG-2010]

Got you if you though it was real. If it was I would be keeping it for myself. But there was a competition offering just this in 1967. And the winner also got a guitar!!!

http://io9.com/5728445/completely-ridiculous-1960s-sweepstakes-offered-gemini-spacecraft-as-grand-prize

[Cepheus]

Oh, the sixties.

[Ascensiam]

*reads*

blablabla... Spacecraft? Nice, i guess... blablablabla.... HOLY S*** A GUITAR?

Alright, to be honest, i can\'t believe they threw money and expensive professional equipment away like that when it obviously has potential for re-use, you know, guitars takes a lot of skill to make.

[Guest GroundHOG-2010]

The catch is, you couldn\'t keep it.

But who wouldn\'t want to keep this...

[Darrknox]

The catch is, you couldn\'t keep it.

But who wouldn\'t want to keep this...

It would be cool for the first week, but a museum could take better care of it, and a lot of other people could enjoy it too. I would donate it

[RichieD76]

As greedy as it sounds I would try my damn hardest to turn it into a simulator. Blank cheque permitting!

[GroundHOG2010]

As greedy as it sounds I would try my damn hardest to turn it into a simulator. Blank cheque permitting!

With Hydraulics?

[RichieD76]

Guess so. Only problem is there wouldn\'t be much need for simulated movement. Maybe other than a simulated roll and pitch over I don\'t think there\'s any static movement you could do to simulate g-forces. For what little manual control there was needed on the Gemini it would be wasted money on hydraulics. Although other than the rendezvous with 2 Gemini capsuals on Gemini 8 ( I think?) I can\'t think of anything worthwhile simulating on just screens and instruments. Ideas??

[hachiman]

The capsule could be combined with something like this.

[RichieD76]

Oh man that would kick ass!

[Panichio]

A vox guitar? Sweet!

[NovaSilisko]

Such a shame that it doesn\'t have the Service Module...