Comments on: Junior Cadet Space Helmet (Aug, 1962) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/05/junior-cadet-space-helmet/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:12:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: diy ANALOG RAYGUN | atelier musiques lourdes http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/05/junior-cadet-space-helmet/comment-page-1/#comment-1093253 diy ANALOG RAYGUN | atelier musiques lourdes Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:07:09 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/05/junior-cadet-space-helmet/#comment-1093253 [...] Works well but it is not portable right now cause it needs a +11 volts DC power supply and an external power amp/speaker combo as well. Maybe i could build a space outfit to carry all of these. [...] [...] Works well but it is not portable right now cause it needs a +11 volts DC power supply and an external power amp/speaker combo as well. Maybe i could build a space outfit to carry all of these. [...]

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/05/junior-cadet-space-helmet/comment-page-1/#comment-1074364 Firebrand38 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:25:05 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/05/junior-cadet-space-helmet/#comment-1074364 Louis Varricchio, M.Sc.: I think that you mean <a href="http://www.jonbehrensfilms.com/FILMS/Men%20in%20to%20Space/moonprobe.mp4" rel="nofollow">Men Into Space</a> (Link is to an mp4 file of the Moon Probe episode) It's an OK <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/2845151689_1c7b42960d_o.jpg" rel="nofollow">helmet</a> I guess... Boy, you sound like you were an ungrateful 9 year old. "Here son, look at the space helmet I made for you!" "Gee, I wanted the one from Men Into Space!" Sorry to dash your childhood memories but it wasn't based on the pressure helmet that the <a href="http://www.murdoconline.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/crossfield-in-x-15.jpg" rel="nofollow">X-15 pilots wore</a> but rather the <a href="http://collections.nasm.si.edu/code/emuseum.asp?profile=objects&newstyle=single&quicksearch=A19731430000" rel="nofollow">MA-2 helmet</a>. Louis Varricchio, M.Sc.: I think that you mean Men Into Space (Link is to an mp4 file of the Moon Probe episode)
It’s an OK helmet I guess…

Boy, you sound like you were an ungrateful 9 year old. “Here son, look at the space helmet I made for you!” “Gee, I wanted the one from Men Into Space!”

Sorry to dash your childhood memories but it wasn’t based on the pressure helmet that the X-15 pilots wore but rather the MA-2 helmet.

]]> By: Louis Varricchio, M.Sc. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/05/junior-cadet-space-helmet/comment-page-1/#comment-1074363 Louis Varricchio, M.Sc. Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:42:44 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/05/junior-cadet-space-helmet/#comment-1074363 This wouldn't have inspired me as a 9-year-old boy in 1962. It looks dated, like something out of the Buck Rogers 1930s, not the Space Age 1960s. As a kid, I had the Col. McCauley helmet from the 1960 T.V. series "Men in Space" (based on the Murray Leinster sci-fi novel) which was more realistic and based on the Air Force's real X-15 pilot's pressure-suit helmet. It included a "microphone" and a tinted visor. The helmet is now a sought-after collectible plastic toy. This wouldn’t have inspired me as a 9-year-old boy in 1962. It looks dated, like something out of the Buck Rogers 1930s, not the Space Age 1960s. As a kid, I had the Col. McCauley helmet from the 1960 T.V. series “Men in Space” (based on the Murray Leinster sci-fi novel) which was more realistic and based on the Air Force’s real X-15 pilot’s pressure-suit helmet. It included a “microphone” and a tinted visor. The helmet is now a sought-after collectible plastic toy.

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