New Display for 2010
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New Space Shuttle Actuator Display
This new display was designed and constructed for the 2010 Edition of the New York State Fair. It features a very rare and unique Space Shuttle Main Engine Main Fuel Valve (SSME MFV) Actuator. The display also includes rare Moon rocks, NASA "flown" items, a vintage 1/96 scale model of an Apollo/Saturn 5 Rocket and lots of other historical memorabilia.
Prototype Space Shuttle Main Engine Main Fuel Valve (SSME MFV) Actuator
The actuator is enclosed in a 10" acrylic dome with interior lighting and an air desiccant
A piece of copper from the Statue of Liberty and a World Trade Center artifact
Piece of the Roman Colosseum and The Great Pyramid of Cheops
Epic Fail; piece of aluminum from the Hindenburgh, coal from the Titanic and a tarball from the Gulf Coast oil spill disaster
Rock samples from the Moon, Mars and Mercury (hypothesized)
Rare meteorite chips from the Moon, Mars and Mercury (hypothesized) with a magnifying lamp
War; a Civil War bullet, a piece of Battleship Missouri and a piece of the Berlin Wall
NASA "Flown" space seed experiments
Lunar Lander plaque facsimile
Centerpiece; 1/96 scale model of an Apollo/Saturn 5 rocket
Model base detail
The entire display stands about 9' tall
Actuator schematic
Display base detail
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Table rotation stop detail
New glass pen display. Back in the 1800's, Harmonographs used glass pens to draw the very fine lines, and this display illustrates the steps necessary to construct one. School children learned how to make their own glass pens back in the day; they had an advantage over quill and dip pens because they could write a whole page of text before requiring a refill.
