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Title: X-rays of Neil Armstrong's boots and gloves used during the Apollo 11 mission
Post by: ilikepez on September 16, 2012, 04:46:02 am

One of my friends got these from his dad who worked at NASA, apparently these are the only prints. He had the originals too but gave them away a few years back.

http://imgur.com/a/ZbNoC (http://imgur.com/a/ZbNoC)

He has x-rays of Buzz Aldrin's gloves and boots too, but I didn't have time to take pictures of that.

Title: Re: X-rays of Neil Armstrong's boots and gloves used during the Apollo 11 mission
Post by: AntiProtonBoy on September 16, 2012, 07:27:47 am

very neat 8)

Title: Re: X-rays of Neil Armstrong's boots and gloves used during the Apollo 11 mission
Post by: Sionyn on September 16, 2012, 09:26:41 am

awesome

Title: Re: X-rays of Neil Armstrong's boots and gloves used during the Apollo 11 mission
Post by: Jon Chandler on September 16, 2012, 09:36:11 am

These may have been taken to be sure there were no pins left during sewing.  I recently saw a documentary about the construction by the same people who made Playtex bras - they were the only people with the experience of working with similar materials.