September 17, 2007 - Grayline Tour BC, Part 3

Next we were dropped at the Air and Space Museum to tour and to have lunch.  We had spent a day in this museum in 2003.

A lunar lander:

A Cray-1 super computer:

Bill worked for Cray Research for a year and can attest that the cushions were comfortable since he got to nap on them on a Cray XMP during acceptance testing:

The computers inside Gemini and Apollo:

Since the Museum of American History was being renovated they put a display of 150 items at the Air and Space Museum:

Kermit:

Interesting displays:

Star Wars in front of the Eniac:

The information plaque:

Historic clothing:

An original Barbie:

Archie Bunker's chair and Kunta Kinte's manacles:

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