Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022
Out for an afternoon walk in the neighborhood. 🚫 🐊
This comparison clinches it. In the 1953 shot, we're standing on the southwest corner. We can see the 8th St./Hill St. street signs.
So we've seen shots from at least three of the corners, misleading us into thinking we're running throughout downtown L.A. Waste not.
The same corner is just to the left. You can tell by the fire hydrant, which is still there. It's just a different camera angle to fool you into thinking he's elsewhere in downtown L.A.
The scene was probably filmed on a Sunday morning at sunrise, when traffic would have been all but non-existent. After all, people supposedly had flown because of the approaching Martians.
(Other than the narrator, we have no proof they were actually Martians ...)
Warning, movie dork alert ...
The Blu-Ray version of the 1953 classic "War of the Worlds" arrived yesterday. It's always been a favorite, one being that I get to watch downtown L.A. destroyed.
(The nuke was dropped not far from where I grew up.)
The commentators said the "trashed corner" was filmed at 8th and Hill. Using Google Maps, I compared 1953 and 2023 ...You can still see where the clock was mounted in 1953.
#JFK This full-page ad appeared the morning of November 22, 1963 in the Dallas Morning News. MAGA before MAGA.
A belated good morning from the #SpaceCoast of #Florida ... Note the purple Christmas lights on the tree. And so it begins ...
The National Space Society has relocated its headquarters from Washington, DC to #KSC. I met today with ISS Member Coordinator Jennifer Muntz (left) and board member Gabriel Rothblatt (center).
If you'd like to get involved in space advocacy, check out their web site at www.nss.org. They have members and chapters around the world.
#Politics #Florida #SpaceCoast
Saw a car today with these stickers on the back. Typical for Trumper Central. Their goal is to be offensive.
Saw today former #NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speak at the monthly National Space Club #Florida luncheon.
Mostly insider stuff about U.S. space policy and politics. Talked at length about the importance of NASA being not just a diplomatic but also economc tool for international competition.
Two of the three questions he took from the audience were about UFOs. 🙄
From #OCRegister ... And my heart breaks again. The Tustin north hangar is pretty much gone now.
The Tustin "Lighter Than Air" (LTA) hangars were built in 1942, originally for blimps to hunt Japanese submarines off the Southern California coast.
They were converted for use with Marine Corps helicopters. My wife's father worked there.
When the base closed in the 1990s, Tustin scrambled to find practical uses for them. One was converted to a film stage. The other was in too poor a condition.
In the fourth photo, I believe it's the rear hangar that burned today, not the film stage.
From the OCFA PIO:
"Due to the dynamic nature of the fire, and the imminent danger of collapse, we have determined the most operationally sound method is to allow the structure to collapse, at which point ground crews can move in closer, and aggressively work to extinguish the fire."
Good morning from the #SpaceCoast of #Florida. The time is not what you think it is. 🕗 ⏰ 🤔
Stephen Smith 🇺🇦
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.
Joined Nov 2022