Astronaut Fashions

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asonlynasacan:

John Young in his office, 1981.
I found this on collectSPACE…I own nothing.

Wow, he matches the space shuttle.

One could argue that the space shuttle dressed to match John Young. However, it soon became clear that no one, not even the mighty shuttle, could measure up, so it never bothered to try again. That’s why all subsequent tanks remained orange. It had nothing to do with cost or practicality and everything to do with John Young’s superior fashion sense. View Larger

lightthiscandle:

asonlynasacan:

John Young in his office, 1981.

I found this on collectSPACE…I own nothing.

Wow, he matches the space shuttle.

One could argue that the space shuttle dressed to match John Young. However, it soon became clear that no one, not even the mighty shuttle, could measure up, so it never bothered to try again. That’s why all subsequent tanks remained orange. It had nothing to do with cost or practicality and everything to do with John Young’s superior fashion sense.



  1. thef-ingnewguys reblogged this from awwyeahjohnyoung and added:
    Corner office FTW.
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  4. winking-at-deke-slayton reblogged this from lightthiscandle and added:
    I believe that
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  6. kaiyves reblogged this from lightthiscandle and added:
    That is a wicked cool office.
  7. astronautfashions reblogged this from lightthiscandle and added:
    One could argue that the space shuttle dressed to match John Young. However, it soon became clear that no one, not even...
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  9. spaceandstuffidk reblogged this from asonlynasacan and added:
    Oh my god, this is new.
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