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Adam Savage took a tour of our space museum. He was especially enthralled by the newest addition: a rare Mercury Earth Path Indicator, like the one in the Smithsonian and used by the first American in orbit, John Glenn on MA-6.

So we had to wind it up…short video

One response to “Adam Savage and Mercury Earth Path Indicator — his favorite instrument from any cockpit”

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    jurvetson

    Full writeup on the Earth Path IndicatorMercury Earth Path Indicator as used by the first American in orbit, John Glenn on MA-6Adam Savage built a MA-6 replica cockpit panel, highlighting the EPI: “This is maybe my favorite instrument of any cockpit ever.” And “I would kill to have one of these” from his video overview

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