Guess Who These Guys Are



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In this 1960 photograph, the seven original Mercury astronauts participate in U.S. Air Force survival training exercises at Stead Air Force Base in Nevada. Pictured from left to right are: L. Gordon Cooper, M. Scott Carpenter, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Virgil I. Grissom, Walter Schirra and Donald K. Slayton.

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I recognized Gus Grissom. :) Mike Collins, in his book Carrying the Fire, talks about their survival training in which they were dumped into inhospitable environments and had to make due with the equipment they had and their surroundings. Poor guy had bug bites on his butt for weeks after a stint in the jungle. (They spent most of their time going after heart of palms to eat.)
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When I first saw this, I looked at the faces and expected to recognize a rock band. The quality of the color and the lack of any time period reference caused me to be surprised at how old the picture is.
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according to the specs:

the Loremo LS model goes from 0 to 100 km/h (that's 0 to 62.1371194444 mph) in 20 seconds. the Loremo GT model does it in 9 seconds.

also, the FAQ says the doors open "nach oben" -- upward, i guess like a De Lorean. maybe if you get it up to 88mph you can go back to the future.
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also, how to get one: fill out this "interested in purchase" form

Kaufinteresse

Der Loremo wird leider erst ab 2009 in Serie gehen. Gerne informieren wir Sie bis dahin über wichtige Meilensteine, so dass Sie zu den ersten gehören, die sich über einen eigenen Loremo freuen können.

(The Loremo will unfortunately not go into production until 2009. Until then, we'll gladly inform you about important milestones, so you can be among the first to hear how to get your own Loremo.)

Nachname = (last name)

Vorname = (first name)

Straße = (street address - street, city, state/province, zip/postal code, for all you north americans)

PLZ Ort (Land) = (country)

Unternehmen = (company/business)

Telefon = (phone number)

E-Mail = (three guesses...)

Bisheriges Auto = (your current car model)
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well, this form is set up for the european way of writing addresses. techinically it would be in this order:

Straße = (street address)
PLZ Ort (Land) = (postal code, city, country if outside germany)

so it doesn't exactly fit the american or canadian way of addressing things.

since canadians and brits have letters at the start of their postal codes, and since europeans generally write a letter country code before the numeric postal code, europeans usually tend to write american addresses like this:

your name
123 main street
beverly hills
CA 90210
USA

anyway, do the best you can :)

or try emailing Loremo in english and see what you get. mail@loremo.com
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