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Lashes & Lab Coats is a program at the Museum of Flight focused on introducing middle school and high school girls to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) through small classes. The class I most recently went to, “Hidden Treasures” was about the museum’s collections and how they identify new donations. The first thing we did after introductions was look at some old photos of women pilots and attempt to identify things about the pictures. The curators at the museum frequently have to do this with no background information, because the pictures are almost always donations. The picture I was given was of a 4-woman medic flight team in front of a Boeing jet. I could determine it was sometime after World War 1 because of the flight suits and goggles they were wearing.
After the photo exercise, we headed down to the museum’s basement where they store pieces that aren’t on display. We were shown the special box and packing methods they use, along with some very interesting vintage objects such as old mugs and G.I. Joe action figures.
We were told that the Museum of Flight, like many other museums, only displays around 10% of their collection at a time. Everything in the storage area is packed using gloves and non-acidic materials such as paper and foam. We then returned to the classroom and were given gloves to check out some of the collection items on our own! We were given objects that were too damaged to put on display, such as an old airplane steering wheel with a rudder gauge and instructions printed on the side. It was red, black, and slightly bent out of shape. The workshop was fun and I highly recommend it to any girl interested in STEM!
KHAAAAAAN: Sunday evening we went to the movies. We don't often go to the movie theater here at MPA, so it was kind of a big deal.
What propelled us to go? Ironically, the 35th anniversary of Star Trek's "The Wrath of Khan" movie.
Have I mentioned we're geeks?
So, anyway, we headed to our local theater yesterday evening and were treated to a pre-movie video of William Shatner (a/k/a Captain Kirk). We heard some behind the scenes stories about Star Trek (the original series) and the Khan movie (including the fact that Khan/Ricardo Montalban could hardly walk unassisted while filming the feature, due to cumulative injuries during his dancing career prior.
Interestingly, I learned tonight be reading stories online that there were rumors that Montalban wore prosthetics to make his upper body appear stronger in the movie. Shatner told us last night that the proud and athletic Montalban tried to make up for his lower body challenges by developing upper body strength. What you see in "Khan" is the real deal.
Going in, I wondered how the movie would stand up to the test of time.
Fortunately, it was wonderful. Such a great script/story, very much in keeping with the original series.
And yeah, some of us might have shed a tear or two at the end.
Live long and prosper.
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