08/19/18 - Matt the Mat comes to visit. Let's see space stuff and art stuff!
Previous BatchNext Batch Matt at the SSDIF |
 Hey, these look familiar |
 Me with a mockup of the back of Landsat 7 |
 Matt for scale |
 Matt is flying to space |
 Cool DeLorean just hanging out |
 Oh no, the train crashed! |
 "Neat" |
 Dork patrol. (Can I join dork patrol?) |
 What a fancy dude |
 Whoa, Romulus and Remus. Welcome to the National Gallery of Art! |
 Matt likes art |
 Some of the statues are really incredible |
 This is marble!! |
 How do people make this stuff? |
 Matt checking stuff out |
 This kid is not into this monkey |
 Even the frames are works of art |
 Matt knows how to pose |
 Matt with his buddy Rembrandt |
 Closeup detail on the paint |
 Is this Waluigi??? |
 Holy crap, what is wrong with this kid?? |
 A da Vinci painting! |
 Matt gets in close to really examine it |
 Neat fountain |
 Pictures in pictures |
 Selfie! |
 Yeah, me too |
 Matt with another one of his art inspirations: Vincent van Gogh |
 Slow day in the art studio.. let's paint a mound of butter |
 Whoa, it's cool actually seeing paintings that I've seen replicated so many times |
 That's a big camera |
 The modern art is kept in here |
 Matt's head is sliding off |
 I couldn't really convey the cool motion these lights were making |
 Matt had a lot of stuff in his pockets |
 Of course, I dragged Matt around the Air and Space museum and took pictures of everything. Friendship 7! |
 SpaceShipOne |
 Peering into Gemini IV |
 Off-center reentry |
 LM-2! |
 I like to zoom in so the photo looks like maybe it was taken on the moon |
 Maybe a decent wallpaper? |
 Another look at Gemini IV |
 Shingles |
 I love the screws and washers |
 Always read the warning labels on ejection seats |
 LM-2's door |
 Skylab! |
 Looking into the Soyuz |
 Closeup on the hose hookups on David Scott's suit |
 NASA! |
 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project |
 Big line to get into Skylab |
 Hey I went there! |
 Be careful with the ELS switch when manually dumping propellant |
 Gene Cernan's suit. The last suit on the moon. (Or is this a training suit?) |
 I think this is Skylab 4's CM |
 The ergometer! |
 Switches in Skylab |
 Looking up into the Orbital Workshop |
 Wall toilet |
 Floating can! |
 Don't forget your special shoes for hooking into this |
 Matt loves Skylab |
 Let's got to the National Portrait Gallery! |
 Pretty kitty |
 Henrietta Lacks! She lives on.. sort of |
 I can get behind this sign |
 Cool roof in the atrium or whatever |
 Apollo 8! |
 Matt wanted to check out a tourist garbage shop |
 Tourist garbage! |
 There's no snow in sight, but these trucks are setup so people can't drive into the crowd |
 Matt and Washington |
 The White House has more fences than it used to |
 Matt loves America! |
 Matt hates trump |
 Washington and Jefferson |
 What it actually looks like outside the White House |
 "Can I take your picture?" "Well.. I can't really stop you" |
 Secret Service dog! |
 The Capitol down the road |
 Matt meets Neil |
 Matt's first time in VR |
 VR is pretty cool |