Completely ridiculous 1960s sweepstakes offered Gemini spacecraft as grand prize

No put - on . This is for real — the baseless , way out prize ever awarded in any contest : a 19 - foot - epitome of the noted NASA spacecraft . Your Gemini capsule is just like the original . There ’s a detachable hatch , equipment section , and retro - fire software package . Accurate from the ground up ! When you make headway Gemini you ’ll be at the airdrome when it arrives in a “ Flying Guppy ” Aero Spacelines planing machine . Your name and characterization will be in newspapers and magazines all over the nation . How will it feel to stage your spacecraft to your city for a green or museum ? Famous , that ’s how . There ’s more . As the grand prize winner , you ’ll receive a professional Vox “ Serenader ” guitar — plus , every Revell Model Kit ! go great .

await a minute . Did this imply the winner was force to give their Gemini capsule to their municipality or something ? That ’s a damn tear - off . If I was some random 1960s kid who won the Gemini , I would keep this bad boy in my backyard and invite all my friends over to play NASA . I ’d be Pete Conrad , and I ’d force all my pals to be ham actor the chimp and his elongated kin .

The Gemini from the Revell competition was won by a 13 - year - old boy in Portland , Oregon , and it now sits in the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry . No Book on what happened to the Vox “ Serenader ” guitar .

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