Delta II (NASA)
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Photo of the subject rocket
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Another Realspace kit I'm trying to salvage from the shelf of doom! Preparing for lots of painting.
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Repainted the white parts... painting white is not my favorite task!
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Final assembly done, on to detail painting and decals!
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Decals and clear gloss lacquer on
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Finished!
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This model represents a Delta II rocket configured to carry the NASA Mars Global Surveyor mission payload. There were 29 Delta II launches from CCAS LC-17A/B during my tour of duty there. The Delta II was mostly reliable, with 27 rockets performing correctly; one exploded after liftoff, the other failed to deliver the payload into a correct orbit. The NASA Mars mission failures were notorious in the press, with the Climate Orbiter failing and the Polar Lander crashing into the planet's surface.