(1960) Looking like a scene from an Wells novel, engineers inspect and test a boilerplate Mercury space capsule. Note the array of bulky test equipment on the table and the less than clean-room conditions. Today such testing is conducted under virtually steril conditions in a completely controlled environment. Image # : MERCAP

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Keywords: boilerplate, capsule, clean-room, mercury