Monday, December 13, 2004

LBJ & the Helium Filled Astronaut


Enjoy this 1964 audio clip of President Lyndon Johnson speaking on the phone with SeaLab Commander Scott Carpenter, whose lungs are filled with a helium-oxygen mixture, making him squeak like an excited rodent.
Link (Thanks, Ethan!)



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