The Astrodome’s groundskeepers were called ‘Earthmen’, decked outÂ inÂ ‘futuristic’ red spacesuit uniforms!!!!Â

and yes, they used vacuums on the Astroturf!

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Astros history is out of this world

Six-shooters replaced shovels for Astrodome groundbreaking 55 years ago this week

Astros grounds crew dresses up as astronauts on throwback night

Astrodome, 1965 images

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brand new Astrodome in 1965 – the only year it had grass / didn’t have AstroTurf

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[via the great MLBcathedrals]

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Documents detail $66M plan to demolish Astrodome

Brewster McCloud‘s limit is the Astrodome’s celling

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Dome Is Where The Heart Is

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The Brooklyn Dodgers proposed domed stadium, designed by Buckminster Fuller, was to replace Ebbets Field for the Brooklyn Dodgers to allow them to stay in New York City. The Dodgers instead moved to Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles, California. Â First announced in the early 1950s, the envisioned structure would have seated 52,000 people and been the first domed stadium in the world, opening roughly a decade before Houston’s Astrodome. Â The stadium would have been located at the southeast corner of Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue, on the site of the Barclays Center. It would have cost $6 million to build and been privately financed. It was never built.

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