[Nmcaver] Astronaut GypKap

[John Lyles]

I saw it Tuesday, and had the same observations. I think some of the filming was also done S of Santa Fe, mountains looked familiar to the drive down I25 and US 285. 
Not sure where the ranchhouse and barn were located. The most obvious tip off of Gypkap was when he rode the first rocket horizontally, and it crashed in what looks like a sink area with all sorts of gypsum karst features. 

jtml

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> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 16:59:22 -0700
> From: Steve Peerman <gypcaver at comcast.net>
> Subject: [Nmcaver] Astronaut Farmer
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> Hi all!
> 	Kathy and I just went to see the movie "Astronaut Farmer" starring  
> Billy Bob Thornton.  The movie is OK, but makes it worth mentioning  
> to NM cavers is that it was filmed in New Mexico, with many scenes  
> obviously filmed in the GypKaP area.
> 	The movie is supposed to take place in Texas, but anyone familiar  
> with Texas and New Mexico geography will quickly see that it's not  
> Texas.  Several scenes take place in a town called "Story".  It looks  
> familiar but I couldn't quite place it.  Perhaps someone else will.   
> The Gallinas Mountains outside of Corona are quite prominent in  
> several scenes, as well as White Sands and the cliffs in the Abiquiu  
> area.
> 	The credits say that the movie was filmed in New Mexico.  However  
> there are a few desert scenes that I think were filmed in California,  
> or perhaps Arizona, as there are Joshua Trees in the background,  
> which don't exist in New Mexico.
> 
> Steve Peerman