A Moon rocket pack.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NASA-Contractor-Report-Device-For-Use-In-The-Vicinity-Of-The-Moon-Vehicle/193297573112?hash=item2d016ee4f8:g:ldQAAOSw7t9eEoeh
With 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing fast approaching, I thought it only appropriate to link to the trailer of the film that covered just who it was that ensured that the pictures got to Earth...
It's a wonderful, gentle Australian film, that has a wonderful sense of humor...
;)
Boeing were involved in the original LRV, alongside General Motors:
ORIGINAL CAPTION: The Apollo 15 Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) and the Lunar Module (LM) during
simulations at the Kennedy Space Center. [Photo: NASA]
To start off with:
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/A-363-foot-projection-of-a-rocket-will-be-flashed-14088032.php
Here's a few threads, old and otherwise, on subjects related to Apollo 11:
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/astrorocket-saturn-derived-apollo-documents-sale.2991/...
A video series covering the effort to restore a surviving Apollo LEM AGC (Believed to be the one used in the LTA-8 prototype LEM) in time for it to be used to simulate the Apollo 11 landing on the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing. Episode 15 is of especial note as it features a piece...
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The San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) has recently posted on YouTube (circa ~1962-64) Republic Aviation silent B-roll footage of work performed on Project FIRE (Flight Investigation of Re-Entry). Project FIRE is described at Gunther's Space Page accordingly...
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Three man lunar shelter to be landed using the Grumman LM/Truck. Capable of supporting a 50 day lunar mission. Proposed uses included as a mobile habitat and as a lunar astronomical observatory.
The attached two documents are all that I had downloaded before the 'Cry Woolfe' incident and...
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Discovered this today..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaIS-tY57Zg
Chris Staples "Dark Side of the Moon"..
First, its not the Pink Floyd song, so don't be surprised. Second, great set decoration making the ultimate late 60's apartment. Third, I'm curious about the clip at 3:15 showing the...
One of the more interesting ways to provide power for an extended lunar stay:
The Hypergolic Reciprocating Engine Electrical Power System and its application to the Lunar Excursion Module.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19700026425.pdf
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Via Slashdot:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/15/us/jack-kinzler-skylabs-savior-dies-at-94.html
Jack Kinzler in 1973 with a photo of the thermal shield he created for the Skylab station. Credit United Press International
Godspeed.
I'm re-posting this in a new thread to give this design a more proper identification and to have the thread ready when additional information (and hopefully the drawing) can be made available. I've done a few searches here on Dee Howard and haven't come up with anything. Should there be an...
So I found an engine program which wasn't on Astronautix by randomly reading documents on the US Space & Rocket Center's digital archives at UAH.
The document in question is:
Launch Vehicle Engines Project Development Plan MA001-A50-2H (1 January 1967)
And here's the link to download the...
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Boeing Lunar Rover circa 1991
Source:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1991-Boeing-Lunar-Rover-Press-Photo-/190704380245?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c66dde955
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Northrop "Walking" Lunar Vehicle from 1965 concept photo found on eBay.
Source:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Press-Photo-1965-Moon-Lunar-Concept-Vehicle-By-Northrop-Space-Lab-Apollo-Moon-La-/160790921570?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item256fe2c162
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