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  1. Grey Havoc

    Boeing Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV)

    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]
  2. Grey Havoc

    Apollo 11 - 50th Anniversary thread

    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/...
  3. Flyaway

    Snoopy lunar module from 1969 Apollo 10 mission may have been found

    https://news.sky.com/story/snoopy-lunar-module-from-1969-apollo-10-mission-may-have-been-found-11738299
  4. Flyaway

    Lockheed Martin proposes a mega-lunar lander: 62 tons and an elevator

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/10/lockheed-martin-unveils-a-super-sized-lunar-lander-for-four-humans/
  5. Flyaway

    Queqiao - Chinese Lunar Communication Relay Satellite

    China preparing to launch Chang’e-4 relay satellite May 21 http://spacenews.com/china-preparing-to-launch-change-4-relay-satellite-may-21/
  6. Flyaway

    ROSCOSMOS And CNCA. Joint Exploration Of The Moon

    https://www.roscosmos.ru/24772/
  7. P

    Soviet project of a scientific lunar tank in 1956.

    I write correctly - a tank? In old Soviet magazines of the late Stalin period and early Khrushchev I saw an interesting project of a lunar scientific tank. But - in Russian. Literary Russian language you will not understand. But tonight I downloaded a very interesting book. This is an Indian...
  8. Graham1973

    Goodyear - Stay Time Exension Module (1965)

    Proposed inflatable lunar habitat designed to allow a two-week stay on the lunar surface. It would have been carried on the LM in place of the LRV unless the mission was a Dual LM mission. The attached pictures depict the deployment sequence. Lunar Stay Time Extension Module (STEM)...
  9. Grey Havoc

    Proving Ground / Prospector (Taiwan-US Lunar lander)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMXWsiaEK6Q https://science.slashdot.org/story/16/07/19/0157238/taiwan-building-lunar-lander-for-nasa-moon-mining-mission The 'Proving Ground' project is intended to develop and launch the Prospector, which in turn is primarily intended as a technology testbed...
  10. Grey Havoc

    ESA 'Lunar Village' proposal

    http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Momentum_builds_for_creation_of_moon_villages_999.html http://news.yahoo.com/european-space-boss-crazy-moon-village-plan-151401886.html
  11. Grey Havoc

    Russian 2030 moonbase and Luna 25 lander

    https://uk.news.yahoo.com/russia-is-planning-to-build-a-permanent-manned-base-on-the-moon-095818907.html Anyone have anything more on this new program?
  12. G

    Soviet Union Manned Lunar Program...

    http://www.myspacemuseum.com/sovspac1.htm ;) http://www.astronautix.com/craft/lk.htm
  13. Sferrin

    Chinese lunar missile base

    Trying to nuke someone on Earth from the moon would be about as inefficient as you could do it. We'd see them coming for days.
  14. Grey Havoc

    NASA Lunar gardens?

    http://rt.com/news/nasa-grow-plants-moon-420/
  15. Triton

    US planned to nuke the moon

    "Confirmed: US planned to nuke the moon" Published: 26 November, 2012, 21:13 Source: https://rt.com/usa/news/us-moon-nuclear-project-631/
  16. Triton

    Boeing Lunar Rover circa 1991

    Boeing Lunar Rover circa 1991 Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1991-Boeing-Lunar-Rover-Press-Photo-/190704380245?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c66dde955
  17. Triton

    Northrop "Walking" Lunar Vehicle concept photo

    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
  18. R

    Off-world mining: should we, can we do it?

    Last week two highly regarded teams of scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs, announced plans to do asteroidal and lunar mining: Google billionaires, James Cameron backing space resource venture. By Alan Boyle...
  19. Graham1973

    Surveyor Lunar Roving Vehicle (Bendix)

    NASAs pre-Apollo program underwent a number of changes as the need to reach the moon before the Russians came to dominate the program. One concept, that was studied and not proceeded with was mounting a small (100lb) rover to a modified Surveyor. It was to be fitted with small scientific...
  20. Graham1973

    Surveyor A-21A

    I've used the search function and this does not appear to have been covered before (fingers crossed) NASAs original surveyor plan involved four 'engineering' flights and two 'science' missions. As things worked out the original 'engineering' design proved adequate for pre-Apollo landing site...
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