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/...
apollo lunar module
apollo program
cislunar navigation
cold war
early 2020s
early 21st century
late 1960s
late 20th century
lunar excursion module
lunar module (apollo)
moon
nasa
space age
space race
united states
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...
pavel
Thread
cccp
lunar
moon
soviet moon program
soviet union
space age
tank design
ussr
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)...
1960s
1965
cold war
early 1970s
goodyear
goodyear aircraft corporation
goodyear tire and rubber company
lunar
moon
nasa
space age
space race
united states
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...
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?
Boeing Lunar Rover circa 1991
Source:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1991-Boeing-Lunar-Rover-Press-Photo-/190704380245?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c66dde955
1991
apollo program
boeing
bush administration (20th century)
cold war
early 1990s
general motors
lunar
lunar outpost (sei)
lunar rover
moonmoonbase
nasa
nasa first lunar outpost program
post-cold war
space age
space exploration initiative
space race
united states
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
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...
RGClark
Thread
21st century
mining stations
moon
offworld colonies
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...
1960s
apollo program
bendix aerospace systems division
bendix corporation
cold war
lunar robots
lunar roving vehicle
moon
nasa
nuclear powered vehicles
space age
space probes
space race
surveyor program
united states
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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