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Re: Lunar Rover (foldable)
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Thu, 17 Feb 2000 19:27:19 GMT
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In case you didn't see, Axel provided a link to a QuickTime movie record of the
unfolding of the LRV during Apollo 15.
www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a15/a15.lrvdep.mov
It looks like the LRV was both "in" and "on". Half of the rover's bottom seems
to be used as the cover for the compartment the rover was stored in. So
technically, the LRV was outside the LM, but in a recessed area.
Steve
In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Steven Vore wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Steve Bliss writes:
> > Does anyone have a pointer to a website with details of *how* the Lunar Rover
> > folded (and was stowed in the LM)? I did some preliminary searching, and
>
> [begin computer voice]Working...[end computer voice]
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> Great challenge, Steve. I wish you had asked (or I had seen the quesion)
> earlier; my son was at the Huntsville Space & Rocket Center last week and
> could have checked there.
>
> I thought it was "on" the LM, not "in" - but I could be wrong.
>
> lessee what I can find...
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> http://www.hbo.com/apollo/cmp/qtvr/rover.html has a QuickTimeVR picture that
> is really cool.
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> http://www.nasm.edu/galleries/attm/la.a17.3.html has a diagram that may be of
> some assistance (click through the images, then click on the diagram).
> http://www.nasm.edu/galleries/attm/la.a17.5.html has a pic of it actually
> folded.
>
> And you were right - "in".
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> "As shown in this training exercise, the LRV was stored in a compartment on
> the descent stage of the lunar module. The wheels folded under the chassis for
> storage. Once on the Moon and after releasing storage restraints, astronauts
> unfolded the rear section and lowered it to the surface. After the front
> section was similarly prepared, the astronauts released the LRV from the Lunar
> Module. The seats were then unfolded and two antennae, the communications
> unit, and the television camera were attached to the vehicle. After the
> astronauts loaded their lunar tools on the rear, they were ready to begin
> operations."
>
> According to some outdated pages, nasm has some real detailed info, but it's
> moved or been removed in the past year or two :-(
>
> http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/iams/html/pao/as15.htm (and as16.htm and as17.htm)
> have lots of pix - none that I can find of the actual storage or unfolding
> unfortionately.
>
> Ohh! Ohh! http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/expmoon/Apollo15/A15_Surface_EVA1.html
> has - oh - the same "artist's conception" of the unloading. *sigh*
>
> Good Grief, Charlie Brown - *somebody* has to have taken pictures of the real
> thing!
>
> -Sjv
> http://svore.home.mindspring.com
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