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holcombeyates
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posted 02-06-2023 09:50 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for holcombeyates   Click Here to Email holcombeyates     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Just acquired a very interesting unflown but tested Apollo era engineering artefact... and busy researching for my next article.

So for fun, does anyone have any idea what it was for? One clue: it was flown to the surface on two Apollo lunar missions but for what purpose?

MartinAir
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posted 02-06-2023 11:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MartinAir   Click Here to Email MartinAir     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Solid rocket motors used for launching the active seismic experiment grenades, part of the Apollo 14/16 ALSEP.

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