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Topic: Apollo 7 CM 101 lands in Dallas
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divemaster
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From: ridgefield, ct
Registered: May 2002
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posted May 27, 2004 05:58 PM
   
Photos from the newly unveiled CM101 in Dallas can be found at http://www.waltercunningham.com/cm101returns.htm Cheerz!
Tracy
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1202 Alarm
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posted May 28, 2004 04:42 AM
Can I ask a question ?Usually, th CM's on display around the US have the same appearence, the last bits of external gold foil removed, they are mostly brown showing the result of their honeycomb material reentry burns. However, this one shows a very different pattern. So, did they put a new external fitting ? But if so it doesn't even look as the usual 'pre-flight' silver mylar configuration. Any clue or idea about the appearence they wanted to give ? What it is supposed to be ? IP: Logged |
divemaster
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posted May 28, 2004 07:23 AM
I asked Walt the very same question. His reply: "Because I was special"  He didn't know.
-tracy
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Steven Kaplan
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posted May 28, 2004 08:08 AM
Perhaps the difference has something to do with Apollo 7 re-entering the atmosphere after being in earth orbit, as opposed to a re-entry from deep space, at a higher velocity? I seem to remember the Skylab 3 (SL-4)CM at the National Air & Space Museum having the same exterior appearance. IP: Logged |
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posted May 28, 2004 11:12 AM
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Originally posted by Steven Kaplan:
Perhaps the difference has something to do with Apollo 7 re-entering the atmosphere after being in earth orbit, as opposed to a re-entry from deep space, at a higher velocity?
I doubt it, Apollo 9 is not like that. It seems that it was paint in some kind of white/gray color. It's really strange... IP: Logged |
Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
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posted May 28, 2004 11:36 AM
Apollo 7 was outfitted prior to launch with more white radiator panels than subsequent lunar missions - a possible carryover from the CM Block I configuration. The capsule was still covered with kapton that peeled away during reentry and was removed during recovery.IP: Logged |
1202 Alarm
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posted May 28, 2004 02:30 PM
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
Apollo 7 was outfitted prior to launch with more white radiator panels than subsequent lunar missions - a possible carryover from the CM Block I configuration. The capsule was still covered with kapton that peeled away during reentry and was removed during recovery.
Brilliant. Thanks for the info. Make sense... It's indeed a very interesting difference. IP: Logged |
divemaster
Member Posts: 791
From: ridgefield, ct
Registered: May 2002
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posted May 28, 2004 05:00 PM
Now that I think about it, Apollo 4 and Apollo 6 are also all white.Probably saved on some weight when they eliminated them, too. -tracy [I'll have to tell Walt that he's not special after all]
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divemaster
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posted May 31, 2004 04:09 PM
Five more photos have been added of CM 101
-tracy
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Jurg Bolli
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posted June 01, 2004 11:38 AM
Apollo 8 in Chicago is also a strange color, whitish.
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