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Topic: Photo of the week 252 (August 29, 2009)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3768
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-29-2009 03:07 AM
   
 Forty years ago this week, three Grumman technicians had their photo taken in the cramped cabin of LM-6 (destined for Apollo 12). The LM was already stacked on top of the Saturn 5 launch vehicle (AS-507) inside the VAB and was undergoing final inspection prior to rollout of the stack to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center. |
East-Frisian
Member Posts: 682
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 08-29-2009 06:39 AM
They look a little bit proud. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 2023
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 08-29-2009 07:12 AM
In this picture, the LEM looks almost spacious. |
Max Q
Member Posts: 399
From: Whyalla South Australia
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 08-29-2009 08:10 AM
is it just me or do the Artificial Horizons not read the same. |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1527
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 08-29-2009 09:02 AM
The guy on the left is bigger. He's weighing down the LM more on that side, causing the thin cabin floor to buckle and the Commander's FDAI ball to show more tilt on that side!  Seriously, this answers a question in the LM-2 restoration thread as to how strong the cabin floor was in the LM. (Someone wondered if it would be strong enough to support a man at 1G.) It's obviously strong enough to support at least three men at 1G. |
Michael Davis
Member Posts: 578
From: Houston, Texas
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 08-29-2009 10:16 AM
Maybe not. I'm assuming that they had supports and protective gear in the LM prior to launch to avoid someone doing damage. That would probably include a "walkway" on the floor. I'm guessing clearing that was among the last things to do prior to sealing the LM for launch. |
dtemple
Member Posts: 784
From: Longview, Texas, USA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 08-29-2009 11:10 AM
Evidently there is room for FOUR people; someone had to take the photo. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 2023
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 08-29-2009 07:50 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Max Q:
is it just me or do the Artificial Horizons not read the same.
That's an electric gyro for you. You never know where it will end up when it stops spinning. |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1527
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 08-29-2009 08:21 PM
quote:
Originally posted by dtemple:
Evidently there is room for FOUR people; someone had to take the photo.
Maybe they used Pete and Al's smuggled shutter release timer! |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1768
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 08-29-2009 09:22 PM
"Upon initial hatch opening and inspection of Intrepid, the sheepish faces they discover make Pete and Al come to the acute realization that NASA needs to change it's work schedule calendar!" |
ASCAN1984
Member Posts: 1050
From: County Down, Nothern Ireland
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 08-30-2009 12:16 PM
The Apollo 12 crew (in disguise) inspect LEM 6 that will be used on their flight. From the left Pete Conrad, Al Bean and Dick Gordon (I think this order is closest to what they look like in real life). |
Max Q
Member Posts: 399
From: Whyalla South Australia
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 08-31-2009 02:12 AM
How did Pete Conrad get accepted if he wore glasses? Oh, I guess he wore contact lenses. |
ASCAN1984
Member Posts: 1050
From: County Down, Nothern Ireland
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 08-31-2009 04:30 AM
Stu: Jack, Dave?
Jack and Dave: Yeah Stu?
Stu: Since we are dwarfs in this photo do you think we can hide and go to the moon?
Jack: Stu?
Stu: Yeah Jack?
Jack: Don't be a moron.
Dave: Yeah Stu. Grumman has some smart people. What happened to you?Later in the flight when Pete is about to step onto the surface he notices two faces at the window and thinks he must be seeing things. |
E2M Lem Man
Member Posts: 846
From: Los Angeles CA. USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 08-31-2009 04:13 PM
Seriously, isn't one of those guys Bob Carbee? You would think I would know, wouldn't you?
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Apollo Redux
Member Posts: 346
From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Registered: Sep 2006
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posted 09-02-2009 06:21 PM
Nice to see the men behind the machines. |
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