"David Spain" wrote in message ...
On 6/17/2020 9:03 PM, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote:
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/c...0190031985.pdf
I ended up skimming it after awhile, but a LOT of details.
My only regret is I wish they had more details on some of the Apollo LM
derivatives such as the LM Truck and other ideas for post-Apollo.
I just finished binge watching the 1998 HBO Series "From the Earth To The
Moon" and besides being amused over seeing a very young Tom Hanks, I
enjoyed most of it. Not that impressed with the story angle taken for the
episode about Apollo 13, focusing on the media rather than the mission
itself. But hey, Hanks had done the movie already (1995). The rest were
good. I esp. enjoyed the episode dealing with Apollo 15.
Honestly, I think the Apollo 13 episode is grossly underrated. Yes, in some
ways it's "boring" and not very geeky, but I think it really illustrates a
point of view most aren't familiar with.
That said Apollo 15 is definitely in my top 3 probably.
I think the hardest to enjoy, but I still do is Apollo 17, it's simply so
different. But, still enjoyable.
In any case in the episode devoted to the Lunar Module (LM, aka Lunar
Excursion Module - LEM) goes through in some detail all the design
decisions made that evolved the Apollo lander. It was very interesting to
watch. As always I'm sure there are better books out there too.
Yeah, Spider is often rated the best episode, for many reasons, also in my
top 3.
I like how it was shed, shed, shed. From circular base for the Decent
Module to the adapted octagonal design, from the removal of the seats which
changed the view ports (or vice versa), removal of the forward docking
adapter, meaning the LM crew could no longer directly observe or mate for
docking with the Command Module (CM). To the thinning of the walls of the
LM to make it as light as possible.
Also, a great example of "show/don't tell" that I think they did well.
Then to have the rover available in later missions. Etc. I had forgotten
that when the TV camera moved from stationary to the rover, it took longer
to get video from the moon, but man when it came in, it was awesome! We had
a relatively new color TV and it was just incredible to see those live
pictures on the moon! I know most people had tuned out but as a kid I was a
space nut. I just couldn't believe at the time people were not watch this!
At least CBS was carrying most of it, the other networks not so much!
Remember, no NASA TV in those days! Got to watch Apollo 17 taking off from
the moon as well! An incredible act of remote camera operation given the
delays involved. The series made that clear enough!
Any thoughts on if you believe any of these follow-on LM ideas will come to
fruition under Artemis?
The ones from that book, no, I don't think so.
I've just finished downloading the doc. Haven't looked at it yet.
Dave
There's a lot. I actually got sort of bored flipping through it. I should go
back to it.
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