The Old Man wrote:
On Aug 9, 1:38 pm, OM wrote:


6) The 2-man "flyer" was more of a loose interpretation of the one-man lander
concepts that were being floated around for what we now know were Gemini-
Centaur contingency plans in case the LM and/or Apollo fell too far behind to
beat either the JFK deadline or the Russian efforts. The "Pogo Platform" looks
more like another loose adaptation, albeit of an Aaaarmy attempt at a hover
platform. Seeing the design, however, has me wondering how well a Segway
would work on the Moon :-P


I have a couple of books from the 1950s that show drawings of these
two vehicles, almost identical to the Airfix models, in use on the
moon. Too bad that never happened.......


Info on them he
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/mobevf1b.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/mobevf2b.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/mobevf2e.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/lfvbell.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/lfvrican.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/mfs.htm
That MOBEV F2E looks like they are flying around on a giant roll-top
desk. :-)
Boy, can you imagine the view flying up into lunar orbit atop that thing?
That Segway concept actually might work pretty well up on the Moon.

Pat