85% scratchbuilt LM kit - with all the guts!?!?!

the one that interested me was the very early mock-up (this may have
been before Grumman was picked to build it) that had the cylindrical
ascent stage with the domed, glazed top where the astronauts sat.
I never could figure out how NASA didn't expect them to get roasted by the
sunlight in that concept.

The Grumman version going into the proposal was called the Bug - 1 engine
for both landing and ascent. Three landing gear.

The Grumman Porposal version had rounded surfaces and four big windows. The
Ascent stage was almost a ball. It had five fixed landing gear, seats for
he crew, and docking capability at both the front door and the top hatch.
This is the version they had at he NY worlds fair. The ful up test article
LTA-1 at the Cradle of Aviation has the rounded front door.

Val
Kraut

Val Kraut wrote:

The Grumman Porposal version had rounded surfaces and four big windows. The
Ascent stage was almost a ball. It had five fixed landing gear, seats for
he crew, and docking capability at both the front door and the top hatch.
This is the version they had at he NY worlds fair. The ful up test article
LTA-1 at the Cradle of Aviation has the rounded front door.

This thing:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nder_Model.jpg
The one I was referring to was inspected by President Kennedy on
September 12, 1962, and was located at the Manned Spacecraft Center in
Houston.
Years back, someone found a photo of this mock-up on the web, but I
forgot to bookmark it.

Pat

Pat Flannery wrote:
The one I was referring to was inspected by President Kennedy on
September 12, 1962, and was located at the Manned Spacecraft Center in
Houston.
Years back, someone found a photo of this mock-up on the web, but I
forgot to bookmark it.

Well, I just went through 1,267 NASA images involving the Lunar Module
without finding it, but I did find a couple of photos of a LEM training
mock-up I'd never seen before that uses the bubble off of a Bell Sioux
helicopter to house the crew:
http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001889.html
http://nix.ksc.nasa.gov/info?id=EL-1996-00001&orgid=1

Pat

Pat Flannery wrote:

Well, I just went through 1,267 NASA images involving the Lunar
Module without finding it...

I hope this copious free time doesn't mean you're having trouble
finding work in this tough economy, Pat.

Jim Davis

Jim Davis wrote:
Pat Flannery wrote:

Well, I just went through 1,267 NASA images involving the Lunar
Module without finding it...

I hope this copious free time doesn't mean you're having trouble
finding work in this tough economy, Pat.

It only took around half an hour.
I'm going to track that damn thing down if it's the last thing I do.

Pat

Pat Flannery wrote:
I'm going to track that damn thing down if it's the last thing I do.

The Bulldog Breed:
http://www.aip.org/history/newslette..._porter_lg.htm

Pat