Jim - 9/3/2008 7:47 PMantenna or EMI test config
Jim - 10/3/2008 10:08 AMIt looks like JSCedit:I believe I am righthttp://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=29.560505,-95.09403&spn=0.008996,0.014591&t=h&z=16RF test area is in the lower left and upper right is the water tower (with shadow) which is also in the original photo
Gene DiGennaro - 10/3/2008 6:39 AMIt's Revell's ultra rare Apollo: Mission to the Moon kit!Designed in 12"/1' scale, this was an exceptionally rare model only available for a short time in December of 1966. Sales were very weak and Revell pulled the model from its catalog in 1967. The molds for it and the never produced 12"/1' Saturn V were destroyed in a warehouse accident in 1988. I managed to see the kit on the shelf of a long defunct hobby shop back in 1974 but I thought that the discounted price of $2.5million was out my allowance range. I've seen a few trade on Ebay for over $10 million. However, as a scale model it really lacks. The CSM is a block one design, not meant for lunar orbit. The LEM is also of an early design. Significant work would be involved to bring to model to be an acccurate replica of the lunar spacecraft. I've heard rumors that Realspace models is offering a conversion kit though in the near future.
Jason - 9/3/2008 10:34 PMIt's an OSHA contest photo.
grakenverb - 10/3/2008 7:55 PMQuoteJason - 9/3/2008 10:34 PMIt's an OSHA contest photo.Could you imagine someone doing that today? Standing on the TOP rung of a A-frame ladder, 20 feet in the air with no safety harness? That guy would have 3 safety inspectors and a safety supervisor (plus 3 back up safety paperwork inspectors). That is why I don't think the time frame for the new moon missions will hold up. Too much bureaucracy.
Jim - 10/3/2008 8:44 PMQuotegrakenverb - 10/3/2008 7:55 PMQuoteJason - 9/3/2008 10:34 PMIt's an OSHA contest photo.Could you imagine someone doing that today? Standing on the TOP rung of a A-frame ladder, 20 feet in the air with no safety harness? That guy would have 3 safety inspectors and a safety supervisor (plus 3 back up safety paperwork inspectors). That is why I don't think the time frame for the new moon missions will hold up. Too much bureaucracy. That is just plain wrong and uncalled for! Those rules are applicable everywhere. They aren't NASA's
Gene DiGennaro - 10/3/2008 2:51 PMAll silliness aside, it looks like the spacecraft stack could be rotated about the axis running from engine bell of the CSM to the descent engine of the LEM.
grakenverb - 10/3/2008 8:54 PMQuoteJim - 10/3/2008 8:44 PMQuotegrakenverb - 10/3/2008 7:55 PMQuoteJason - 9/3/2008 10:34 PMIt's an OSHA contest photo.Could you imagine someone doing that today? Standing on the TOP rung of a A-frame ladder, 20 feet in the air with no safety harness? That guy would have 3 safety inspectors and a safety supervisor (plus 3 back up safety paperwork inspectors). That is why I don't think the time frame for the new moon missions will hold up. Too much bureaucracy. That is just plain wrong and uncalled for! Those rules are applicable everywhere. They aren't NASA'sNo offense meant to you fine NASA people! Just a commentary on todays' safety-bureaucracy-crazy world. I know that the rules are created to keep people safe, but sometimes they stifle creativity and add to cost. I don't think Chuck Yeager would have been allowed to fly with a broken rib and close the hatch with a broomstick today.
Gene DiGennaro - 10/3/2008 11:32 PMnot going to go there, too close to reality with Apollo 1 and all that