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Re: Spaceflight Magazine
« Reply #140 on: 01/19/2016 11:59 pm »
I would love some really good shots of the interior if you can manage it. I am trying to create a large scale model of the LM with a detailed cockpit.
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Re: Spaceflight Magazine
« Reply #141 on: 01/23/2016 03:37 am »
I would love some really good shots of the interior if you can manage it. I am trying to create a large scale model of the LM with a detailed cockpit.

Try the following links I posted in another thread here in the historical section to the LM close-out pictures of LMs 6, 10, 11 and 12:


For Apollo 12's LM-6, Intrepid:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/a12LMCloseOutPhotos.html

For Apollo 15's LM-10, Falcon:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15LMCloseOutPhotos.html

For Apollo 16's LM-11, Orion:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a16/a16LMCloseOutPhotos.html

For Apollo 17's LM-12, Challenger:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/a17LMCloseOutPhotos.html


These are extremely high-resolution pictures of pretty much the entire interior of each LM cabin, after all items were stowed, prior to final flight close-out.  There are some PDFs in there with detailed line drawings of each panel, as well.

Hope this helps!
-Doug  (With my shield, not yet upon it)

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Re: Spaceflight Magazine
« Reply #143 on: 01/24/2016 01:05 am »
the_other_Doug and Blackstar - awesome!
Thank you very much :)
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Re: Spaceflight Magazine
« Reply #144 on: 02/06/2016 05:43 pm »

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Re: Spaceflight Magazine
« Reply #145 on: 03/09/2016 12:52 pm »
Spaceflight Vol 58 No 04 – April 2016

The Men from MOL
Rowland White shares with Spaceflight the story of the astronauts who migrated from the Manned Orbiting Laboratory to NASA and trained for long duration flights before participating in Shuttle missions.

Settlement of Mars: is it possible?
Stephen Ashworth appeals for a combined government/commercial partnership to extend the human presence to Mars and populate the first settlements on Earth’s nearest, habitable planet.

ExoMars Countdown
The launch of ESA’s 2016 ExoMars mission is imminent and we describe the activities at Baikonur as teams from across Europe prepare it for departure on a Proton rocket.

Which way to Mars, please?
With development of the Orion spacecraft and the SLS rocket moving toward a first flight in a little over two years from now, just what are the options for NASA as it sets its sights on Mars?

Icarus Designs – Part 1
Peter Milne gives us an update on progress with Project Icarus and explains two of the four options available for the design team, given the revised specification from Daedalus.

NASA’s Lost Boilerplate
Eddie Pugh tells the fascinating story of a boilerplate Apollo Command Module which went AWOL in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, recovered by the Russians and returned to its owner!

Saturn/Apollo to Venus via Mars
Spaceflight Editor David Baker describes a little publicised proposal to use a combination of Apollo hardware to send astronauts to the nearest planets on long duration fly-by missions.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2016/spaceflight-vol-58-no-04-april-2016/
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Re: Spaceflight Magazine
« Reply #146 on: 04/09/2016 09:45 am »
Spaceflight Vol 58 No 05 – May 2016

Expeditions to Mars
The blueprint for getting humans to Mars has not yet been written but the options are narrowing. Just how soon the preparatory steps will be taken is the focus of this review of NASA’s plans for a reconnaissance mission to Phobos before landings on the Red Planet. We also discuss the method selected for getting there.

A heart to heart
Physician Dr William J. Rowe takes issue with NASA about the effects of weightlessness on the ability of the human body to adapt to challenging conditions during long duration space flight and on the effects that have already been observed on astronauts from the Apollo era.

An Infrared eye on the Universe
It’s been a long time coming but the flight of the James Webb Space Telescope is now only two years away. As the hardware comes together and the observatory nears assembly, we take a look at this extraordinary endeavour to build the biggest space observatory to date.

Visions of Space
Chris Starr has assembled a stellar group of space artists from the UK and abroad to reveal some of the outstanding artworks gathered together for the space art exhibition at Wells, Somerset, in November 2015.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2016/spaceflight-vol-58-no-05-may-2016/
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Re: Spaceflight Magazine
« Reply #147 on: 05/12/2016 02:47 pm »
Spaceflight Vol 58 No 06 – June 2016

Utilising Resources
Nick Spall discusses the thorny issue of accessing the mineral resources of the solar system and reviews the many legal, ethical and moral questions raised by extending our propensity to outgrow our place on Earth by supplementing depleting resources through scavenging other worlds.

A Vanishing Era
Joel Powell has watched the changing Cape Canaveral landscape for many decades and brings a disturbing tale of wanton abandonment as launch pads and block houses are erased for ever in the conversion of the area as a new age in space activity brings different rockets to Florida.

The Cosmonauts challenge
Ian Blatchford and Dr Natalia Sidlina provide a revealing insight to the extraordinary effort required to bring an unprecedented range of Russian space hardware to the Science Museum in London, our tribute to an outstanding exhibition, remembered through a special photographic visit by Bob Christy.

Kettering and the Plesetsk site
Mike Sinnett of the Kettering Group recalls the time when British amateurs, still at school, provided unparalleled detail on the activities of the Soviet space programme and reports on a historic reunion at a very special birthday celebration.

Saturn V F-1 parts retrieved
The UK’s greatest authority on the Saturn V, rocket engineer Alan Lawrie describes the recovery of key sections of F-1 engines from the ocean floor off Cape Canaveral, testimony to the world’s largest successful launch vehicle and now an iconic representation of the “golden age” of space exploration.


http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2016/spaceflight-vol-58-no-06-june-2016/
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Re: Spaceflight Magazine
« Reply #148 on: 06/07/2016 01:09 pm »
Spaceflight Vol 58 No 07 – July 2016

The Overview Effect
What is it that draws astronauts to gaze at the Earth? Psychologists are just beginning to study the effect of looking at our home planet and whether it is more important to our well-being than merely existing as place to live in.

Farewell Messenger
Launched almost 13 years ago, NASA’s Messenger spacecraft is a triumph of spacecraft engineering and a landmark in planetary exploration, becoming the first to orbit Mercury. We take a look at its accomplishments as we say farewell.

M for Monster
Space historian Dwayne Day opens the files on a cryogenic rocket motor which could have powered advanced versions of the Saturn rocket to found out why it never flew.

SpaceX takes NAA to Mars!
The US space agency has signed a deal with SpaceX to support a Dragon mission to Mars in 2018, a key step to putting humans on the Red Planet.

MOL/DORIAN Files Opened
Dr Neil Da Costa reports on another tranche of previously classified documents on the history of one of the most publicized spy satellites of all time and explores why it never got off the ground.

Higher and Faster – The Evolution of Rocket Planes
Michel van Pelt tracks the background to the developing story of rocket planes and connects a very old marriage to the possibilities for rocket flight in the future.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2016/spaceflight-vol-58-no-07-july-2016/
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Re: Spaceflight Magazine
« Reply #149 on: 06/07/2016 08:00 pm »
I posted some stuff here in NSF awhile back about the M-1 engine. My article is in the current issue.

To be honest, I never knew about that engine. A few years ago I was in the NASA HQ history archives looking for stuff on the F-1 engine (one of my interests is the studies of upgraded engines performed after the F-1A--I know that there were several, but information on them is hard to come by). Next to the F-1 file was a thick file on the M-1, which surprised me because I didn't know about it. I opened the file and discovered lots of photographs of hardware, test stands, and so on. I assumed that this would have simply been a paper study, but they were actually doing hardware tests and starting to spend a lot of money when the program was shut down. The M-1 was a proposed second stage for the Nova, then the Saturn V and also a possible first stage engine for a very large rocket.
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Re: Spaceflight Magazine
« Reply #150 on: 06/08/2016 12:02 am »
Yes -- the M-1 was an incredible concept for its time, and it, much more than a cluster of eight F-1 engines, would have been the key to fielding a Nova-class rocket capable of an Apollo Direct Ascent profile, what with the tendency for spacecraft to gain weight during development.

They got through test-firing an M-1 combustion chamber a few times, right?  I wish they had test-fired a complete engine.  That would have been something to see, approaching the power of the F-1 itself...
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Re: Spaceflight Magazine
« Reply #151 on: 06/08/2016 01:56 am »
1-They got through test-firing an M-1 combustion chamber a few times, right?

2-I wish they had test-fired a complete engine.  That would have been something to see, approaching the power of the F-1 itself...

1-No. Only turbopump tests.

2-I think they were about two years from a full test when the program was canceled. However, that was a little tough to determine from the available documentation. There are some good records, but the problem for me was determining the planned schedule as opposed to what was really happening. They had a schedule based upon full funding, but they were not getting full funding, so that was slipping.

But... one thing that impressed me was that this was a real program, not simply a paper program. The contractor had already built several big test stands, and was starting construction on others, when the program got canceled. It was a development effort as big as the F-1, but cut short.

The M-1 was in some ways an easy kill: it was not necessary considering that NASA's plans were being scaled back by the mid-1960s. It was too much engine for any conceivable requirement.
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Re: Spaceflight Magazine
« Reply #152 on: 06/12/2016 06:44 pm »
Haven’t seen the Cold War Military Space History (published by the BIS) since August 2006, got any new ones planned?

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Re: Spaceflight Magazine
« Reply #153 on: 06/13/2016 03:34 pm »
Haven’t seen the Cold War Military Space History (published by the BIS) since August 2006, got any new ones planned?

No, I gave up on that. BIS has a lousy web presence and they don't put the journal on the internet. That really restricts the audience. Also, their stuff has stopped showing up in reference collections and elsewhere. For all intents and purposes JBIS does not exist.

Also, we get very little feedback in this field. Nobody really seems to care. So it's difficult to develop enthusiasm to do the work when there's no indication that it is appreciated or even read. I still write military space history articles, but I don't have the ambition to try to put together special journal editions on them anymore.

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Re: Spaceflight Magazine
« Reply #154 on: 07/19/2016 01:02 pm »
Spaceflight Vol 58 No 08 – August 2016

Bigelow’s expanded space
Gerard van de Haar and L. van den Abeelen report on the expansive plans of a billionaire’s dream to empower the drive for deep-space exploration through the use of compact, expandable structures rather than rigid modules.

Stellar performance!
Tim Peake returned home on 18 June. We take a look at the busy schedule during his six months in space and identify the milestones from launch to landing, also looking at the challenges of returning to Earth.

Tim Peake – the man
What kind of man is Tim Peake and what has it taken for him to become Britain’s first ESA astronaut? We reflect on his rise to fame and define why he has done this and how.

The Science of Principia
Tim Peake’s mission carried a lot of science and arguably the most directly relevant to people on Earth are the medical experiments and scientific studies into human physiology and psychology he conducted.

Celebrating a 25th!
Helen Sharman was the star guest at a gathering of cosmonauts in London to remember the first British astronaut and the mission which very nearly didn’t happen.

Soviet/Chinese Technical Forum
Dave Shayler recounts the 36th gathering of specialists and experts on space activities of the former Soviet bloc and on China’s emerging programme, a record attendance for an established BIS event.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2016/spaceflight-vol-58-no-08-august-2016/
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« Reply #155 on: 07/19/2016 01:04 pm »
Haven’t seen the Cold War Military Space History (published by the BIS) since August 2006, got any new ones planned?

No, I gave up on that. BIS has a lousy web presence and they don't put the journal on the internet. That really restricts the audience. Also, their stuff has stopped showing up in reference collections and elsewhere. For all intents and purposes JBIS does not exist.

Also, we get very little feedback in this field. Nobody really seems to care. So it's difficult to develop enthusiasm to do the work when there's no indication that it is appreciated or even read. I still write military space history articles, but I don't have the ambition to try to put together special journal editions on them anymore.

I would have thought that's because such publications are for members only not the wider public.
« Last Edit: 07/19/2016 04:32 pm by Star One »

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Re: Spaceflight Magazine
« Reply #156 on: 07/22/2016 03:41 am »
Haven’t seen the Cold War Military Space History (published by the BIS) since August 2006, got any new ones planned?

No, I gave up on that. BIS has a lousy web presence and they don't put the journal on the internet. That really restricts the audience. Also, their stuff has stopped showing up in reference collections and elsewhere. For all intents and purposes JBIS does not exist.

Also, we get very little feedback in this field. Nobody really seems to care. So it's difficult to develop enthusiasm to do the work when there's no indication that it is appreciated or even read. I still write military space history articles, but I don't have the ambition to try to put together special journal editions on them anymore.

I would have thought that's because such publications are for members only not the wider public.

The journal also used to go to libraries, but many of them stopped carrying it. BIS really needs to put their publications online. At one time it used to be that writing for them actually was prestigious and meant something. But that is no longer true. And the reality is that somebody can shove an article based entirely upon a half dozen books onto a blog and people will think it is great, and it will get thousands of views, while heavily researched stuff does not get seen because BIS has lousy web presence.


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Re: Spaceflight Magazine
« Reply #157 on: 08/08/2016 06:30 pm »
Spaceflight Vol 58 No 09 – September 2016


The RAF’s Thor Sites
John Boyes follows up his latest book on the British deployment of the Thor missile with a summary of the choices available supporting a deployment which was at best a short-lived political move.

ESA head aims for innovation
David Todd interviewed ESA Director-General Johann-Dietrich Woerner to seek his views on a range of critical issues as a challenging period ahead brings questions concerning direction and future policy.

Humans in Space and Chemical Risks to Health
A government expert on health issues, Dr John R. Cain explores the many ways in which future space explorers should manage health risk and about the chemical cocktails that could threaten life.

Peake reflections
On returning to Europe after his historic six-months in space between December 2015 and June 2016, UK astronaut Tim Peake speaks about his memorable stay aboard the ISS.

BRICS in Space
Spaceflight contributor Gurbir Singh reports on a unique and progressive organisation which brings together a group of space-faring countries to pool assets for civilian applications and asks whether this could be a model for the future.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2016/spaceflight-vol-58-no-09-september-2016/
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Re: Spaceflight Magazine
« Reply #158 on: 09/12/2016 09:32 am »
Spaceflight Vol 58 No 10 – October 2016


Controlling Exposure to Deadly Martian Microbes

People are dead set on going to Mars. Dr John Cain provides the last of his two articles examining the risks inherent in deep-space exploration with an examination of the possible dangers from working on the surface of the Red Planet. Can extremophiles from other worlds threaten human life – all of it?

Spacefest 7

Chris Starr attended the seventh Spacefest event this year at Tucson, Arizona, 9-12 June and reflects on a gathering of all the “greats” in the world of space together with astronauts, historians, artists and writers of science fact and science fiction.

Spaceflight at 60 Special!

Introduction

Roots of Ownership – the origins of the BIS and the Journal

Spaceflight Rising – the story of the magazine’s history

Spaceflight and me – David Hardy on what Spaceflight meant to him

Memories – Clive Simpson on his association with the BIS and Spaceflight

Regular Features

News Analysis – Space action at Farnborough

A Letter from the Editor

Briefing notes – news shorts from around the world

ISS Report – 16 July-15 August 2016

Flashback – A regular feature looking back 50 years ago this month

Satellite Digest – 525 July 2016

Society News – The BIS Space Conference - A Labour of Love - The Society’s 71st AGM - Removing Debris - The Sokol Spacesuit

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2016/spaceflight-vol-58-no-10-october-2016/
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Re: Spaceflight Magazine
« Reply #159 on: 10/10/2016 02:06 pm »
Spaceflight vol 58 No 11 – November 2016

Give me SPACE!
Gerard van de Haar reviews the candidate concepts for NASA’s NextStep-2 technology competition em-bracing potential habitation modules for supporting deep-space exploration. He also explains how NASA is already conducting tests with simulated isolation experiments using volunteers.

Skylark at Heritage Museum
Robin Brand describes a visit to the new museum heralding the aerospace achievements of Bristol’s associated industry and explains how the Skylark rocket will be a prominent feature of the displays.

Britain’s Space Shuttle
Dan Sharp previews publication of his book on British attempts to build a reusable shuttlecraft with an over-view of an impressive and little-known project which failed on the altar of political indecision and vacilla-tion, leaving the Americans, impressed with the British work, to pick up the challenge.

Science by spaceplane
Vladmir Pletser of the Suborbital Research Association is pushing hard to get space tourism married to real scientific research and to guide the use of suborbital flying machines into the hands of investigators and ex-perimenters seeking a middle road between sounding rockets and satellites.

http://www.bis-space.com/eshop/products-page-2/magazines/spaceflight/spaceflight-2016/spaceflight-vol-58-no-11-november-2016/
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