Also, the suits were about at their limit regarding dust and the seals and the zippers. So the crew would need time, workspace, and supplies to maintain the suits.
I was just watching “Apollo 13” again. In the movie, the LM legs are deployed. The photos I found seem to agree. Does anyone know why they bothered to deploy them?F=ma
The LEM, with all its studied and never realized variation, is a great passion of mine. I had thus created the model kits of some studies trying to remain as faithful as possible to the projects.[/quoteI've always found this version of the LEM fascinating, but I never understood how they would use the airlock to reduce the presence of the dust inside the living area. Could anyone explain it to do?
Sep 17, 2024The Apollo Lunar Lander, or LEM, was one of the strangest-looking spacecraft ever built, but it was designed to do a job that had never been done before. Some say that it was fake and too flimsy to withstand the rigors of space flight and get men to the moon and back again, yet it did that very job six times without fail. This is the story of why the Apollo landers looked like they did and why they became icons of the space race.Written, researched and presented by Paul ShillitoImages and footage: Grumman Aircraft Corp, NASA
Why Did the Apollo Landers Look So Odd?QuoteSep 17, 2024The Apollo Lunar Lander, or LEM, was one of the strangest-looking spacecraft ever built, but it was designed to do a job that had never been done before. Some say that it was fake and too flimsy to withstand the rigors of space flight and get men to the moon and back again, yet it did that very job six times without fail. This is the story of why the Apollo landers looked like they did and why they became icons of the space race.Written, researched and presented by Paul ShillitoImages and footage: Grumman Aircraft Corp, NASA