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Offline Hoonte

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Taken from this 50's DOD video at 23:55


Anyone knows what this concept lander is?

« Last Edit: 12/16/2015 01:57 pm by Chris Bergin »
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Offline Proponent

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Given that it looks like a lander and appears in a USAF film, I wonder whether it might be related to the Air Force's Project Lunex.  The 79th page of the attached PDF shows an image of Lunex's proposed lunar-landing stage.  It does not match what's shown in the film, though.  Maybe it's a robotic precursor for Lunex?
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Given that it looks like a lander and appears in a USAF film, I wonder whether it might be related to the Air Force's Project Lunex.  The 79th page of the attached PDF shows an image of Lunex's proposed lunar-landing stage.  It does not match what's shown in the film, though.  Maybe it's a robotic precursor for Lunex?
The model in this clip can't be a lunar lander because the video in which the clip is included discusses USAF early warning and reconnaissance systems but nothing about the Lunex project, so the model could have something to do with an early warning satellite.

Offline whitelancer64

The film "Aerospace Communications: The Reins of Command" is from 1961. Produced by the US Air Force.

It's a very simple model, low fidelity, clearly just a concept. The model may even have been made just to demonstrate the action of the legs on it, since that's the only part with significant detail / moving parts. I doubt it would be possible to find out much more about it. My guess would be it could be a precursor / test lander for Lunex Project.
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Offline whitelancer64

Given that it looks like a lander and appears in a USAF film, I wonder whether it might be related to the Air Force's Project Lunex.  The 79th page of the attached PDF shows an image of Lunex's proposed lunar-landing stage.  It does not match what's shown in the film, though.  Maybe it's a robotic precursor for Lunex?
The model in this clip can't be a lunar lander because the video in which the clip is included discusses USAF early warning and reconnaissance systems but nothing about the Lunex project, so the model could have something to do with an early warning satellite.

It's clearly a lander. I suspect it might have been cut into the video by mistake, since it makes no sense in the context of the video.
"One bit of advice: it is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree -- make sure you understand the fundamental principles, ie the trunk and big branches, before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to." - Elon Musk
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Offline Michel Van

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it look like Solid rocket motor with instrument ring and landing gear
looks like  early Surveyor concept, the program started in 1961.


 

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