a15_v_c_o_AKP (S-71-33433)
Apollo 15 pre-mission "LUNAR ROVER VEHICLE TRAVERSES" perspective view.
Note that even as of 1971, mountain peaks were being depicted (at least in this rendering of Hadley Delta/Mount Hadley - Hadley Mons) as being sharper and more angular than is actually the case. Do not underestimate the power of micrometeoroid erosion...over a seriously long long time.
Also at:
www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo15/h...
Rendered by artist Jerry Elmore...I'm pretty sure this was used by Tang also, for their promotional poster at the time...along with one for Apollo 16 and Apollo 17...those rendered by Mr. Elmore as well.
Last, but NOT least, at the ALSJ:
As usual, insightful commentary/explanation:
"This pre-flight sketch shows the site from the viewpoint of an observer at an altitude of a few thousand feet above a point well north of the planned landing spot. Note that, for each of the traverses, there are broad target areas where specific sampling sites are to be picked in real-time by the crew. For example, on EVA-1, two stops were planned on the lower slopes of Mt. Hadley Delta but with Station 2 only being loosely defined as being in the western part of the hand-drawn ellipse and Station 3 being at the west end. Similarly, on EVA-3, the exact locations of Stations 9, 10 and 11 were going to be determined by the crew once they got to the edge of Hadley Rille."
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15.s71_33433hr.jpg
Scan by David Harland.
a15_v_c_o_AKP (S-71-33433)
Apollo 15 pre-mission "LUNAR ROVER VEHICLE TRAVERSES" perspective view.
Note that even as of 1971, mountain peaks were being depicted (at least in this rendering of Hadley Delta/Mount Hadley - Hadley Mons) as being sharper and more angular than is actually the case. Do not underestimate the power of micrometeoroid erosion...over a seriously long long time.
Also at:
www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo15/h...
Rendered by artist Jerry Elmore...I'm pretty sure this was used by Tang also, for their promotional poster at the time...along with one for Apollo 16 and Apollo 17...those rendered by Mr. Elmore as well.
Last, but NOT least, at the ALSJ:
As usual, insightful commentary/explanation:
"This pre-flight sketch shows the site from the viewpoint of an observer at an altitude of a few thousand feet above a point well north of the planned landing spot. Note that, for each of the traverses, there are broad target areas where specific sampling sites are to be picked in real-time by the crew. For example, on EVA-1, two stops were planned on the lower slopes of Mt. Hadley Delta but with Station 2 only being loosely defined as being in the western part of the hand-drawn ellipse and Station 3 being at the west end. Similarly, on EVA-3, the exact locations of Stations 9, 10 and 11 were going to be determined by the crew once they got to the edge of Hadley Rille."
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15.s71_33433hr.jpg
Scan by David Harland.