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surprog_v_bw_o_n (full-scale model, ca 1961)

Early (1961) full-scale Surveyor model at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory...festooned, bristling even, with a host of cool instruments & experiments - most never to be incorporated - like a neutron activator, lunar drill, slowly driven geophysical probe...probably even a Deutronium-fueled flux capacitor...coupled with an advanced Dilithium-impregnated Corbomite core.

 

7" x 9".

 

Odd press slug on the verso. "GAP FILLER"...huh/WTF?

 

Great labeled version of a similar photo, and, as usual, a very well written article at:

 

www.drewexmachina.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Surveyor...

 

www.drewexmachina.com/2016/05/30/surveyor-1-americas-firs...

Credit: Drew Ex Machina website/Andrew LePage

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Uploaded on April 11, 2018