a_v_bw_o_n (MAY 15, 1964 E-D A1335 C----MS-G 43-5-63, REV C)
"This is a cutaway illustration of the Saturn V command module (CM) configuration. The CM was crammed with some of the most complex equipment ever sent into space at the time. The three astronaut couches were surrounded by instrument panels, navigation gear, radios, life-support systems, and small engines to keep it stable during reentry. The entire cone, 11 feet long and 13 feet in diameter, was protected by a charring heat shield. The 6.5 ton CM was all that was finally left of the 3,000-ton Saturn V vehicle that lifted off on the journey to the Moon."
Obviously, the preceding description is contemporary, and most likely even subsequent to the 1968 version of the image that's readily seen/available. Note the different command module data as well...and amazingly, a last name:
images.nasa.gov/details-0101138.html
And THAT, my fellow Flickr sufferers, provided the opportunity for another HUGE "WIN". This meticulous & exquisite work was by the hand of a woman...back when her "place" was in the kitchen and/or being "barefoot & pregnant".
She is Rosemary A. Dobbins:
www.findagrave.com/memorial/95670671/rosemary-ann-dobbins
mobileobits.al.com/obituaries/huntsville/obituary.aspx?n=...
And her devoted husband, Edward B. Dobbins, himself an Apollo team member:
mobileobits.al.com/obituaries/huntsville/obituary.aspx?n=...
I hope I'm wrong; however, if the men who (IMHO) contributed mightily (from my possibly skewed perspective, that is) to the rich visual legacy of Apollo have been forgotten, then sure as death & taxes, Rosemary is most likely even more absent from any accounting or remembrance of her groundbreaking & pioneering contribution. If so, that is a shameful and egregious omission. Again, I hope I'm wrong, but I seriously doubt it. Who knows what else she produced that no one, ever, will know!
Fortunately, - and this is the only other conclusive evidence I've found - only because the 'censors' overlooked removing her initials, "RAD"::
images.nasa.gov/details-0101139
My heartfelt gratitude Rosemary...and I am so sorry.
BTW, Rosemary Dobbins’ daughter: YOU’RE WELCOME.
a_v_bw_o_n (MAY 15, 1964 E-D A1335 C----MS-G 43-5-63, REV C)
"This is a cutaway illustration of the Saturn V command module (CM) configuration. The CM was crammed with some of the most complex equipment ever sent into space at the time. The three astronaut couches were surrounded by instrument panels, navigation gear, radios, life-support systems, and small engines to keep it stable during reentry. The entire cone, 11 feet long and 13 feet in diameter, was protected by a charring heat shield. The 6.5 ton CM was all that was finally left of the 3,000-ton Saturn V vehicle that lifted off on the journey to the Moon."
Obviously, the preceding description is contemporary, and most likely even subsequent to the 1968 version of the image that's readily seen/available. Note the different command module data as well...and amazingly, a last name:
images.nasa.gov/details-0101138.html
And THAT, my fellow Flickr sufferers, provided the opportunity for another HUGE "WIN". This meticulous & exquisite work was by the hand of a woman...back when her "place" was in the kitchen and/or being "barefoot & pregnant".
She is Rosemary A. Dobbins:
www.findagrave.com/memorial/95670671/rosemary-ann-dobbins
mobileobits.al.com/obituaries/huntsville/obituary.aspx?n=...
And her devoted husband, Edward B. Dobbins, himself an Apollo team member:
mobileobits.al.com/obituaries/huntsville/obituary.aspx?n=...
I hope I'm wrong; however, if the men who (IMHO) contributed mightily (from my possibly skewed perspective, that is) to the rich visual legacy of Apollo have been forgotten, then sure as death & taxes, Rosemary is most likely even more absent from any accounting or remembrance of her groundbreaking & pioneering contribution. If so, that is a shameful and egregious omission. Again, I hope I'm wrong, but I seriously doubt it. Who knows what else she produced that no one, ever, will know!
Fortunately, - and this is the only other conclusive evidence I've found - only because the 'censors' overlooked removing her initials, "RAD"::
images.nasa.gov/details-0101139
My heartfelt gratitude Rosemary...and I am so sorry.
BTW, Rosemary Dobbins’ daughter: YOU’RE WELCOME.