sl_v_bw_o_n (72-H-349, 72-HC-221, S72-30705 eq)
“A Martin Marietta Corporation artist’s concept of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Skylab cluster circling 270 miles above the earth. Skylab is a manned experimental space station scheduled for launch in 1973. Components of the orbiting cluster are, left to right, the Apollo command and service modules (CSM), which taxi astronaut crews between earth and space; the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA), to serve as an experiment control center and space dock; the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM), a solar observatory for the first long-term study of the sun from outside earth’s atmosphere; the Airlock Module (AM), the doorway to space for crewmen during extravehicular activities (EVA); and the Orbital Workshop (OWS), which contains crew quarters and experiment areas. Skylab, 118 feet in length, contains about the same volume as a moderate two-bedroom house. Its two sets of solar energy panels develop enough electrical power to supply four average homes.”
Note the periscope-like appendage extending out from mid-body of the OWS. An intended experiment package at the end of an extendable boom, deployed from the solar scientific airlock. Which, in reality, was occupied by the initial 'parasol' deployed to shield the station from the sun, saving the mission.
I'm almost certain this is the work of Charles O. Bennett.
Speaking of Mr. Bennett::
www.celestis.com/participants-testimonials/charles-oren-b...
Who knew?!
sl_v_bw_o_n (72-H-349, 72-HC-221, S72-30705 eq)
“A Martin Marietta Corporation artist’s concept of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Skylab cluster circling 270 miles above the earth. Skylab is a manned experimental space station scheduled for launch in 1973. Components of the orbiting cluster are, left to right, the Apollo command and service modules (CSM), which taxi astronaut crews between earth and space; the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA), to serve as an experiment control center and space dock; the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM), a solar observatory for the first long-term study of the sun from outside earth’s atmosphere; the Airlock Module (AM), the doorway to space for crewmen during extravehicular activities (EVA); and the Orbital Workshop (OWS), which contains crew quarters and experiment areas. Skylab, 118 feet in length, contains about the same volume as a moderate two-bedroom house. Its two sets of solar energy panels develop enough electrical power to supply four average homes.”
Note the periscope-like appendage extending out from mid-body of the OWS. An intended experiment package at the end of an extendable boom, deployed from the solar scientific airlock. Which, in reality, was occupied by the initial 'parasol' deployed to shield the station from the sun, saving the mission.
I'm almost certain this is the work of Charles O. Bennett.
Speaking of Mr. Bennett::
www.celestis.com/participants-testimonials/charles-oren-b...
Who knew?!