a_v_bw_o_n (NASA MC66-5193, 1-21-66)
During the heady “shoot for the moon” days of 1966, an Apollo Applications Program (AAP) concept for a LEM Shelter.
Per the 1966 “Future National Space Objectives: Staff Study for the Subcommittee on NASA Oversight of the Committee on Science and Astronautics U.S. House of Representatives, Eighty-Ninth Congress, Second Session, Serial O”:
“…The LEM shelter is an Apollo LEM modified by removing the ascent propulsion system and adding subsystem extensions and expendables to enable it to make unmanned lunar landings, to standby in a stored condition for a period up to 3 months and to shelter and support two men for an operational period up to 14 days. Equipment such as a small, manned lunar roving vehicle, a manned flying system, a lunar drill and scientific instruments could be added to support the lunar exploration program.”
The above, along with a representative diagram, can be found on “page 111”, along with other ambitious proposals throughout the document, at:
books.google.com/books?id=g0IVAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA113&l...
Credit: Google Books website
So, a drill, a rover, but still no ladder. I'd think a subsequent Astronaut would still need to ingress, through the obvious hatch...to...idk...offload additional stowed exploratory gear & equipment, rations maybe, or even possibly internally enable release mechanisms for the rover & drill? And it looks like the callout for what appears to be a line directed at the ascent stage was either forgotten or omitted. Possibly at the last minute?
Neither here nor there I suppose, since it never happened.
Most important is the artist - Rosemary Dobbins. I respectfully urge you to take a closer look at her works to appreciate their significance.
BTW, Rosemary Dobbins’ daughter: YOU’RE WELCOME.
a_v_bw_o_n (NASA MC66-5193, 1-21-66)
During the heady “shoot for the moon” days of 1966, an Apollo Applications Program (AAP) concept for a LEM Shelter.
Per the 1966 “Future National Space Objectives: Staff Study for the Subcommittee on NASA Oversight of the Committee on Science and Astronautics U.S. House of Representatives, Eighty-Ninth Congress, Second Session, Serial O”:
“…The LEM shelter is an Apollo LEM modified by removing the ascent propulsion system and adding subsystem extensions and expendables to enable it to make unmanned lunar landings, to standby in a stored condition for a period up to 3 months and to shelter and support two men for an operational period up to 14 days. Equipment such as a small, manned lunar roving vehicle, a manned flying system, a lunar drill and scientific instruments could be added to support the lunar exploration program.”
The above, along with a representative diagram, can be found on “page 111”, along with other ambitious proposals throughout the document, at:
books.google.com/books?id=g0IVAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA113&l...
Credit: Google Books website
So, a drill, a rover, but still no ladder. I'd think a subsequent Astronaut would still need to ingress, through the obvious hatch...to...idk...offload additional stowed exploratory gear & equipment, rations maybe, or even possibly internally enable release mechanisms for the rover & drill? And it looks like the callout for what appears to be a line directed at the ascent stage was either forgotten or omitted. Possibly at the last minute?
Neither here nor there I suppose, since it never happened.
Most important is the artist - Rosemary Dobbins. I respectfully urge you to take a closer look at her works to appreciate their significance.
BTW, Rosemary Dobbins’ daughter: YOU’RE WELCOME.