a16_v_c_o_GAF (MSFC photo, neg. no. 021092, 7-1-71, poss. Boeing photo no. 1-4047)
"LRV-2 folded Config./Kent.
REF no. Boeing 1-4047."
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was assembled at a Boeing facility in Kent, Washington.
The foreground wheels/fenders represent the rear wheels of the LRV. From this perspective, the rear chassis assembly (with the holes/wires), to which the wheel assemblies are attached, will be flipped/rotated upward & outward (toward the photographer) during LRV deployment on the moon...so, the fender cowlings in the foreground will actually face forward once deployed.
An excellent depiction, as one might expect, by Grumman Aerospace Corporation's master artist Craig Kavafes, of the deployment sequence:
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-LRVDeployGrumman.html
Credit: ALSJ website
Amusing...a Grumman (manufacturer of the LM) artist’s depiction of the deployment of the LRV (manufactured by Boeing).
You're kidding me! THIS they have! Not some/too many historical, significant, iconic, etc., images, BUT, this...THIS they have?!
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate it, but huh?:
a16_v_c_o_GAF (MSFC photo, neg. no. 021092, 7-1-71, poss. Boeing photo no. 1-4047)
"LRV-2 folded Config./Kent.
REF no. Boeing 1-4047."
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was assembled at a Boeing facility in Kent, Washington.
The foreground wheels/fenders represent the rear wheels of the LRV. From this perspective, the rear chassis assembly (with the holes/wires), to which the wheel assemblies are attached, will be flipped/rotated upward & outward (toward the photographer) during LRV deployment on the moon...so, the fender cowlings in the foreground will actually face forward once deployed.
An excellent depiction, as one might expect, by Grumman Aerospace Corporation's master artist Craig Kavafes, of the deployment sequence:
www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-LRVDeployGrumman.html
Credit: ALSJ website
Amusing...a Grumman (manufacturer of the LM) artist’s depiction of the deployment of the LRV (manufactured by Boeing).
You're kidding me! THIS they have! Not some/too many historical, significant, iconic, etc., images, BUT, this...THIS they have?!
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate it, but huh?: