a_v_c_o_AKP (S-66-45452)
“LUNAR MODULE -- Full scale mock up of the lunar module used at the Manned Spacecraft Center for equipment tests. Jack D. Mays, test subject from Crew Systems Division, MSC, stands on top of the LM with hand-held prototype of television camera. He wears thermal over garment, a protective suit, over the International Latex Corp., space suit.”
Mr. Mays was basically the non-Astronaut 'face' of the Apollo program's outdoor terrestrial/Terran Extravehicular Activity, testing, assessing/evaluating, etc. lunar space suit designs/configurations & associated lunar surface tasks, during their development.
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum38/HTML/002223.html
Credit: collectSPACE website
historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/o...
Note the developmental/precursor “Snoopy Cap” worn by Mr. Mays.
Note also the rendezvous radar antenna. Both it’s interesting rotational/gimbaling capacity, and the fact that it’s pointing off to the side. To my knowledge, the final configuration only slewed up & down.
Maybe it was installed incorrectly? 😉
See also:
Credit: Internet Archive website
a_v_c_o_AKP (S-66-45452)
“LUNAR MODULE -- Full scale mock up of the lunar module used at the Manned Spacecraft Center for equipment tests. Jack D. Mays, test subject from Crew Systems Division, MSC, stands on top of the LM with hand-held prototype of television camera. He wears thermal over garment, a protective suit, over the International Latex Corp., space suit.”
Mr. Mays was basically the non-Astronaut 'face' of the Apollo program's outdoor terrestrial/Terran Extravehicular Activity, testing, assessing/evaluating, etc. lunar space suit designs/configurations & associated lunar surface tasks, during their development.
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum38/HTML/002223.html
Credit: collectSPACE website
historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/o...
Note the developmental/precursor “Snoopy Cap” worn by Mr. Mays.
Note also the rendezvous radar antenna. Both it’s interesting rotational/gimbaling capacity, and the fact that it’s pointing off to the side. To my knowledge, the final configuration only slewed up & down.
Maybe it was installed incorrectly? 😉
See also:
Credit: Internet Archive website