a_v_bw_o_n (1961, press or poss. UI ctr photo, no. 6516 29)
If the date on this is correct, or even close, this is amazing, from the handholds/rungs along the side of the Command Module, to the forward hatch/docking port apparently being the avenue of egress…to everything else depicted. And, to me, although the signature would be conspicuously absent, it has John Gorsuch written all over it.
From the caption/slug affixed to the verso. Although it’s only tangentially applicable to the image, it’s so endearingly simplistic, naïve, colloquial, amusing & entertaining. Which does indeed support the stamped date:
“The most serious problem is that of blasting off from the moon for the return trip. Some automatic means of launching the return vehicle may be necessary for the first landing anywhere. After that, it is possible that man will have humans or equipment to help him get away. A precise time for re-entry into the atmosphere will be necessary, plus a predetermined landing spot. Re-entry heat buildup will be shielded from the occupants of the capsule, which probably will be detached from the space vehicle when the atmosphere is reached. Parachutes will ease early landings in water.”
a_v_bw_o_n (1961, press or poss. UI ctr photo, no. 6516 29)
If the date on this is correct, or even close, this is amazing, from the handholds/rungs along the side of the Command Module, to the forward hatch/docking port apparently being the avenue of egress…to everything else depicted. And, to me, although the signature would be conspicuously absent, it has John Gorsuch written all over it.
From the caption/slug affixed to the verso. Although it’s only tangentially applicable to the image, it’s so endearingly simplistic, naïve, colloquial, amusing & entertaining. Which does indeed support the stamped date:
“The most serious problem is that of blasting off from the moon for the return trip. Some automatic means of launching the return vehicle may be necessary for the first landing anywhere. After that, it is possible that man will have humans or equipment to help him get away. A precise time for re-entry into the atmosphere will be necessary, plus a predetermined landing spot. Re-entry heat buildup will be shielded from the occupants of the capsule, which probably will be detached from the space vehicle when the atmosphere is reached. Parachutes will ease early landings in water.”