a+_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1967-69, World Book Sci. Svc. photo, poss. fm orig GAEC photo & as 'Plate 9 - Mobility Aids' from 'LM DERIVATIVES For Future Space Missions' packet)
“Here’s the way astronauts will get around on the moon in the 1970s and 1980s. The flying machine at left will carry one man and 370 pounds of equipment a distance of 10 to 15 miles at a speed of 100 mph. The four-wheeled lunar roving vehicle (lower right) will be used for short trips within 18 miles of a spacecraft or lunar base. The heavy-duty six-wheeled vehicle at top has rechargeable batteries and will carry men and cargo up to 30 miles.”
More commonly/almost exclusively seen, although still seldomly, as Plate 9: “Mobility Aids” within Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation’s (GAEC) gorgeous & coveted “LUNAR MODULE DERIVATIVES For Future Space Missions” presentation packet/portfolio.
I’m just gonna throw this out there. Compare (not even contrast) with the linked image below, which is subsequent to this one. Without naming names, I cannot imagine, even remotely, that the artist of the linked image would’ve copied or emulated the earlier work of another artist. Finally, consider the lines, style & overall ‘look’ of not only this, but the rest of the plates within the aforementioned packet/portfolio.
The gallery containing ten of (I think) a total of thirteen is linked to as well.
However, when I think/see something lunar from this time period...from GAEC, I automatically think Craig Kavafes.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The affixed newspaper article I presume associated with it. Yet another could’ve/should’ve been:
“The pinpoint landing of Apollo 12 brought NASA’s plans for bases and colonies on the moon closer to reality. It went a long way toward proving that a number of spacecraft can be landed close together at a predetermined site on the lunar surface—close enough to join them to form shelters, workshops and laboratories.
NASA engineers are already working on plans for moon colonies inhabited by as many 50 to 100 people.
“A lunar colony like this will evolve from the temporary bases we establish with two men on each Apollo flight,” says Andre “Andy” Meyers Jr., manager of the lunar exploration project office at the Manned Spacecraft Center. A soft-spoken, self-termed “dreamer,” Meyers has been working on designs for moon housing for four years.
“When you’re talking about 50 or 100 people living and working on the moon,” he says, “that’s a ways downstream. First, a lot of other things have to happen.
“We must find a means of making space vehicles that will serve several purposed. They have to be able to orbit earth and the moon. They have to be the same basic structure that will eventually take a crew of six to Mars. They have to be used to land men and supplies on the moon and to serve as our first moon station.
[missing text]…will be nonnuclear. As the base expands, nuclear power would be brought into use. More conventional electrical and chemical systems still will be needed to power remote sites and for emergency use, as well as for scientists traveling over the lunar surface and conducting experiments away from the base.
The first bases will probably be established above ground, with covered passageways linking modules brought to the moon in separate flights. Each module will serve a separate function—one or two for crew quarters, one for growing food, another as the power station. In these early versions, men will probably stay on the moon for 30, 60, or 90 days.”
a+_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1967-69, World Book Sci. Svc. photo, poss. fm orig GAEC photo & as 'Plate 9 - Mobility Aids' from 'LM DERIVATIVES For Future Space Missions' packet)
“Here’s the way astronauts will get around on the moon in the 1970s and 1980s. The flying machine at left will carry one man and 370 pounds of equipment a distance of 10 to 15 miles at a speed of 100 mph. The four-wheeled lunar roving vehicle (lower right) will be used for short trips within 18 miles of a spacecraft or lunar base. The heavy-duty six-wheeled vehicle at top has rechargeable batteries and will carry men and cargo up to 30 miles.”
More commonly/almost exclusively seen, although still seldomly, as Plate 9: “Mobility Aids” within Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation’s (GAEC) gorgeous & coveted “LUNAR MODULE DERIVATIVES For Future Space Missions” presentation packet/portfolio.
I’m just gonna throw this out there. Compare (not even contrast) with the linked image below, which is subsequent to this one. Without naming names, I cannot imagine, even remotely, that the artist of the linked image would’ve copied or emulated the earlier work of another artist. Finally, consider the lines, style & overall ‘look’ of not only this, but the rest of the plates within the aforementioned packet/portfolio.
The gallery containing ten of (I think) a total of thirteen is linked to as well.
However, when I think/see something lunar from this time period...from GAEC, I automatically think Craig Kavafes.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The affixed newspaper article I presume associated with it. Yet another could’ve/should’ve been:
“The pinpoint landing of Apollo 12 brought NASA’s plans for bases and colonies on the moon closer to reality. It went a long way toward proving that a number of spacecraft can be landed close together at a predetermined site on the lunar surface—close enough to join them to form shelters, workshops and laboratories.
NASA engineers are already working on plans for moon colonies inhabited by as many 50 to 100 people.
“A lunar colony like this will evolve from the temporary bases we establish with two men on each Apollo flight,” says Andre “Andy” Meyers Jr., manager of the lunar exploration project office at the Manned Spacecraft Center. A soft-spoken, self-termed “dreamer,” Meyers has been working on designs for moon housing for four years.
“When you’re talking about 50 or 100 people living and working on the moon,” he says, “that’s a ways downstream. First, a lot of other things have to happen.
“We must find a means of making space vehicles that will serve several purposed. They have to be able to orbit earth and the moon. They have to be the same basic structure that will eventually take a crew of six to Mars. They have to be used to land men and supplies on the moon and to serve as our first moon station.
[missing text]…will be nonnuclear. As the base expands, nuclear power would be brought into use. More conventional electrical and chemical systems still will be needed to power remote sites and for emergency use, as well as for scientists traveling over the lunar surface and conducting experiments away from the base.
The first bases will probably be established above ground, with covered passageways linking modules brought to the moon in separate flights. Each module will serve a separate function—one or two for crew quarters, one for growing food, another as the power station. In these early versions, men will probably stay on the moon for 30, 60, or 90 days.”