sa07 (AS-102)-BP15_v_bw_o_n (KSC-64-4820)
“High angle view of BP-15 showing sling attached.”
A wonderful highly detailed photograph. As in my previous post of another photo of this boilerplate capsule, some of the signatures (of North American Aviation employees I presume) are tantalizingly, frustratingly actually, nearly legible.
Speaking of such, since the apex of the forward heat shield was entirely white at launch…were they ‘painted’ over? The surface definitely has the look of something intended to be heat resistant, maybe even ablative?
sa07 (AS-102)-BP15_v_bw_o_n (KSC-64-4820)
“High angle view of BP-15 showing sling attached.”
A wonderful highly detailed photograph. As in my previous post of another photo of this boilerplate capsule, some of the signatures (of North American Aviation employees I presume) are tantalizingly, frustratingly actually, nearly legible.
Speaking of such, since the apex of the forward heat shield was entirely white at launch…were they ‘painted’ over? The surface definitely has the look of something intended to be heat resistant, maybe even ablative?