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Topic: Sourcing an Apollo escape tower and rocket
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E2M Lem Man
Member Posts: 846
From: Los Angeles CA. USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 03-12-2007 03:25 PM
   
Does anyone know of any Apollo LES towers and rockets — dummies preferably, that we can get donated to the City of Downey to restore Apollo BP-6 to display condition? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-12-2007 03:29 PM
Jim, I don't know of a spare LES but BP-23, which flew Pad Abort Test-2 after BP-6, is mated with its launch abort system where it sits at Marshall Space Flight Center. According to a post on another website, the engines on that LES were recently found to be still active, making people wary of starting on its restoration. |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-12-2007 06:12 PM
Im certain the folks at Thiokol would be all over this if they were asked to assist; the pitch control, tower jettison and launch escape motor's all had launch pad installable (and therefore likely removable) pyrotechnic igniter cartridges to inert the engines. If it's standard Thiokol fare, the propellant grains would have been cast into the combustion chambers and cant be non-destructively extracted (maybe Thiokol can seal up the chambers after pyrotechnics are removed. |
E2M Lem Man
Member Posts: 846
From: Los Angeles CA. USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 03-15-2007 06:10 PM
That's great guys. Now do we know anyone at Thiokol? Now I will speak to the guys at Marshall Space Flight Center and see if we can do this!The Aerospace Legacy Foundation team is excited and so are some of the people I have spoken to on the exhibit design team! Keep up with the info guys, This is great! |
space1
Member Posts: 853
From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 04-03-2007 02:48 PM
quote:
Originally posted by E2M Lem Man:
Does anyone know of any Apollo LES towers and rockets — dummies preferably, that we can get donated to the City of Downey to restore Apollo BP-6 to display condition?
If you're not able to find one, I could build a mock-up one for you using the escape tower drawings. Let me know if you're interested. |
Meademan
Member Posts: 24
From: Gatwick, West Sussex, UK
Registered: Oct 2012
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posted 11-10-2012 04:29 AM
Have any of the flown LES towers ever been recovered?I wonder what happened to them? At the bottom of the Atlantic I guess? |
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