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Topic: Mystery Apollo Boilerplate
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Sy Liebergot
Member Posts: 501
From: Pearland, Texas USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 11-06-2004 04:17 PM
   
I took these photos of what appears to be a very hefty boilerplate Apollo CSM, and Folks, I'm talking iron, here. The SM cylinder continues is under the flooring. I viewed it while touring the magnet school of my high school alma mater, Northeast High School in Philadelphia in the late '90s. I have yet to find someone that knows for what it was used. Any experts on the panel? 
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John Charles
Member Posts: 342
From: Houston, Texas, USA
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 11-06-2004 05:38 PM
Sy, this looks like the other boilerplates still in the vicinity of JSC (across NASA Road 1 out the front gate, and at the boys' school) based on its fixtures. I will wager that it was built for post-Apollo 204 in-cabin fire testing. More details as I come across them. |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2141
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 11-06-2004 07:12 PM
It looks like it was built to withstand fire, if there was ever a "boilerplate" that is it!Just had a quick look through some paperwork and according to the (1968, post fire) CSM contact there were 2 boilerplates built for flammability tests. One was meant for the Manned Spacecraft Center (Serial no BP-1224-1) and one was meant for Downey (Serial no BP-1250-C). The Downey one was also meant to be used for Cabin Pressure Vent Valve tests, the one in your pictures Sy, has strange additions around the general areas where the vent valves were situated. |
Sy Liebergot
Member Posts: 501
From: Pearland, Texas USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 11-08-2004 09:50 PM
Hmm, I hadn't thought that this boilerplate would have been used for fire testing — looks/looked pretty clean to me. If memory serves me, there were crew couches inside. |
spaceuk
Member Posts: 2113
From: Staffs, UK
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 11-09-2004 07:17 AM
Could it have been used for gas pressure tests? |
spaceuk
Member Posts: 2113
From: Staffs, UK
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 11-09-2004 07:20 AM
Other suggestions: Was it used as a 'former' for producing parts moulds or even as a CNC tool 'master'? |
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