stsmithva
Member Posts: 1933
From: Fairfax, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 04-27-2011 10:43 AM
   
I recently purchased a Bill Anders signed photo with an interesting, vintage inscription pertaining to the space program. I'd appreciate it if anyone can share any information they might have about a very specific detail. 
As you can see, Anders wrote "Enjoyed working with you on the SESL ORI." "SESL" refers to the Space Environmental Simulation Laboratory. "ORI" is almost certainly for "Operational Readiness Inspection." The SESL was a huge chamber "designed, built, and used to conduct thermal-vacuum testing for all United States manned spacecraft of the Apollo era... since it was constructed in 1965, the SESL has tested all Apollo command and service modules, Apollo lunar modules, spacesuits for extra-vehicular activity, the Skylab/Apollo telescope mount system, various Space Shuttle systems, the Apollo/Soyuz docking module and various large scale scientific satellite systems..." Since I like to learn about the background of the vintage items in my collection, I would greatly appreciate it if anyone knows of any mention, in print or online, of what Anders did involving the SESL. Any photos would be great. I have looked and can't find anything yet. Thank you for your help. |
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