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Topic: Apollo era EECOM console
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davidh359
New Member Posts: 3
From: Seattle, Washington, USA
Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 06-20-2011 06:09 PM
   
I'm hoping for a response from Sy Liebergot will respond to this, but anybody else who has direct knowledge I would appreciate their input also. The Apollo space program was one of my biggest inspirations for becoming an electrical engineer, and fighting hard to meet that goal. Apollo 13 particularly inspired me, because the engineers on the ground were the ones who took an impossible situation where by all the universal laws the astronauts should have been lost, and brought them safely home. I knew then, that I wanted to be one of the real problem solvers in the world, the ones who may not get the glory, but actually make a difference and accomplish something useful. The EECOM controller is the man who most closely represents my particular area of interest, and so one thing I have always wanted to do was to recreate that console position. Finding detailed pictures of that particular Apollo era console (not the Shuttle era modified console) has been extremely difficult. I live in Seattle, and I know Sy got one of the consoles that were in storage for the Museam of Flight here. It is labeled as the EECOM console, and I was wondering if it was THE console used for Apollo or not. I know this may seem a silly project, but again, Apollo had a huge impact on my life, as I know it did on others, so this project is something I want to do to honor that. I look forward to any and all responses. Thanks! |
Sy Liebergot
Member Posts: 455
From: Pearland, Texas USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 06-20-2011 06:19 PM
I appreciate your interest. You need a copy of PHO-TR155 MCC Operational Configuration--the covers the entire B30 MCC. My copy is for Apollo 15. If you can receive a 22MB file, I'll be happy to send it to you. |
davidh359
New Member Posts: 3
From: Seattle, Washington, USA
Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 06-20-2011 06:31 PM
Hi, Sy, thank you so much for responding! I feel truly honored! I believe my personal e-mail account can accomodate a file of this size. If not, I'll send you a flashdrive in an SASE--whatever is most conveinient for you. My e-mail is DavidH359@comcast.net. Thanks again! |
Sy Liebergot
Member Posts: 455
From: Pearland, Texas USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 06-20-2011 08:18 PM
Well darn, gmail limits me to sending 20mb. Send me a SASE for a CD and I'll copy it for you on CD. This is what I did for the Museum of Flight. |
Sy Liebergot
Member Posts: 455
From: Pearland, Texas USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 06-24-2011 07:28 AM
David, are you still interested in having a copy of TR155? |
davidh359
New Member Posts: 3
From: Seattle, Washington, USA
Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 06-24-2011 02:31 PM
Sy, I apologize, it has been a killer week. Yes, I am very much still interested. I'll get out a SASE mailer to you today. I really appreciate you doing this! Thanks so much! |
Andy Anderson
New Member Posts: 5
From: Singapore
Registered: Dec 2009
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posted 12-24-2012 03:47 AM
Somewhat long after you first posted David, but along the same lines, I also have an interest in the EECOM position, specifically for Apollo 13 and have been working on this graphic of the Apollo 13 EECOM console. A larger version can be found here. Although the overall layout and colors are coming along (with help from Sy), I have been unable to source an accurate detail of the arrangement and labeling of the various push buttons. The data on the monitors (drawn from Sy's "must have" book) are reasonably accurate I believe, and the Limit Sense Lights and the layout and labels on the Voice Com positions may partly reflect the flight situation, however the Summary Message Keyboard and the Display Request Keyboard are a complete mystery and so I have used considerable imagination to position and label those displays in their respective grids. The other references I have used are mainly frames from some relevant NASA films that show the MOCR at that time, Appendix B of the Cortright Report, an Apollo 11 version of an Apollo Console Handbook and even, as a last resort, images of the EECOM console as it exist today in its early shuttle formats. What would be handy, if anybody knows of one, is an earlier version of the PHO-TR 155 document - according to document PHO-TR474 to be specific, the H2 mission revision C of TR155 from March 1970 - and any other documents, schematics or photos that show the panels as they were configured for the A13 mission. Needless to say, such specific information is most likely long lost after all these years or otherwise unavailable.....but you never know! | |
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