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Topic: 170513767001: Apollo 15' Titanium Tank
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dfox
Member Posts: 208
From: Scarsdale, NY, United States
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 08-08-2010 09:58 PM
   
Scott, have you got room for one of these? A titanium fuel tank designed for spaceflight on the Service Propulsion System (SPS) on the Apollo Command Service Module (CSM). |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-08-2010 10:16 PM
It's not an Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM) artifact unfortunately... |
dfox
Member Posts: 208
From: Scarsdale, NY, United States
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 08-08-2010 10:20 PM
It seems to have the right shape for a CSM tank don't you think? |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-08-2010 10:25 PM
The general geometry is correct but the dimensions are wrong. |
MadSci
Member Posts: 226
From: Maryland, USA
Registered: Oct 2008
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posted 08-09-2010 06:27 PM
Once a member of the Mercury Astronaut Program himself, the Naval Captain was roommates with astronaut Gus Grissom and briefly with Apollo 13's Jim Lovell. Hmmm... anyone have a list of the Mercury Program Finalists who were NOT selected and were NOT selected at a later date?The tank mey be a real artifact, from early in the development of the Apollo systems perhaps. But if Scott says it's not a CSM artifact, then it certainly isn't an actual CSM tank. One wonders about the unnamed Captain too... |
dfox
Member Posts: 208
From: Scarsdale, NY, United States
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 08-09-2010 09:59 PM
The story did seem a bit fishy. There are often imprecisions in the language that are telling. In this case referring to the tank as a "silo" seems odd as well as the phrase "missiles intended for the moon." |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 08-09-2010 10:20 PM
Whilst I do not know too much about the actual hardware, I can verify that it is indeed in the garden of one of the 32 Mercury finalists. He sent me photos of this and some other collected artifacts a few months back. |
dfox
Member Posts: 208
From: Scarsdale, NY, United States
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 08-09-2010 10:27 PM
So perhaps there is more to this story! |
MadSci
Member Posts: 226
From: Maryland, USA
Registered: Oct 2008
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posted 08-28-2010 09:09 PM
Colin that's really great to hear. Has he ever written about his experience in the selection process? |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3120
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 03-23-2011 08:52 PM
Has anyone any thoughts on a more-or-less permanent feature on eBay, a metal artifact which the seller claims to be a titanium fuel tank from the unflown Apollo 18 CSM? This seems to be on permanent "Buy it Now" offer for $104,000(!) I can't help wondering what would happen if someone staggers home from a bar on a Friday night, checks eBay and says: "Whoah! What if I just click "Buy it now?"Editor's note: Threads merged. |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 03-25-2011 04:48 PM
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Originally posted by MadSci:
Colin that's really great to hear. Has he ever written about his experience in the selection process?
I'm now in the position of confirming that the owner of this item is Capt. Dale Cox, and he is the lead character in my new book, "Selecting the Mercury Seven: The Search for America's First Astronauts." His life story, and participation as one of the 32 Mercury finalists, is related in the book, due out this September. |
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