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davidcwagner Member Posts: 799 From: Albuquerque, New Mexico Registered: Jan 2003	posted 12-02-2018 01:35 PM Was this used for Project Apollo hardware? Or is "Apollo" the brand name for the wire?
Rick Mulheirn Member Posts: 4167 From: England Registered: Feb 2001	posted 12-02-2018 06:35 PM Looks like coax aerial cable of some sort. I'm no expert but not what I would expect to see on an Apollo spacecraft.
Chuckster01 Member Posts: 873 From: Orlando, FL Registered: Jan 2014	posted 12-03-2018 04:11 AM Aerial cable would have an extra line (telegraph line) to carry the weight of the cable from pole to pole. This does look like a higher end signal/video cable and not your standard TV cable.
space1 Member Posts: 853 From: Danville, Ohio Registered: Dec 2002	posted 12-03-2018 06:03 AM The description says it has the Apollo project number. That would be NAS9-150. Not visible in any of the photos. No quality control stamps, no North American spec number, no North American tag. No, not Apollo spacecraft.

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