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Topic: Apollo Launch Umbilical Tower (LUT) elevator
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FFrench
Member Posts: 3165
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 08-27-2008 11:03 PM
  
Does anyone have a good photo, sketch or other good description of the Apollo-era LUT elevator (the actual elevator cab, not the outer doors)? Most of the footage I have seen is of the first elevator the astronauts took, not the second ride up to the white room level. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3165
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-04-2008 06:36 PM
Not having any luck here, so wondered if anyone could confirm a description I heard...
The elevator from the ground level to the pad base was mesh-screen enclosed, the one generally seen in the documentary footage. Then the second elevator the astronauts took, the LUT elevator up to the White Room level, was small and without windows (or if there were windows, they were very small).Does this sound correct? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43576
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-04-2008 07:02 PM
Wasn't the LUT elevator preserved and restored as part of the Apollo-Saturn V Center at KSC? |
spacecraft films
Member Posts: 802
From: Columbus, OH USA
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 09-04-2008 07:23 PM
I think our Apollo 8 set has a point-of-view walk between the two elevators. I know it is on one of our sets. I'll see if I can find it.Edit: Yes, there is a point of view walk from the pad all the way up to the white room. Disc 1 of Apollo 8. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3165
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-04-2008 09:29 PM
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
Wasn't the LUT elevator preserved and restored as part of the Apollo-Saturn V Center at KSC?
Indeed it is, but you can only see it from the outside, so I couldn't gauge what the interior would look like once it rose above the entryway, and what the view (if any) might be. quote:
Originally posted by spacecraft films:
Yes, there is a point of view walk from the pad all the way up to the white room. Disc 1 of Apollo 8.
Wonderful, Mark, thanks! I just watched it — it cuts out before they get too close to the elevator, and only begins again once they have rode it, but we can see the doors open and close, and it appears to be a fully enclosed type, no windows or mesh. If anyone knows otherwise or can point me in the direction of more footage, it would be much appreciated... thanks! I'm guessing from Mark's footage that there was nothing to see, so no reason to film that part. |
spacecraft films
Member Posts: 802
From: Columbus, OH USA
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 09-04-2008 09:33 PM
Now I am thinking that somewhere there is a shot moving up alongside the S-1C and the S-II, but I don't remember where it was. I will see if I can pin that down.It might give you a better idea of the view. I know it looks totally enclosed, but I do not think it was. I think it looks that way because the landing enclosed it. I'll do some thinking on any other footage I have. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3165
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-04-2008 09:43 PM
Thanks so much, Mark, that would be greatly appreciated. As you may have guessed, this is for a writing project, not just idle curiosity, so your help is most valued. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3165
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 10-11-2008 08:21 PM
I'm continuing to look for anything on this one, and appreciate any assistance. So far, the only other thing I have seen is 30 minutes into the "Apollo 13" Tom Hanks movie, where the recreated scene implies a mesh-sided elevator ride all the way up — which doesn't seem to fit with the brief footage and recollections found so far... |
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