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Topic: Photo of the week 249 (August 8, 2009)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-08-2009 07:40 AM
   
 Forty years ago today, the Apollo 12 crew was in the middle of their training for the November lunar landing mission. Seen here during a geologic excursion in Hawaii are prime LM pilots Conrad and Bean (wearing hats) and their backups Scott and Irwin. They practice describing the surroundings from a high vantage point, as if they were looking outside through the LM windows. Ed Hengeveld |
AstroAutos
Member Posts: 803
From: Co. Monaghan, Republic of Ireland
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 08-08-2009 12:04 PM
I have to say that is an amazing image!I'd imagine that sort of thing would be one of the more fun elements of training for an upcoming mission.. |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1634
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 08-08-2009 07:01 PM
Irwin looks cold, Scott cool, Bean (or Conrad-I can't tell which) studious, and the other one too young to be going to the moon! |
randyc
Member Posts: 779
From: Chandler, AZ USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 08-08-2009 07:05 PM
Note that the Commanders (Conrad and Scott) are not wearing sunglasses, but the Lunar Module Pilots (Bean and Irwin) are. The message: CDRs are tougher than LMPs! |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 08-09-2009 08:04 AM
LMP's obviously know more about UV light ruining your eyesight. |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 08-09-2009 10:18 AM
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Originally posted by MCroft04:
Irwin looks cold, Scott cool, Bean (or Conrad-I can't tell which) studious, and the other one too young to be going to the moon!
The astronauts are positioned as they would be in the LM looking out their respective window on the lunar surface. Hence the order is Irwin/Scott and Bean/Conrad, left to right as you look at the picture.
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Michael Davis
Member Posts: 528
From: Houston, Texas
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 08-09-2009 11:14 AM
Is the gentleman standing behind the crew members Leon Silver? I've seen contemporary photos of him, but nothing from that era. The whole scene looks like the geology training episode of "From the Earth to the Moon." |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 08-09-2009 11:07 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Michael Davis:
Is the gentleman standing behind the crew members Leon Silver? I've seen contemporary photos of him, but nothing from that era. The whole scene looks like the geology training episode of "From the Earth to the Moon."
It doesn't appear to be him. Silver can be seen in this photo from the the Apollo 16 training, with the green and blue shirt (and pointing). |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-10-2009 03:48 AM
It looks like the man kneeling behind the crews is Robert Parker. Don't think he was CapCom during Apollo 12. Perhaps this was in preparation for his role during Apollo 15. |
Apollo Redux
Member Posts: 346
From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Registered: Sep 2006
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posted 08-11-2009 05:50 PM
I've never seen this, before. Nice find. |
Spacepsycho
Member Posts: 818
From: Huntington Beach, Calif.
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted 09-09-2009 01:45 PM
Judging from the down jacket, the pulled up collars and zipped up fronts, it's prety cold.The only really cold place on Hawaii is up near the Keck telescope on Mauna Kea and this was probably taken there. The terrain at Keck is very similar to the moons landscape with no vegetation. The other peak Mauna Loa belongs to the military and the only other lunar area that's similar to moon, is the on the big island is a national park and they'd never allow NASA to set up anything there. |
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