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Topic: Photo of the week 723 (September 1, 2018)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 09-01-2018 02:31 AM
   
 Apollo 9 backup astronauts Pete Conrad (facing camera) and Al Bean participate in a simulated altitude chamber test with LM-3 (out of frame at right) at Kennedy Space Center on August 31, 1968. At left is support crew member Jack Lousma. By this time missions 8 and 9 had been switched, because the LM wasn't ready in time for Apollo 8. One result was that Conrad lost his chance to be the first man on the moon. |
space1
Member Posts: 853
From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 09-01-2018 05:34 AM
Apparently for a while engineers were experimenting with different designs for the headsets. In this case I don't believe there are any microphone booms. Instead a microphone was positioned against the top of the forehead. (I have a headset with a similar design but with different straps.) I wonder how effective these microphones were. |
Henry Heatherbank
Member Posts: 244
From: Adelaide, South Australia
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 09-01-2018 05:40 AM
Was there any stance/reaction from Conrad (even years after the event) about the switch and losing the chance to be First Man? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 09-01-2018 06:00 AM
quote:
Originally posted by space1:
Apparently for a while engineers were experimenting with different designs for the headsets.
Check last week's Photo of the Week... |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3208
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 09-01-2018 06:12 AM
Fighter pilots sometimes wore throat microphones. Wouldn't audio transmissions have been much sharper if the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronauts had worn throat microphones?
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Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 09-01-2018 10:06 AM
I believe Lousma had just replaced Fred Haise on the Apollo 9 support crew after Haise had been assigned to the Apollo 8 backup crew. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3208
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 09-01-2018 12:01 PM
Lousma replaced Haise when LM-3 was still planned to fly on the second manned Apollo mission. In other words, before the missions switched. From the August 8 news release:
Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, 32, has replaced Haise on the support team for the second mission. He is a Marine Corps Major. |
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