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Post by drewid on Jun 11, 2009 4:19:37 GMT -4
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Post by laurel on Jun 11, 2009 12:29:48 GMT -4
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Post by drewid on Jun 11, 2009 15:23:53 GMT -4
That's it www.clavius.org/bibcollier.html This is a misunderstanding I think , there was a triangular bay, (well, prism shaped being pedantic), which was where the rover was stowed. Collier is right about the shape and size of the bay AFAIK, but obviously didn't know about the origami nature of the vehicle. The bay was originally designed as instrument stowage and was the only spare space they had. This was why the rover had to fold into the shape that it did. The photo's I linked to show it quite nicely. It's also seen in various stages of deployment in the "moon machines" video on youtube. I think the phrase "strapped to the side" is a bit misleading, it conjures an entirely different image, for me anyhow. Perhaps a small rewrite and a link to the photos might make it clearer. The www.clavius.org/bibjones.html suffers from the same ambiguity of wording. I really like the clavius site and this isn't intended to be negative in any way. I just feel it could lead to a certain confusion in some readers who know less about apollo, which is the target audience after all.
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