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Re: Steve Jurvetson Strikes Again
« Reply #15 on: July 23, 2012, 03:30:01 am »
Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Checklist


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Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Checklist

I love how everything was done with typewriters back then.

This one went to the moon for three days, and covered the procedures upon returning from EVA 2, the second moonwalk. (This was the expedition with the clever lunar rover fender repair. Following the guidance from astronaut John Young at Mission Control, they rebuilt the fender using lunar maps and clamps from the optical alignment telescope lamp. )

The instructions here read, In short: close the hatch, re-pressurize the LM cabin, doff gloves and helmets…

It comes from the personal collection of Mission Commander Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon. Apollo 17 was the first and only night launch of a Saturn V.

Backside below.



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CDR (Commander) is Gene Cernan
LMP (Lunar Module Pilot) is Harrison Schmitt, first trained scientist (geologist) on the moon

"Recharging the PLSS was a six-step process. Usually done as part of the EVA prep, a few crews used spare time at the end of their workday to replenish the PLSS consumables. The process took about 30 minutes for each suit, and each crewmember worked on their own equipment. By staggering tasks, the entire process took less than an hour. First, the battery and the lithium hydroxide canister were exchanged for fresh units. Used batteries and canisters were stored in large bags that were thrown under the descent stage at the beginning of the next day's EVA, or jettisoned out the front hatch after the last EVA of the mission. Next, oxygen cylinders in the PLSSs were charged from the descent stage high-pressure oxygen supply in a two step process. First, a charge that filled the PLSS O2 cylinders to about 90% capacity was performed. After a few minutes (to allow the cylinders to cool), the O2 supply was "topped off" to about 95% to 98%. Finally, a three-step procedure was used to service the water management system. Step 1 was to recharge the cooling water supply. Draining the waste water was the second step, and the third step was to vent out the excess gas from the cooling water system. Bubbles formed by such gas could interfere with the flow of cooling water in the suit."

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http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/plss.html


http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/plss.html

I guess they dumped the whole pack out prior to liftoff..??
As a kid I tried using charcoal to re breath air ....
All kinds of crazy stuff.

Understand they are drinking urine on the S Station...

Astrocatou


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dave - space habitation is the ultimate challenge, or the final frontier if you will, for recycling and renewables...

Here is the fender fix for EVA 2:


Smithsomian national Air and Space Museum


Cernan. Of course, I used the Apollo treatment in Instagram for this one. Duh.


Apollo Portable Life Support System (PLSS)

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Walking on the Moon...
Gotta pack for some extravehicular activities!


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PLSS Water Reservoir Recharge instructions

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APOD just posted a cool photo from EVA2, the visit to Shorty crater:


The crew discovered orange soil near the rim of Shorty Crater during the second EVA; later analysis of the soil revealed a large component of orange glass beads that were interpreted to be the product of volcanic eruptions.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/5867356220/

Apollo 17 Mission

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Re: Steve Jurvetson Strikes Again
« Reply #16 on: July 23, 2012, 03:43:33 am »
Neil Armstrong breaks his silence to give accountants moon exclusive

Notoriously reclusive Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong gives video interview to Certified Practicing Accountants of Australia
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Neil Armstrong breaks his silence to give accountants moon exclusive

Notoriously reclusive Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong gives video interview to Certified Practicing Accountants of Australia
Alok Jha, science correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 23 May 2012 13.22 EDT



Armstrong leads his crewmates to the launchpad. He believed there was only a 50% chance of a successful moon landing. Photograph: Getty

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As the first person to walk on the moon, he is a man whose name will be remembered for generations to come. But one of the other well-known things about Neil Armstrong is that he hardly ever gives interviews.

It was therefore something of a coup for Alex Malley, chief executive of Certified Practicing Accountants of Australia, to secure almost an hour of Armstrong's time to discuss the astronaut's trip to the moon.

In the illuminating conversation posted online on the CPA Australia website, Armstrong revealed how he thought his mission, Apollo 11, only had a 50% chance of landing safely on the moon's surface and said it was "sad" that the current US government's ambitions for Nasa were so reduced compared with the achievements of the 1960s.

Neil Armstrong breaks his silence to give accountants moon exclusive

An Audience with Neil Armstrong


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