Conference 7.286::space

I'm also looking for line drawings of the Hughes-built Surveyor unmanned
lunar lander craft, flown in the late 1960's.

And one more item I'm after drawings for: the Lunar Roving Vehicle employed
by Apollo's 15, 16, and 17.

Any help would be appreciated.
						-- Tom

    One guess is a book I just found about and ordered, entitled "Chariots
    for Apollo - Developing the Lunar Module" (I'm a bit unsure exactly
    what the subtitle is, but that's close).  This is supposed to be the
    story of Gruman's development effort on the LEM.  Since it hasn't come
    in yet I don't know whether or not line drawings appear in it, but it's
    a good possibility.  Note that another book exists whose title starts
    with "Chariots for Apollo", but this one describes the development
    effort of the Saturn rockets, not the LEM.  Make sure you know which
    one you're ordering...
    
    As an aside, several books about Apollo seem to have come out recently,
    coincidently (?) arriving at the 20th aniversery of Apollo 11.  Of
    three I have read or am reading, I can recommend "Men From Earth" by
    Buzz Aldrin and "Apollo" (can't remember the authors - sorry). 
    
    "Apollo" is a history of the Apollo effort largely concentrating on the
    people, personalities, and politics of the effort.  It also contains
    useful information about engineering and other problems that had to be
    solved in order to get to the moon.
    
     Unfortunately there's always some clown trying to cash in on history,
    and that's my reaction to another book I (mistakenly) bought titled
    "For All Mankind".  This is yet another history of the Apollo effort by
    some journalist whose name I've suppressed.  The guy's technical grasp
    of what happened is seriously flawed and the mistakes he makes would be
    laughable if I hadn't spent $20 or so for the book.  He documents for
    the first time, for example, that Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier
    in 1947 in the X-15.  I would have thought that a typo except that this
    kind of error appears with regularity throughout the text.  Sigh - I
    wish this book came with a "money back if not perfectly satisfied"
    guarantee...
    
    Anyway if you can wait 4-6 weeks until "Chariots for Apollo" arrives,
    maybe I can get your line drawings then.
    

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>    Anyway if you can wait 4-6 weeks until "Chariots for Apollo" arrives,
>    maybe I can get your line drawings then.

Sounds good.  I would very much appreciate it, if you remember when the book
arrives, if you'd scan through it and enter a reply if you find something.
						-- Tom

    Might also try the legendary tome by Alan Baker, "History of Manned
    Spaceflight" - if it's not there you probably don't need to know it! 
    8^)
    
    Also browse through the TERMINAL_ART notesfile if it's still alive -
    I've been having trouble getting to it on CHEST::.  Lots of pictures
    of the shuttle etc, and maybe someone has a LEM in it.
    

>    Might also try the legendary tome by Alan Baker, "History of Manned
>    Spaceflight" - if it's not there you probably don't need to know it! 
    
    Tom is down the hall from me and has access to my copy of it.  But only
    temporarily - I use it as my mouse pad...
    
John

>>    Might also try the legendary tome by Alan Baker, "History of Manned
>>    Spaceflight" - if it's not there you probably don't need to know it! 
    
    Oops - it's David Baker, not Alan - guess my brain cell's been
    receiving signals directly from outer space again.  I also browsed
    through the book last night and didn't find anything applicable - it
    may be a wild goose chase.
    
>    Tom is down the hall from me and has access to my copy of it.  But only
>    temporarily - I use it as my mouse pad...
    
    It must make a nice big mouse pad - I use mine during the winter to
    weight down the back of my car for better traction.   8^)