The Unusual Appearing Apollo 5 Vehicle

[drwayne]

The Apollo 5 flight was a test of the Lunar Module - I still mentally call it the LEM - so this Saturn 1B looked a might strange:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_5<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[najab]

Mentally? I call it 'the LEM' out loud.

 

[dobbins]

The LEM was renamed LM on June 9th, 1966, but many people, including myself continued to pronounce it "Lem" instead of "L_M". The reason was NASA's Project Designation Committee thought Lunar Excursion Module denoted mobility and the thing was quite stationary once it landed on the Moon. They Drooped the word "excursion" changing the abbreviation from LEM to LM.<br /><br />NASA had a book "Origins of NASA Names" published in the mid 1970s. This book is available online at NASA's web site.<br />http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4402/SP-4402.htm<br /><br />

 

[drwayne]

It was a big deal around my house to know the names of equipment, and you better, for darn sure, know what UDMH stood for!<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[dobbins]

I would like to see NASA revert to it's early tradition of using mythical names for the ESAS equipment. The CEV could become Artemis after Apollo's twin sister. The ESAS launchers would also need good names. Uranus for the heavy launcher to continue Von Braun's series of Jupiter then Saturn as names for rockets. Maybe Vulcan for the CEV launcher, a mythical name that would delight the Trekies.<br /><br />

 

[cuddlyrocket]

"The CEV could become Artemis after Apollo's twin sister."<br /><br />Has the benefit of being a female name in these equal-opportunity times - Apollo being an all-male affair. Ideally, you'd want a name that is female and from an ethnic minority (in US terms) background - Apollo also being all-white caucasian.<br /><br />(Above slightly tongue in cheek.)

 

[dobbins]

You can't please everyone, so there is no point in trying. If NASA did return to using mythical names I'm sure there would be some crackpots running around claiming that NASA was promoting Paganism. The best reaction to the Politically Correct from either extreme is to simply tell them "Get a Life".<br /><br />

 

[drwayne]

And<br /><br />"Mom, whats that fishy smell from Wayne's room?"<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

Kinda reminds me of my household growing up, only we didn't know names for propellants. Instead, we knew names for interesting chemicals, and it was my oldest brother's room that tended to have the suspicious smells. (He had a penchant for performing chemistry experiments, particularly ones involving fire in some way. He especially liked setting fire to steel wool. It's a miracle the house never burned down....) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[darkenfast]

Sounds like me. Our old rickety (and very flammable) garage was the neighborhood "laboratory". If it was flammable, we lit it.

 

[juliemac]

My brother and I just told my daughter the stories of actually how little gunpowder is needed to blow a REALLY big hole in the yard.<br />This was a bad thing. She wants to know where to get the stuff...<br />(hey, its been a while, the cops have forgotten, maybe I will teach her <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[vogon13]

Looks similar to the launcher for the Skylab and ASTP mannedd flights.<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[propforce]

I do that too!! Except I play with electrical appliances and often I get electric-shocked!! After some involuntary muscle spasms, it wasn't too bad really <img src="/images/icons/cool.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[propforce]

<font color="yellow">My brother and I just told my daughter the stories of actually how little gunpowder is needed to blow a REALLY big hole in the yard. This was a bad thing. She wants to know where to get the stuff... <br />(hey, its been a while, the cops have forgotten, maybe I will teach her</font><br /><br />A future rocket scientist in the making <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[nacnud]

Sulfur - Check<br /><br />Carcoal - Check<br /><br />Salt Peter - OK whats salt peter, and where do you get it (I know its potassium nitrate I'm just no good at chemistry)