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I like the way NASA said they had built 3 Lunar Rovers, one for Apollo 15, one for 16 and one for 17, then when it was pointed out to them that they had a Lunar Rover on display, they said " Oh yes, we built that one to serve as spares for the others ". So was it 3, 4, or in reality only the one which never left the Earth in the first place
I have no idea where, it was something which I have read over the years, Boeing changed the story as well, from 3 to 4 and stated that they were built at the same time, although NASA have since said that the Apollo 17 Lunar Rover was a big leap forward, allowing much more reliability. It supposedly allowed about a 35% increase in distance, 30% driving time, 70 plus % traverse, also about a claimed 6 hours extra drive time, even though they were claimed to have had an actual travel time of 4 hours and 26 mins in total.
Originally posted by choos
reply to post by Qwenn
i think you are misreading.. it was built for apollo 18, however after apollo 18 was cancelled due to budget cuts, it was than designated for spare parts.
and yes, there were 8 non-flight models for testing purposes.edit on 8-5-2012 by choos because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by DJW001
reply to post by Qwenn
I have no idea where, it was something which I have read over the years, Boeing changed the story as well, from 3 to 4 and stated that they were built at the same time, although NASA have since said that the Apollo 17 Lunar Rover was a big leap forward, allowing much more reliability. It supposedly allowed about a 35% increase in distance, 30% driving time, 70 plus % traverse, also about a claimed 6 hours extra drive time, even though they were claimed to have had an actual travel time of 4 hours and 26 mins in total.
Since you have no idea where you read it, I submit that you are mis-remembering. It is your memory that keeps changing the story, not Boeing.
Boeing began building the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) at the Kent, Wash., facility in 1969, and the first vehicle was delivered just 17 months after the contract was signed.
Following three months of proposal evaluation and negotiations, Boeing was selected as the Apollo LRV prime contractor on 28 October 1969.
Originally posted by choos
reply to post by Qwenn
i have more than one account?? no wonder you believe in the moon landing hoax, you dont research anything.
and you also have the habit of believing everything from NASA is a lie. but you fail to realise how complex faking the moon landing would be, and how complex a fake saturn rocket would have been and how complex it would be to launch it into orbit..
you dont research you dont understand engineering at all. so you dont understand how they were able to get to the moon and the problems the had to overcome nor how, because you dont understand you have to deny it.