Cambo, do you still think that you need blueprints to to show that the Lunar Rover could be carried on the LM and unfolded? If so, why?
Of course not, although it would have been yet another big challenge to fly and land for the first time, with the extra weight on one side
Almost missed this one. Notice how cambo has deftly tapdanced away from his previous contentions?
There is one set of evidence that would be irrefutable proof that these incredible achievements were at least possible, and that’s the plans on how to build the Saturn V rocket, the Lunar Lander and even the Lunar Rover.
Here cambo states that examining Saturn and Rover blueprints would
prove to him that the Apollo program was at least possible. When asked how he could determine this by examining the blueprints, he says:
I couldn’t possibly answer that question until I saw them. I know what the plans are for and what these contraptions are meant to do, so who knows, I may be capable of proving to myself that at least the Rover could possibly fold up inside the Landers trunk and then unfold into a functional moon buggy.
That's right; cambo thought it went
inside the Descent Stage, showing that he had no real idea how the LM was constructed. But I digress.
This quote indicates that he has doubts that the LRV could be attached to the Descent Stage and unfolded on the Moon, as advertised. When shown video that the Rover could be
seen being deployed, no blueprints necessary, he goes:
And? We all know it was built to unfold, but I need the plans to show how it was constructed, in order to fold and unfold. Not just a set of diagrams showing where all the bits went, you get that sort of thing in a flat pack from a furniture store.
He now admits that the Rover can unfold, but
still needs to see the blueprints so he can see how. Why? You don't need to see blueprints of an umbrella to prove it can unfold - just open it. He then goes silent on the subject. When I prod him for an answer:
Cambo, do you still think that you need blueprints to to show that the Lunar Rover could be carried on the LM and unfolded? If so, why?
He pretends that Rover deployment was never an issue:
Of course not, although it would have been yet another big challenge to fly and land for the first time, with the extra weight on one side
And handwaves away the deployment thing, and says that his actual concern was the weight load and balance problems that flying with a LRV attached to the LM would cause, even though aerospace designers and flight engineers have had to deal with balance issues since the birth of aviation.
I've noticed this tactic of his in other replies - backing away from his contentions while hoping no one notices, and pretending that what he was vociferously arguing in a previous post was not the real issue. I just thought I'd point this out.
