Photo Anomalies

[bknight]

See? Randi 1M dollar challenge accepted, LOL.

I thought it was heawe(?) and for 1B?

[Allan F]

Heiwa (Anders Björkman) and 1 million euro.

[bknight]

Heiwa (Anders Björkman) and 1 million euro.

That's him, I only found out who he was this past week from smartcookie.

[Abaddon]

Heiwa (Anders Björkman) and 1 million euro.

That's him, I only found out who he was this past week from smartcookie.

Really? Treat in store for you then. Heiwa is quite a piece of work. Buys a ban wherever he goes, even crank sites.

[bknight]

Heiwa (Anders Björkman) and 1 million euro.

That's him, I only found out who he was this past week from smartcookie.

Really? Treat in store for you then. Heiwa is quite a piece of work. Buys a ban wherever he goes, even crank sites.

Judging from his website, there isn't much that man has done that isn't a hoax.  So I believe you to be correct, what a rube.

[smartcooky]

Ok, so this is not exactly a photo anomaly (but I am going to post images ).


   

On the CSM there is a docking mechanism (arrowed) which connects to the LM via the top hatch behind the rendezvous radar antenna (arrowed)

Now this really might turn out to be a dumb question, but how do the astronauts get past this piece of equipment to move between the CM and the LM? I haven't found a diagram that shows this clearly enough.

Is it attached to the forward hatch door so that it somehow gets removed or swung out of the way?

[grmcdorman]

It's the docking probe; it gets removed (as a separate piece of equipment), as I recall. Others will be by soon to explain in much more detail.

[bknight]

It is a docking probe within the forward hatch, opening and removed inward toward the CSM.

Here is link to an image http://historicspacecraft.com/Apollo_Capsules.html

The lander probably had a similar door that was opened and removed into the the lander, but I haven't found that part yet.  I'm just remembering videos of the astronauts moving through the area and saw no "open door"

[raven]

The lander probably had a similar door that was opened and removed into the the lander, but I haven't found that part yet.  I'm just remembering videos of the astronauts moving through the area and saw no "open door"

Would this be it? Found here.

[bknight]

The lander probably had a similar door that was opened and removed into the the lander, but I haven't found that part yet.  I'm just remembering videos of the astronauts moving through the area and saw no "open door"

Would this be it? Found here.

You  found it way before I started looking, catching up with other tasks. 

[smartcooky]

Excellent guys. Thanks!

[Count Zero]

IIRC, one of the Apollo 11 TV transmissions on the way to the moon showed Mike Collins removing the docking mechanism and opening the tunnel.  Couldn't find it in a quick Youtube search.  Maybe someone else knows where it is.

[bknight]

I was just remembering that two of the missions AS14 and AS17 had docking problems.  AS14 was more severe and I don't know if NASA ever figured out why the latching mechanism didn't perform as expected.  AS17 had Cernan open the hatch and manually lock a number of the latches manually, before the LM was retrieved from third stage.

I find it fascinating that so many little problems cropped up during the missions and through ingenuity and luck of ground control/crew all were overcome.

[grmcdorman]

... which gives the lie to HB claims that they were "perfect". None were; some were worse than others (ignore A13, of course, which is in its own category).

[ka9q]

Ah, but you see NASA manufactured those "glitches" just to keep everybody from getting bored...