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- From: BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: MOL (was Re: Terminal Velocity of DCX? (was Re: Shuttle
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 20:16:41 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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- >No, this guy was quite serious. he said that something called "Apollo
- >Telescope Mount" was the SOn of MOL. It was my mistaken assumption that
- >that meant it had been recycled into the ASTP. Dennis newkirk and i
- >have exchanged e-mail on this. I am wondering if he was referring
- >to the astronomical section of SKYLAB? he was dead serious about
- >this part, i dont think he was having a go with me.
- >
- >Henry, do you think this was the case? he implied that it had been
- >transmorged, but that it still had a lot of MOL-like systems and fixtures.
- >
- >pat
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- The SkyLab Apollo Telescope Mount looked nothing like an MOL, in size
- shape or function. In fact, early SkyLab drawings showed a converted
- Lunar Module serving as the ATM. I think the flight article was a
- one-of-a-kind NASA design unrelated to MOL. Some instruments aboard
- may have had their origin in MOL, but ATM was a solar telescope, so
- what did MOL donate to it?
-
- -Brian
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