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Apollo 12: The "Magic" Is Already Over...

APOLLO 12 AS 12-46-6785 HR-1.jpgAS 12-46-6785 - Alan Bean, RTG pack, LM and...the Blue Flare! (HR)122 visiteAlan Bean has placed the RTG package on the ground. Note the cooling fins on the RTG. Note the pull rings on the edge closest to Al. These pull rings are used to release "pip pins" with which some pieces of equipment are attached to the RTG pallet. The light-colored piece of gear that is attached to the part of the RTG pallet that is on top in this picture is the SIDE (Suprathermal Ion Detection Experiment). Note the deployment rail and pulleys extending out from the SEQ bay above the upper ends of the lanyards. The distinctive ring-shaped top of the fuel cask can be seen behind the left-hand SEQ bay door. The landing radar is under the SEQ Bay directly beneath the partition separating the 2 ALSEP compartments. The shield that protects the radar from descent engine exhaust is farther to the right. (...)

Cerchiatura Rossa: una Lucina Blu che ci ricorda, davvero molto da vicino, la Blue Flare che apparve in alcuni (storici) frames Apollo 14. Siamo in attesa di ricevere il frame originale e non compresso per verificare un pò meglio ma, già da adesso, ci sentiamo di poter dire che quello Star-like Object non sembra un photo-artifact. E se non lo fosse, allora dovremmo chiederci "chi" o "che cosa" sta osservando quello che stanno facendo i Ragazzi dell'Intrepid...

APOLLO 12 AS 12-46-6785.jpgAS 12-46-6785 - The RTG Package132 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Al has placed the RTG package on the ground. Note the cooling fins on the RTG. Note the pull rings on the edge closest to Al. These pull rings are used to release 'pip pins' with which some pieces of equipment are attached to the RTG pallet. The light-colored piece of gear that is attached to the part of the RTG pallet that is on top in this picture is the SIDE (Suprathermal Ion Detection Experiment). Note the deployment rail and pulleys extending out from the SEQ bay above the upper ends of the lanyards. The distinctive ring-shaped top of the fuel cask can be seen behind the left-hand SEQ bay door. Note the saddlebag on Al's left hip and note, also, that Pete's shadow shows that he is wearing one too".

APOLLO 12 AS 12-46-6786.jpgAS 12-46-6786 - The RTG Package129 visiteCaption NASA originale:"At about 116:40:44 (MCT-->Mission Clock Time), Al is pivoting the RTG fuel cask into the horizontal position. The graphite-lined cask contains a plutonium fuel element and was designed to protect the element in the event of a launch abort and re-entry. Once he has the cask lowered, Al will use a special tool to remove the protective dome on the cask and then to remove the fuel element for placement in the RTG. Note that the SEQ bay doors are closed. The object just beyond Al is the Handtool Carrier which he took out of the SEQ bay after the RTG package".

APOLLO 12 AS 12-46-6787.jpgAS 12-46-6787 - The RTG package130 visiteCaption NASA originale:"At about 116:43:02 MCT, Al is using the dome removal tool. The fuel element's temperature is at about 1500° and even the dome is hot enough that Al wants to avoid touching it. The RTG is the dark object at his right. The Handtool Carrier (HTC) is at his left with the hammer sticking up out of the corner nearest the camera.
The foreground object at the lower right is ALSEP Package 1, the one that Pete off-loaded. Note that Pete has removed the SIDE from the RTG pallet. It was attached on the side which is now facing the right edge of the picture. Pete took the SIDE off the RTG package at 116:41:29. Note that the Universal Handling Tool (UHT) is sticking out of the right side of the base of the RTG pallet. Pete used the UHT to release a Boyd Bolt that was holding the SIDE on".

APOLLO 12 AS 12-46-6788.jpgAS 12-46-6788 - The RTG package126 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Al is putting aside the dome that he has just removed from the fuel cask".

APOLLO 12 AS 12-46-6789.jpgAS 12-46-6789 - The RTG package121 visiteCaption NASA originale:"At 116:43:38 MCT Al has inserted the fuel element extraction tool. The dome is beyond his left leg, beneath the minus-Y (south) strut. We can also see the Handtool Carrier and the RTG. Pete took this photo from up-Sun of Al.
Photo AS12-48-7034 gives us another view of the dome".

APOLLO 12 AS 12-46-6791.jpgAS 12-46-6791 - The RTG package131 visiteCaption NASA originale:"At about 116:50:59 MCT, Al is attaching the RTG package to the carrybar which will later serve as the Central Station antenna mast".

APOLLO 12 AS 12-46-6792.jpgAS 12-46-6792 - The RTG package133 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Al is attaching the RTG package to the carrybar. Note the dirt that has gotten on the bottom of the RTG pallet - the surface facing the camera".

APOLLO 12 AS 12-46-6793 HR-1.jpgAS 12-46-6793 - The "Larger Mound" (HR)105 visiteOriginal caption:"At about 116:55:53 MT, Pete Conrad took this down-Sun of the larger of the two mounds near the ALSEP deployment site.
We can see in Pete's shadow that he is using a UHT to carry the SIDE subpallet".

APOLLO 12 AS 12-46-6793.jpgAS 12-46-6793 - A very strange mound (1)194 visiteUna prima immagine di una possibile struttura superficiale "anomala". Perchè "anomala"? Per la (quantomeno apparente) esistenza di simmetrie bilaterali, decisamente chiare in questa immagine scattata da una distanza di circa 20/25 metri (forse anche qualcosa di più...) dal target. Un lato della "collinetta" appare leggermente più liscio dell'altro. Ma siamo ancora troppo lontani per avanzare ipotesi. Avviciniamoci ancora un poco...

APOLLO 12 AS 12-46-6794.jpgAS 12-46-6794 - A very strange mound (2)191 visite...adesso siamo a circa 7 metri dal target. Da questo angolo visuale, la struttura che ci troviamo davanti non sembra davvero un'opera della Natura: la simmetria esistente fra i due lati corti di questa sorta di tumulo di pietra sembra evidente e tale configurazione non deve essere sfuggita neppure ai due astronauti (Bean e Conrad) i quali, dopo essersi ulteriormente avvicinati, scatteranno - da svariati angoli visuali e da diverse distanze - un numero davvero elevato di fotografie...

APOLLO 12 AS 12-46-6794.jpgAS 12-46-6794 - The "Lunar Mound"161 visiteAs Pete Conrad got closer to the larger mound, he took a stereopair, starting with this frame.

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