May 112009
 

The “Secret Projects Forum” has been dead for about a day now; cause unknown. Hopefully it’s just a glitch that’ll be fixed and the forum put back up and running.

In the meantime… please to enjoy the “MOLEM,”  a 1966 Grumman/Bendix study for a ground-mobile  Lunar Module Truck. The MOLEM would be landed on the lunar surface atop a LM descent/lander stage, and would replace the ascent stage. If you think it’s odd looking, the MOCOM, with a mobile Command Module, is even odder (yeah, I’ll probably post it before too long).

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 Posted by at 8:27 pm

  6 Responses to “They see LEM rollin’; they hatin’”

  1. Some jerk hacked the secret projects forum. The admin assures that the data and posts are in tact and the web site will return.

    Thanks for posting the MOLEM. This is the first that I have seen of this Grumman/Bendix concept. Alas, if only we had gotten the Apollo Application Program and the Space Task Group missions. Sigh.

  2. > Some jerk hacked the secret projects forum.

    Yeah, I saw that.

  3. “Some jerk hacked the secret projects forum.

    Yeah, I saw that.”

    Some Illuminati “jerk” no doubt.
    Watch my movie… okay, it’s not as good as “Star Trek”, but I can guarantee you it beats the hell out of “Wolverine”.

    Tommy

  4. gotta ask… how do they get the MOLEM off the descent stage??

  5. […] A 1966 Grumman concept for a long duration Lunar rover based on Lunar Module equipment, namely the crew compartment. Specifically, the cabin was from a Lunar Model derivative “lunar Shelter,” designed to land on the moon, but not to lift off again. By removing the rocket engine, propellant and other associated systems, a great deal of internal volume and payload mass would be made available. By mounting the cabin to a chassis with four wheels and 8 kilowatts of fuel cells, the MOLEM could provide a mobile shelter for two men for 14 days, permitting a total range of 250 nautical miles. Two 50 watt RTGS would be provided to power the MOLEM for up to 3 months after unmanned landing and the arrival of a crew. Other MOLEM drawings are HERE. […]

  6. […] A 1966 Grumman concept for a long duration Lunar rover based on Lunar Module equipment, namely the crew compartment. Specifically, the cabin was from a Lunar Model derivative “lunar Shelter,” designed to land on the moon, but not to lift off again. By removing the rocket engine, propellant and other associated systems, a great deal of internal volume and payload mass would be made available. By mounting the cabin to a chassis with four wheels and 8 kilowatts of fuel cells, the MOLEM could provide a mobile shelter for two men for 14 days, permitting a total range of 250 nautical miles. Two 50 watt RTGS would be provided to power the MOLEM for up to 3 months after unmanned landing and the arrival of a crew. Other MOLEM drawings are HERE. […]

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