lunar roving vehicle

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    Surveyor Lunar Roving Vehicle (Bendix)

    NASAs pre-Apollo program underwent a number of changes as the need to reach the moon before the Russians came to dominate the program. One concept, that was studied and not proceeded with was mounting a small (100lb) rover to a modified Surveyor. It was to be fitted with small scientific...
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    • 1960s apollo program bendix aerospace systems division bendix corporation cold war lunar robots lunar roving vehicle moon nasa nuclear powered vehicles space age space probes space race surveyor program united states
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    Bendix Dual Mode LRV

    During the 1960's one proposal for the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was make it so that after the manned mission was over it could be used as an unmanned rover for further exploration. Here is the final presentation report for the Bendix Version...
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    • 1960s apollo apollo program bendix aerospace systems division bendix corporation cold war general motors grumman lunar robots lunar rover lunar roving vehicle nasa nuclear powered vehicles optionally manned space age space race
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