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Apollo LRV (5214 words) |
 | The Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle was one of those sweet pieces of hardware that NASA and its contractors seemed to be able to develop so effortlessly during the short maturity of the Apollo programme. |
| The maximum distance the LRV was permitted to range from the lunar module was approximately 9.7 kilometres (six miles), the distance the crew could safely walk to the LM in the unlikely event of a total LRV failure. |
| An ultraviolet spectrometer measured lunar atmospheric density and composition; an infrared radiometer mapped the thermal characteristics of the moon; and a lunar sounder acquired data on the subsurface structure. |
| Apollo 15 Mission Report Chapter 9 (11090 words) |
| Lunar roving vehicle.- The major hardware innovation for the lunar exploration phase of the Apollo 15 mission was the lunar roving vehicle (fig. |
| The vehicle was statically stable on any slopes encountered and the only problem associated with steep slopes was the tendency of the vehicle to slide downslope when both crewmen were off the vehicle. |
| Handling characteristics of the actual lunar roving vehicle were similar to those of the 1-g trainer with two exceptions: braking requires approximately twice the distance, and steering is not responsive in the 8- to 10-kilometer (4- to 5 1/2-mile) per hour range with hardover control inputs. |
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