Plan for the Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Science Project

1969 May 9 - Nation: USA.

Plan for the Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Science Project Program: Apollo. Spacecraft: Apollo ALSEP. Flight: Apollo 15.
MSC forwarded a plan for the Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Science Project to NASA Hq.
The plan provided for replacement of the ALSEP Array A-2 central station and lunar geological equipment, along with rework of the Passive Seismic Experiment. Total cost of the project was estimated at $6.7 million excluding the cost of surveying instrument and instrument staff. With a May 15 go-ahead, delivery could be made by one year from that date. Apollo Program Director Samuel C. Phillips in a message to MSC Director Robert R. Gilruth approved the plan, saying that a June 1, 1970, delivery of the array would be acceptable and requesting procurement action leading to a definitive Bendix contract be submitted by June 20, 1969.
Bibliography:
- Ertel , Ivan D; Morse , Mary Louise; et al, The Apollo Spacecraft Chronology Vol I - IV NASA SP-4009, NASA, 1966-1974. Web Address when accessed: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4009/cover.htm.

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