Tag: LEM

The Greatest Spacecraft Never Built? The Space Tug

Nixon Wakes Up NASA in the Middle of a Dream   How often is it that we talk about the “golden era” of something? Generally, that tends to infer that the best of something is behind us. It doesn’t mean that great things won’t, or can’t be accomplished in...

The Lunar Modules That Were Built But Never Flown

In November of 1962, the Grumman company headquartered in Bethpage,  New York  won the contract to build the Lunar Module that first carried American astronauts to the Moon. Grumman, a well known defense contractor famous for navy fighter aircraft wanted to be a part of the coming race to space, but they...

The Art of Imitating Life

This past weekend I ventured down to the Kennedy Space Center to catch the annual airshow on the grounds of the space center complex. While there I took the time to catch the 3D IMAX film “Magnificent Desolation”. When I had first seen this movie several years ago needless...