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I was just looking at the Apogee website, at the Apollo capsule kit (here), and saw that they referred to it as also being known as the "boost protect shield." I had never heard of this, so I looked it up.
This search led me to this early illustration:
So, my question is, was there really a cone-shaped shield that went over the entire CM and was jettisoned it orbit along with the LES? Or was this just a concept drawing that was never used on the spacecraft?
It would certainly explain why all the pictures of Saturn Vs sitting on the pad show the CM being white, and all the pictures of the spacecraft orbiting the moon show the CM being silver...
Thanks!
This search led me to this early illustration:
So, my question is, was there really a cone-shaped shield that went over the entire CM and was jettisoned it orbit along with the LES? Or was this just a concept drawing that was never used on the spacecraft?
It would certainly explain why all the pictures of Saturn Vs sitting on the pad show the CM being white, and all the pictures of the spacecraft orbiting the moon show the CM being silver...
Thanks!