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Dr. Max Faget's prototype models and space hardware Includes:
12 – 21 July 2021, 16:00 PDT
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Dr. Max Faget's prototype models and space hardware
Includes:
1. Booster rocket cluster model – A 5-inch tall, 4-inch wide quad rocket booster attached to a truss assembly on the top.
2. Spacecraft pods – Two 3-inch long, 2-inch wide white spacecraft equipment/engine pods.
3. Rocket stage/tank models – Five cylinder-shaped rocket stage blocks made from solid wood, painted white. Sizes range from 4 to 7 ½ inches tall and from 1 to 3 inches in diameter. Each have their full-scale sizing written in pencil at the top with the largest block reading: "22 x 60" (feet) in size and "50,000" (pounds).
4. Space truss assembly – Triangular prototype truss make of tinted Lucite, 4 ½ by 4 inches. A 3-inch removable brass rod can be inserted a each triangle point.
5. Red valve assembly – a 2 ¾ inch long valve with a somewhat worn identification number of "TOB18052_2" along the upper center circular edge. Program use uncertain.
6. Metal plate – 3 ½ by 2 inches with two etched patterns. One is circular with four geometric shapes and one with a slanted "Y" shaped cut.
7. Wiring structure – A 3 by 2 inch aluminum housing containing a 3 ½ inch heavy gray wire at the center. Labeled " Lockheed Super-Zip."
8. Spacecraft / Space Shuttle thermal protection tiles – a group of 5 various protoype tiles with sizes varying from three inches square to 6 by 2 by 2 inches which is mounted on 12 by 8-inch aluminum test bracket. Outer coatings vary from green to gray to black, most having white base material. One has a red "sponge type" material mounted to a ribbed aluminum base.
Provenance: From the Estate of Max Faget.
Dr. Maxime "Max" A. Faget (1921–2004) received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Louisiana State University in 1943, then served as a U.S. Navy submarine officer in the South Pacific during World War II. After the war, he joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1946. When NACA became NASA in 1958, he was heavily involved in Project Mercury as the lead spacecraft designer and developed the concept for the Mercury escape rocket which was later applied during the Apollo Program. His next work was in the development of the Space Shuttle during the very late 1960's and early 1970's. During his career he wrote or co-author dozens of technical papers and books on many topics relating to aircraft, rocketry, spacecraft design and reentry. Dr. Faget retired from NASA in 1981.
1. Booster rocket cluster model – A 5-inch tall, 4-inch wide quad rocket booster attached to a truss assembly on the top.
2. Spacecraft pods – Two 3-inch long, 2-inch wide white spacecraft equipment/engine pods.
3. Rocket stage/tank models – Five cylinder-shaped rocket stage blocks made from solid wood, painted white. Sizes range from 4 to 7 ½ inches tall and from 1 to 3 inches in diameter. Each have their full-scale sizing written in pencil at the top with the largest block reading: "22 x 60" (feet) in size and "50,000" (pounds).
4. Space truss assembly – Triangular prototype truss make of tinted Lucite, 4 ½ by 4 inches. A 3-inch removable brass rod can be inserted a each triangle point.
5. Red valve assembly – a 2 ¾ inch long valve with a somewhat worn identification number of "TOB18052_2" along the upper center circular edge. Program use uncertain.
6. Metal plate – 3 ½ by 2 inches with two etched patterns. One is circular with four geometric shapes and one with a slanted "Y" shaped cut.
7. Wiring structure – A 3 by 2 inch aluminum housing containing a 3 ½ inch heavy gray wire at the center. Labeled " Lockheed Super-Zip."
8. Spacecraft / Space Shuttle thermal protection tiles – a group of 5 various protoype tiles with sizes varying from three inches square to 6 by 2 by 2 inches which is mounted on 12 by 8-inch aluminum test bracket. Outer coatings vary from green to gray to black, most having white base material. One has a red "sponge type" material mounted to a ribbed aluminum base.
Provenance: From the Estate of Max Faget.
Dr. Maxime "Max" A. Faget (1921–2004) received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Louisiana State University in 1943, then served as a U.S. Navy submarine officer in the South Pacific during World War II. After the war, he joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1946. When NACA became NASA in 1958, he was heavily involved in Project Mercury as the lead spacecraft designer and developed the concept for the Mercury escape rocket which was later applied during the Apollo Program. His next work was in the development of the Space Shuttle during the very late 1960's and early 1970's. During his career he wrote or co-author dozens of technical papers and books on many topics relating to aircraft, rocketry, spacecraft design and reentry. Dr. Faget retired from NASA in 1981.