Ferenc Pavlics’ original 1/6 scale Lunar Roving Vehicle model, which he drove across the floor of Dr. Wernher von Braun’s Huntsville office. The model LRV is folded
(right photo) to demonstrate how the full-size Rover could fit into the available space in the Lunar Module descent stage. Credit: David Clow
back with the lives of Dave Scott and
Jim Irwin riding on it. The accelerated
timeline was:
• May, 1968: GMDRL becomes
AC-Electronics Defense Research
Laboratories (AC-DRL).
• June, 1968: AC-E Defense
Research Laboratory proposes
packaging a disposable vehicle
on the LM that can meet all the
requirements and stay under
weight constraints.
• May 23, 1969: NASA commits to
the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV).
• June, 1969: Saviero Morea is put
in charge of the Lunar Roving
Vehicle Project Office at Marshall
Space Flight Center in Huntsville.
• July 11, 1969: Morea’s offic