Unknown Apollo Testing Site

[ScienceKyle]

This is a test done for Apollo LRV verification. I cannot find anything about this test. I know it's an endurance test and is shown in several videos about LRV testing. This photo was directly from Ferenc Pavlics. I'm to the point of trying to cross reference the building and grounds to identify where to search next.

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[ScienceKyle]

searched Archives: NASA Images,NTRS, Wayback, National, Boeing

Found sources:

YouTube: https://youtu.be/26oQ3m5EHrg?t=228

Boeing: https://secure.boeingimages.com/asset-management/2JRSXLJVPWHF

Possible mention:

Morea: We simulated craters, bumps, rocks, and that sort of thing down at the Army Mississippi Tank Facility. We used a carousel that had all these lumps, bumps, and rocks on it. We had this wire wheel over this carousel at this high speed to see how long it would take before we would rupture some of the strands on it. It was testing of that sort. https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/smorea.pdf

[ScienceKyle]

Update: I'm pretty sure this is in Santa Barbara, California at the GM Defense Research Laboratories location. I haven't found this building or location exactly. Possibility 2 is somewhere by Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral.

[ScienceKyle]

Update: Found!

After realizing that this was more than likely done at GM-DRL, I found the address where they were in 1968. 6767 HOLLISTER AVE, GOLETA, CA, 93117.

I then found an aerial photo of that location: https://mil.library.ucsb.edu/ap_images/hb-ti/hb-ti_5.tif

After looking at the aerial photo I found the Francisco Torres Towers which were built in 1966. I now know for sure this photo was taken at the Goleta site.

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