Chevrolet Captiva Moonlander commemorates the first moon-landing mission

Farhrmitgas.de created Moonlander, a model commemorating the 40th anniversary of the first moon-landing mission on July 20, 1969. Fahrmitgas, the official supplier of LPG systems for Chevrolet since 2004, creates from time to time individual concepts for special models or occasions.

The Moonlander, which is based on the Chevrolet Captiva, is equipped with a dual-mode engine that operates either on gasoline or LPG. In LPG mode, the Moonlander achieves fuel-cost savings of more than 50%. The Moonlander comes in two versions: a 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine with 136 hp/100 kW with front wheel drive and the 3.2-liter V6 with 230 hp/169 kW and a maximum torque of 297 Nm (219 ft-lb).
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bfghemicuda - 7/21/2009 8:38:37 PM

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Without the brave american astronauts it would have not happened. And check tangos list. this should put it into perspective. i have to say the germans did give us rocket technology for the mercury project.

tango - 7/21/2009 4:55:28 PM

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Japanese technology? Really? Let's look at the list and see...

Motorola: American, radios
Plantronics: American, headsets and microphones
Kodak: American, film
Hasselblad: Swedish, still cameras
Maurer: American, still cameras
Westinghouse: American, video cameras
Boeing: American, stage 1 rocket engines
North American Aviation: American, stage 2 rocket engines
Douglas Aircraft: American, stage 3 rocket engines
IBM: American, instrument systems
Omega: Swiss, watches
Grumman: American, landing vehicle (The Eagle)
Bell Aerospace: American, landing vehicle ascent engines
Hamilton Standard: American, environmental control systems
Marquardt Corporation: American, reaction control systems
Rocketdyne: American, landing vehicle descent engines
MIT Instrument Laboratory: American, landing vehicle guidance systems
Raytheon: American, primary guidance computer
TRW: American, backup guidance computer

There were other contractors for sure...but I've just listed the major bits and pieces...errr...not a single Japanese in there. Remember, oh Learned One, that the Japanese didn't get their electronics or their reliability act together until the late 70s. Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969. A good way before the Japanese even perfected the lightbulb. Bear in mind also, that of all the First World countries, the Japanese space programme has been the least reliable.

thstone - 7/21/2009 7:26:49 PM

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How could that vehicle ever be considered a good idea? And then people wonder why Neil Armstrong wants nothing to do with ... people.

bfghemicuda - 7/21/2009 8:44:16 PM

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GM built the lunar rover . It will be interesting to see the old debris when we go back with the aries program.

bfghemicuda - 7/22/2009 10:08:29 AM

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In the early 1940s all three manufactures stopped auto production and built military vehicles