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 Reports had it dismantled as scrap. NASA abandoned its claim on it.
Another artifact from the nation's push to explore the moon had
apparently slipped through historians' fingers. Yet six months later,
the mid-1960s Local Scientific Survey Module has appeared at auction
with a stamp of authenticity.
One of many prototypes considered for the rovers that eventually went to the moon
in the Seventies, the LSSM was contracted out to Alabama-based Brown
Engineering in 1965 or 1966 and consisted of little more than a stout
chassis, a swingset-like roll bar, a battery pack, and a motor at each
wheel.
A lunar rover concept goes from trash to treasure.
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Re: Once Sold for Scrap, Lunar Rover Prototype Now Could Sell for $150,000
