Art Created BEFORE The Moon Landing Missions Happened! |
You will receive one 8 1/2 inch by 11 inch limited edition numbered fine art print. Your print will have a white border around the image for framing purposes so you will receive a 11 inch by 14 inch size paper. It will fit in a standard 11 x 14 frame or you can cut off the white border to use a standard 8 1/2 x 11 frame. You will also receive an 8 1/2 x 11 red stamped certified copy of the notarized Affidavit of Authenticity signed by the artist James Burns.
Your fine art print is printed on Domtar Lynx® Digital Smooth which is an uncoated 100 pound matt archival acid free paper guaranteed to last and with a true white 96 brightness to faithfully render the original artwork colors. These fine art prints are reproduced using RICOH C7110 X Digital Press which is a high end digital press that reproduces colors with incredible accuracy at near-offset printing quality.
SPECIAL NOTE: Listing photograph is ultra low resolution quality to prevent unauthorized duplication. All art is super crisp and stunning imagery!
PROVENANCE: James Burns work appears on a dedicated page in the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, which is hosted by the NASA History Office. Google search "James Burns NASA"
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About This Concept Art |
| Lunar Communications Remote Unit Thermal Blanket |
1970 India ink drawing to show how the Lunar Communications Relay Unit (LCRU) thermal protection blanket would operate. When the Lunar Rover was in motion, the covers were kept closed to keep dust off the cooling mirrors on the top of the LCRU. When the crew reached a site where the TV broadcast was to be used, they opened the covers and cleaned any accumulated dust off the mirrors to radiate away any excess heat to space. The thermal blanket is configured to allow modification of the thermal control by the amount of radiation surface exposed to deep space. Zero exposure - blanket fully closed, total exposure - blanket fully open and partial exposure - blanket open either 35% or 65% as marked on blanket panels. The LCRU employs a passive thermal control system which comprises three elements as follows: (1) Thermal blanket to insulate the unit from the external environment. (2) Secondary surface radiating mirrors, to reflect undesired solar heat and emit undesired heat generated within the LCRU and (3) Change of phase wax material to absorb excess heat and stabilize unit temperature via an absorption-discharge cycle (melt-freeze mode of wax).
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Moon Man Publishing "Inventing Apollo" The Artwork of James Burns |
This exclusive collection of James Burns artwork reveals the lunar landing and lunar exploration in a way never before seen by the public.
Moon Man Publishing's Founder Alan Scalone's father, Sam Scalone, worked with James Burns at RCA on the Apollo Moon Mission Projects. Sam as one of the mechanical engineers and James as the concept artist worked hand in hand with the engineering team to invent and design the equipment that would ultimately be built and used on the Apollo Moon landing missions and other NASA space programs.
These drawings were used in the top secret meetings where NASA decided to approve or not approve funding to build the equipment seen in the artwork. The outcome of these meetings and James's drawings determined how man would go to the Moon, the equipment they would use, and the very creation of the communications equipment that allowed the world to witness man’s first steps on the Moon.
Concept art created of the actual equipment used on the Moon, drawn BEFORE the equipment was ever even made yet! Extremely rare and unique artwork! |
