{"id":102903,"date":"2019-07-20T19:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revolution.watch\/?p=102903"},"modified":"2019-07-20T19:00:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T11:00:04","slug":"moon-germs-and-airstreams-part-in-saving-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revolutionwatch.com\/moon-germs-and-airstreams-part-in-saving-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Moon Germs and Airstream\u2019s Part in Saving the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I stepped through the door of the 1960s shiny, aluminum trailer. It was one of four custom Airstreams modified for NASA\u2019s Apollo astronauts. Its purpose was simple: quarantine the crew when they returned from the Moon, so an unknown germ didn\u2019t kill everyone on\u00a0the planet. <\/p>\n

The Airstream I was standing in was the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) used for one of those missions. It was a tight fit inside but that didn\u2019t bother me. Besides, if it was good enough for astronauts in 1969, then\u00a0it\u2019s good enough for me.<\/p>\n

While NASA landed twice on the Moon in 1969, the book Andromeda Strain was on the New York Times\u2019 best seller list for fiction. Michael Crichton\u2019s story was about a fallen military satellite that somehow brought\u00a0a space germ to Earth and killed the population of an entire town. The book imagined a team as it raced to identify the microbe, understand how\u00a0it worked, and contain\u00a0its spread.\u00a0In the book, there\u00a0was\u00a0a\u00a0plan\u00a0for the\u00a0possibility.<\/p>\n

Some wondered if an organism from the Moon could really make its way back to us.<\/p>\n

To prevent this possibility, the Interagency Committee on Back Contamination was formed in 1966, years before the Moon landing. The Committee was given authority to review and approve NASA\u2019s procedures ensuring a returning crew from the Moon didn\u2019t accidentally bring home a similar pathogen.<\/p>\n

The development took years to create and NASA\u2019s procedures for containment required a way to\u00a0move them from the Pacific landing site to Houston. Someone\u00a0thought\u00a0an Airstream would meet that need.<\/p>\n

Airstream is an iconic American brand born from aluminum aircraft designs of the 1930s. Wally Byam, Airstream\u2019s founder, was a marketing genius who sold a vision. \u201cSee the world at your doorstep\u201d is what the advertisement promised on the back of\u00a0the 1960s National\u00a0Geographic. <\/p>\n

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Airstream parked in front of the landmark Atomium, which was built for the Brussels World\u2019s Fair in 1958. Airstream\u2019s founder, Wally Byam, led international caravans across Europe, South America and Africa in the 1950s. It was equal parts marketing and exploration of a post-war world. Credit: Reproduced with permission by Airstream, Inc.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The design and promise may have been why I bought my own 1968 Airstream. My wife and I wanted a way to connect to our young kids and get away to the mountains. Some might\u2019ve called it a quarantine too. I called it\u00a0fun.<\/p>\n

When I found a NASA Airstream a few hours from my home, who would\u2019ve guessed that my worlds would collide. My Airstream-loving, space-geekiness, and watch-nerdery converged in Huntsville, Alabama.<\/p>\n

At first glance, Huntsville, Alabama seems an unlikely place for the US Space and Rocket Center and its collection of NASA history. I\u00a0turned\u00a0onto Tranquility Base Road\u00a0to\u00a0see MQF-002, NASA\u2019s name for the Airstream that served as the Apollo 12 quarantine trailer. It\u2019s like the other Airstreams but this one sits under a 363\u2019 Saturn V rocket and across the hall from a lunar rover with a massive\u00a0Omega\u00a0Speedmaster\u00a0overhead.<\/p>\n

So how did this quarantine work? It was NASA\u2019s task to establish step-by-step procedures keeping the\u00a0crew safe and maintaining complete biological isolation for 21\u00a0days. Three\u00a0of those days would be lived inside the Airstream MQF as the crew got out of the floating Command Module in the Pacific until they got into the Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL) in\u00a0Houston.<\/p>\n

For Apollo 11, the crew was pulled out of the Pacific by helicopter and taken to the deck of the USS Hornet. Instead of handshakes, the helicopter was lowered to the cargo bay where the\u00a0crew waved and walked directly into the Airstream MQF.
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President Richard M. Nixon was in the Pacific Ocean recovery zone to welcome the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the U.S.S. Hornet. Already confined to the Mobile Quarantine Facility are (left to right) Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. (Image: NASA)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The crew wore Biological Isolation Garments, or BIGs, that allowed them to breath in fresh air, but exhale filtered air. The Airstream worked the same way. It maintained its isolation by maintaining negative pressure inside the trailer that allowed air to come in but only exit through advanced biological filters.<\/p>\n

All these procedures needed more than one person to support it, so two people joined the crew inside the MQF for Apollo 11. Flight Surgeon Dr. William Carpentier was there to monitor their health, and NASA engineer John Hirasaki oversaw the operation of the MQF\u2019s systems and all post-flight activities inside the Columbia.<\/p>\n

Hirasaki recalled in an oral history project for NASA that \u201cthey asked for volunteers to act as the recovery engineer that would be quarantined with the crew,\u201d he said. \u201cThey said they would prefer you not to have a lot of family commitments so young engineers were the usual suspects. There were four of us who said, \u2018I\u2019ll do it.\u2019\u201d
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A rare look of the MQF during its construction in the Airstream Ohio plant just 15 miles from Neil Armstrong\u2019s birthplace. The key modifications included redundant systems for ventilation, power, air, plumbing and its foundation frame, which had to be modified to be carried and secured to its transportation vehicles. (Image: Reproduced with permission by Airstream, Inc.)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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A rare look of the MQF during its construction in the Airstream Ohio plant just 15 miles from Neil Armstrong\u2019s birthplace. The key modifications included redundant systems for ventilation, power, air, plumbing and its foundation frame, which had to be modified to be carried and secured to its transportation vehicles. (Image: Reproduced with permission by Airstream, Inc.)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Hirasaki was responsible for ensuring the Command Module was decommissioned too. This meant moving objects between it and the Airstream through a plastic tunnel called the Decontamination Transfer Lock. This tunnel was NASA\u2019s way of allowing the astronauts to retrieve mission and personal effects from the Columbia while maintaining the quarantine.<\/p>\n

As Hirasaki worked on the Columbia, he also maintained the MQF,\u00a0ensuring that it was safe for the crew and those around it.<\/p>\n

The Airstream interior relied on a typical trailer design with a bathroom in the back, six bunk beds in the middle, a kitchen area with\u00a0a\u00a0microwave and a lounge area in front. The microwave was a\u00a0big\u00a0deal at the time as it was one of the earliest examples. The table\u00a0in\u00a0the lounge area was a place for the crew to work but\u00a0it\u00a0could\u00a0also\u00a0be a medical exam table.
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The US Space and Rocket Center (USSRC) is home to one of the three MQF built by Airstream. Inside the MQF are the bunk beds used for the crew for their nearly three days in confinement<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Our camping trips with our kids are close times with few distractions and hours talking. I imagine that\u2019s how the crew, Carpentier and Hirasaki spent their time. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was interesting talking with the crew just on the off-times,\u201d Hirasaki said. \u201cBecause we\u2019re just all sitting around chatting about, \u2018What was it like to go to the Moon and back?\u2019 I really think they wanted to share it with the world, the experience, the uniqueness of\u00a0the\u00a0adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n

During this three-day transfer, there was a lot of work to be done\u00a0too, including post-flight paperwork, debriefings, along with daily physicals and catching up on the news. <\/p>\n

The original requirements for the MQF design stipulated key\u00a0features to maintain the biological isolation and overall safety. It\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0need wheels since it would require a locking infrastructure to\u00a0attach it to the ship, plane and towing vehicle. It also needed seat belts in the bunks and chairs since it would be moving the entire time,\u00a0along with room to contain the trash, waste water and\u00a0sewage\u00a0needed for the quarantine.
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In this photo taken at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the inhabited MQF is prepared for loading into an Air Force C-141 jet transport for the flight back to Ellington Air Force Base in Texas. (Image: NASA)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The Airstream MQFs were used for Apollo 11, 12, and 14. Since Apollo 13 never landed on the moon, it wasn\u2019t used, and that Airstream\u2019s whereabouts is unknown. It reminds me of Buzz Aldrin\u2019s Omega Speedmaster. It is believed to have been lost in transit to the Smithsonian where Neil Armstrong\u2019s reference ST105.012 is on display. These watches include a Caliber 321 movement which is the same inside Michael Collin\u2019s reference ST145.012. <\/div><\/div><\/div>
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On display at the USSRC are other objects including an original Apollo 11 Countdown Binder used by the father of George Bester Jr., who proudly loaned it to the USSRC. Bester is wearing an Omega Speedmaster ST105.012 courtesy of Levy\u2019s Fine Jewelry in Birmingham, Al. (Photo by author)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

This year the world of Airstream Fans, Space Geeks and Speedmaster Aficionados have a lot to celebrate. The Airstreams will congregate in Doswell, Virginia for its\u00a062nd year of their annual rally. In the same month, Moon landing anniversaries will take place all over the US and the Rocket Center in Huntsville is no different. Omega wasn\u2019t to be outdone by these and has announced this year they\u2019ll reissue the caliber 321 movement.<\/p>\n

The mandatory quarantine ended for the Apollo 11 crew, and they walked out of the Lunar Receiving Laboratory to see their families. There were awards to receive, speeches to give and an exhaustive world tour to do in the weeks to come. I have to believe the Apollo 11 crew fondly reminisced about the three days they spent quarantined in the 35\u2019 Airstream reflecting on their\u00a0adventure.
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One of the MQFs on display at the USSRC <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div> \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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