The FUCK is that thing on the table?
It clearly looks like a sectioned model of a sphere-cone re-entry body, with 3 sub-objects inside. It's not a match for any of the KH-1 through KH-9 film buckets. It's not a match of Apollo or any other manned capsule. It's not a MIRV container (they just sit on the bus after exiting the atmosphere, and are themselves biconic rather than sphere-cone bodies). It doesn't match any other sample-return mission capsules I can think of (like Genesis or Stardust), It doesn't match any planetary probed like the Vikings or Pioneers.
I can only guess it's some sort of cancelled sample-return vehicle project or some Apollo Applications thing.
It clearly looks like a sectioned model of a sphere-cone re-entry body, with 3 sub-objects inside. It's not a match for any of the KH-1 through KH-9 film buckets. It's not a match of Apollo or any other manned capsule. It's not a MIRV container (they just sit on the bus after exiting the atmosphere, and are themselves biconic rather than sphere-cone bodies). It doesn't match any other sample-return mission capsules I can think of (like Genesis or Stardust), It doesn't match any planetary probed like the Vikings or Pioneers.
I can only guess it's some sort of cancelled sample-return vehicle project or some Apollo Applications thing.
