MOLAB LUNAR VEHICLE

Once upon a time, NASA had big plans for the Moon. Really big. Back in the mid 1960’s NASA commissioned General Motors to build the MOLAB, a mobile geological laboratory that would have allowed astronauts to live and work away from a planned lunar base for up to two weeks, collecting samples and learning more about the composition of the Moon. According to GM, “In the ramp-up to lunar exploration, NASA’s Marshall Flight center proposed a mobile laboratory that could provide a “shirt-sleeve” work environment for astronauts.“ The ovoid vehicle looked like a prop from “Lost in Space,“ but the vehicle never set foot on the moon. Instead, under the “Mobile Geological Laboratory” moniker, it was used as a geological survey vehicle by the U.S. Geological Survey, before being scrapped in 1968, less than 3 years after being built.“ For more info on how the USGS assisted NASA in faking the lunar landings, visit:-