eburacum
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We've discussed this before. The outer skin of the Lunar Module was not load-bearing or pressurised; it was instead loosely attached material that acted as thermal shielding for the components inside, as well as acting as a Whipple shield to protect against meteorites. Whipple shields are thin, loosely attached sheets that work best when there are gaps between layers. Here the attitude control rocket at the top of the picture has blown the gold foil away.Umm, @Tribble
Apollo imagery makes very little sense.
Focus on that perspective, long and hard, and forget blind alleyways regarding moon hoax hoax-theories. They are just circular distractions, diversions. I offer no explanations, as yet, regarding the imagery but I am stubborn.
Analysis of the pictures constantly results in raising more questions than it does answers..
None of this is secret; you can see the fragile nature of the outside sheets in dozens of photographs, including this one of Apollo 16 looking even worse than the one above. This had no effect on the internal pressurised cabin, of course.
More images of the LM being assembled can be found below; you can see the pressurised cabin, and the various electronic components, slowly being covered up by a series of thin layers that paradoxically act very well as insulation and micrometeorite protection.
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...LM-noID-16.jpg
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...LM-noID-18.jpg
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...LM-noID-11.jpg
http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/fi...ar20module.jpg
If there was anything odd about these pictures, do you think they would be so freely available and proudly displayed?