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Apollo 16 AS-511 April 16 - 27, 1972 Page 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Links

Young and Duke with Fred Haise

KSC Spaceport News Story "Apollo 16 Crew Outlines Mission for KSC Team"

Young and Duke addressing KSC workers

Letter with autopen signature

Letter with real signature

Crew during egress training

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Thanks to a suggestion from John Young, the lunar rover's steering device has evolved into the present day controls on motorized wheelchairs. Young and Duke participated in the design of the steering grip. Young pointed out that the pistol grip designed by Boeing would be difficult to use on the moon because of the heavy gloves the astronauts would be wearing; therefore, he suggested a T-handle type of steering device. "Apollo Lunar Rover"

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