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Old September 29th 08, 03:14 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
Alan Erskine[_3_]
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Default Luna-16 mockup - Paris Airshow 1971

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The Soviets used an unusual technology. The electronics are in the
ring-shaped object, the one with the radiator (that looks like a hand rail
on the left side). The ring was pressurised so the gas could be circulated
through the radiator to keep the electronics cool.