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Photos from John A Carver


Professor John A. Carver, Director of the Research School of Chemistry at The Australian National University
has kindly shared these transparencies from his father, Professor John H. Carver, School of Physics, University of Adelaide.

Colour correction and image restoration by Colin Mackellar, November 2017.

 

Photos of testing

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02. WRESAT undergoing vacuum tests in the Department of Physics at the University of Adelaide.

Prof. John H. Carver at centre, with back to camera.

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17. WRESAT undergoing vacuum tests in the Department of Physics at the University of Adelaide.

At left, Dr. Carver is looking on, while Bryan Rofe (WRE’s Officer in Scientific Charge of the project) stands with his left hand on the WRESAT support cradle.

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05. WRESAT goes into the vacuum chamber.

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01. WRESAT undergoing vacuum tests.

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14. WRESAT undergoing tests in the Department of Physics at the University of Adelaide.

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22. WRESAT undergoing tests in the Department of Physics at the University of Adelaide.

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06. WRESAT on the launch pad.

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09. The support structure is rolled back.

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10. View from hellcopter: WRESAT about to be raised.

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12. View from helicopter: WRESAT prepared for launch.