Description

Walter Hermann and two others stand at the far end of the Meteor Simulator gun in the Aeroelasticity and Structure Lab. Original caption 1: "This 20 foot meteoric gun is used by the M.I.T. Aeroelasticity and Structure Laboratory of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Lead pellet is fired from foreground end and near where laboratory members are standing. The range allows meteorite collides with a space vehicle." Original caption 2: "Meteor Simulator, this 20-foot meteoric gun fires a lead pellet at 7000 miles an hour and its impact on a target furnishes information on what happens when a small meteorite collides with a space vehicle."