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- From: ddavey@iscp.bellcore.com (Doug Davey)
- Subject: Re: MOL (and Almaz)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.004247.16634@walter.bellcore.com>
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- References: <h0l2prg@rpi.edu> <ewright.724543661@convex.convex.com> <phfrom.413@nyx.uni-konstanz.de> <1992Dec18.111817.24990@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 00:42:47 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec18.111817.24990@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>, dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com (Dennis Newkirk) writes:
- >
- > A mockup station (really just empty Titan tankage somewhat similar in
- > size to a real station) and the first test capsule (which I believe
- > was the refitted Gemini 2 capsule (with the new hatch in the heatshield)
- > were launched around 1970.
- > Spaceflight magazine did a good history on MOL many years ago. The flight
- > was interesting since during launch the second stage first put the Gemini
- > capsule on a suborbital trajectory to test the heatshield during reentry,
-
- What were the results of the "heatshield with a hatch in it" tests?
- Did it work? That sure would be one door that you wouldn't want to
- open at the wrong time. :-)
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