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- Subject: Re: MOL (was Re: Terminal Velocity of DCX? (was Re: Shuttle ...))
- Message-ID: <HUGH.92Dec24122826@whio.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz>
- From: hugh@whio.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz (Hugh Emberson)
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 00:28:26 GMT
- References: <phfrom.413@nyx.uni-konstanz.de> <1h2egpINNmk9@mirror.digex.com><BzMwJK.KKG@zoo.toronto.edu> <Bzp1w6.D3y@world.std.com>
- Organization: Computer Science Dept., University of Canterbury, New Zealand
- In-Reply-To: tombaker@world.std.com's message of Wed, 23 Dec 1992 04:02:29 GMT
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- >>>>> On Wed, 23 Dec 1992 04:02:29 GMT, tombaker@world.std.com (Tom A Baker) said:
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- Tom> The very first MOL flight (and only one, if I recall correctly)
- Tom> was basically a test of the Titan III, on its way to being man-rated.
- Tom> (Does anyone remember if the strap-ons were solids?) The MOL was a
- Tom> mock-up, just a cylinder the right size and shape. The Gemini capsule
- Tom> was a donation to the Air Force from NASA, the former "Gemini 2"
- Tom> capsule that had flown unmanned.
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- It was an MOL sized tube (a fuel tank from something I think) and a
- modified Gemini capsule with a hatch cut into the heatshield.
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- Tom> I think it all orbited for a few days before burning on reentry. Yes,
- Tom> it was certainly unmanned.
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- It was on a sub-orbital trajectory. The test was to see how the Titan
- would handle such a long payload and to see if the heatshield on the
- Gemini would work.
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- Merry Xmas
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- Hugh Emberson -- CS Postgrad
- hugh@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
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