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- From: BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: MOL (was Re: Terminal Velocity of DCX? (was Re: Shuttle
- Message-ID: <72330@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 20:16:03 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <phfrom.413@nyx.uni-konstanz.de>
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- >In article <BzMwJK.KKG@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- w
- >rites:
- >>In article <1h2egpINNmk9@mirror.digex.com> prb@access.digex.com (Pat) writes:
- >>>>>You heard wrong. One MOL flew (unmanned).
- >>>>Could somebody provide data ?
- >>>
- >>>According to a friend of mine who was a MOL engineer. One MOL flew
- >>>Manned. only it was called ASTP.
- >>
- >>He's pulling your leg. ASTP involved one Apollo, one Soyuz, and a docking
- >>module. The docking module might perhaps have inherited a bit of technology
- >>from MOL, but no way was it a MOL. For one thing, it was a fraction of the
- >>size.
- >
- >The very first MOL flight (and only one, if I recall correctly)
- >was basically a test of the Titan III, on its way to being man-rated.
- >(Does anyone remember if the strap-ons were solids?) The MOL was a
- >mock-up, just a cylinder the right size and shape. The Gemini capsule
- >was a donation to the Air Force from NASA, the former "Gemini 2"
- >capsule that had flown unmanned.
- >
- >I think it all orbited for a few days before burning on reentry. Yes,
- >it was certainly unmanned.
- >
- >tombaker
- >#include <standard-disclaimer.h>
- >
- The MOL launch used a standard Titan IIIC but was designated as
- Titan IIIM for the MOL program. It's strap-ons were indeed solids.
-
- -Brian
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