On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:48:35 -0600, Pat Flannery
wrote:

The one at the bottom of these three is interesting- a Gemini on a
Centaur, and a minimalist LEM on a Agena:
http://www.astronautix.com/graphics/g/geml640.gif

....The middle one - the Gemin-Centaur - is the one that Pete Conrad
was proposing, as it had a) more power and b) could be assembled in
the shortest time with tested parts - Centaur and ADTA. The ironic
thing is that if either the middle or bottom options had been excised,
Volkswagon could have still used it for a certain ad campaign :-) :-)

OM

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