Gordo the Squirrel Monkey and the Mercury-Jupiter Story

Before there was Gordo Cooper, there was Gordo the Squirrel Monkey.
And before there was Mercury-Atlas, there were plans to have
Mercury-Jupiter. Here's a webpage that gives more details on this
story:

http://www.geocities.com/jupiter_irb...r_missions.htm

....with an excellent photo of a Mercury capsule being launched atop a
Jupiter IRBM booster. (Another reference on Mercury-Jupiter:
http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/juprcury.htm)


So a story on primates titled, "MJ Efforts Toward Moonwalking", could
go in two completely different directions:

"Baker" (http://www.geocities.com/jupiter_irbm/images/Baker.jpg)

....or "Bubbles" (http://www.bbhq.com/graphics1/mjb.jpg)!


~ CT