Skylab EVA hatch?

K Scotney wrote:

I'm sure I read somewhere that McDonnell Douglas had the contract to produce
the Skylab EVA hatch and that it was based on upon the proven Gemini hatch.

Anyone able to confirm (or indeed disprove this!) ?


Google strikes again! Skylab+Gemini+hatch=
http://www.io.com/~o_m/ssh_skylab_trainer_outside.html

Pat

"K Scotney" writes:

I'm sure I read somewhere that McDonnell Douglas had the contract to produce
the Skylab EVA hatch and that it was based on upon the proven Gemini hatch.

Anyone able to confirm (or indeed disprove this!) ?


Google can ("Skylab EVA hatch Gemini"):

Courtesy of our favorite OM (the #1 hit on this search):
http://www.io.com/~o_m/ssh_skylab_trainer_outside.html

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On 12 Dec 2003 15:34:31 -0500, jeff findley
wrote:

"K Scotney" writes:

I'm sure I read somewhere that McDonnell Douglas had the contract to produce
the Skylab EVA hatch and that it was based on upon the proven Gemini hatch.

Anyone able to confirm (or indeed disprove this!) ?


Google can ("Skylab EVA hatch Gemini"):

Courtesy of our favorite OM (the #1 hit on this search):
http://www.io.com/~o_m/ssh_skylab_trainer_outside.html

....Woo! We're Number One! We're Number One! :-)


OM

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In article , "K Scotney"
wrote:

I'm sure I read somewhere that McDonnell Douglas had the contract to produce
the Skylab EVA hatch and that it was based on upon the proven Gemini hatch...

Actually, iirc, the SkyLab EVA hatch _was_ an actual, unflown, Gemini CM
hatch -- put there by design, of course, because it was a proven design,
not because some engineer came in one morning and noticed they had this
old Gemini hatch sitting around next to the coffee machine.

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In article , "K Scotney"
wrote:

I'm sure I read somewhere that McDonnell Douglas had the contract to
produce
the Skylab EVA hatch and that it was based on upon the proven Gemini
hatch...

Actually, iirc, the SkyLab EVA hatch _was_ an actual, unflown, Gemini CM
hatch -- put there by design, of course, because it was a proven design,
not because some engineer came in one morning and noticed they had this
old Gemini hatch sitting around next to the coffee machine.

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Mike Flugennock's Mikey'zine, dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org

Thanks everyone - I was sure I'd read this somewhere but just couldn't quite
get my head around how a Gemini hatch would integrate with Skylab - OM's
site sorted that!!

Cheers!

(Mike Flugennock) wrote:

Actually, iirc, the SkyLab EVA hatch _was_ an actual, unflown, Gemini CM
hatch -- put there by design, of course, because it was a proven design,
not because some engineer came in one morning and noticed they had this
old Gemini hatch sitting around next to the coffee machine.

Put there by design and because they had one... Skylab was very much
a shoestring project.

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In article , Derek Lyons wrote:
(Mike Flugennock) wrote:

Actually, iirc, the SkyLab EVA hatch _was_ an actual, unflown, Gemini CM
hatch -- put there by design, of course, because it was a proven design,
not because some engineer came in one morning and noticed they had this
old Gemini hatch sitting around next to the coffee machine.

Put there by design and because they had one... Skylab was very much
a shoestring project.

OOI, why did they have one? There weren't any unflown Geminis around to
cannibalise; were surplus hatches originally purchased as spare parts?

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On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 15:11:38 -0000, "K Scotney"
wrote:

Thanks everyone - I was sure I'd read this somewhere but just couldn't quite
get my head around how a Gemini hatch would integrate with Skylab - OM's
site sorted that!!

....Thanks. I'm still looking for more photos of the early assembly of
the ATM and Airlock sections. That one photo isn't all that clear even
with my enhancement tricks, and getting some closeup shots -
especially from the inside - would be a nice addition. However, the
way the Trainer is exhibited, you can't even see inside the Airlock
Module at all. Great exhibit, but it could be displayed a lot better
with an additional observation balcony. One of these days I'll do a
rendering showing where they should put that balcony, and where
another viewing port needs to be added.


OM

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In article ,
Andrew Gray wrote:
OOI, why did they have one? There weren't any unflown Geminis around to
cannibalise; were surplus hatches originally purchased as spare parts?

There weren't any unflown flight-rated Geminis, but there were ground test
articles, and probably spare parts, and for that matter, the hatches from
most of the flown Geminis still worked...
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Put there by design and because they had one... Skylab was very much
a shoestring project.

Must of been 2 remember that flight certified skyl;ab in the smithsonian?