This Day in Project Gemini

I don't figure to pester everyone with the near-daily reports
of what was going on in Project Gemini 50 years ago today, but I
thought that today's (March 14, 1962) report might be of note, since
it includes decisions about the escape system and the first, highly
tentative and ultimately completely impossible flight schedule.

http://nebusresearch.wordpress.com/2...march-14-1962/


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On Mar 14, 9:24*pm, (Joseph Nebus) wrote:
* * * * I don't figure to pester everyone with the near-daily reports
of what was going on in Project Gemini 50 years ago today, but I
thought that today's (March 14, 1962) report might be of note, since
it includes decisions about the escape system and the first, highly
tentative and ultimately completely impossible flight schedule.

http://nebusresearch.wordpress.com/2...march-14-1962/

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back when we really did stuff in space........

In bob haller writes:

On Mar 14, 9:24=A0pm, (Joseph Nebus) wrote:
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 I don't figure to pester everyone with the near-daily rep=
orts
of what was going on in Project Gemini 50 years ago today, but I
thought that today's (March 14, 1962) report might be of note, since
it includes decisions about the escape system and the first, highly
tentative and ultimately completely impossible flight schedule.

http://nebusresearch.wordpress.com/2...march-14-1962/

back when we really did stuff in space........

Like, spend all that time on the clearly practical and
not-at-all foredoomed paraglider landing system.

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"Joseph Nebus" wrote in message
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In bob
haller writes:

On Mar 14, 9:24=A0pm, (Joseph Nebus) wrote:
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 I don't figure to pester everyone with the near-daily
rep=
orts
of what was going on in Project Gemini 50 years ago today, but I
thought that today's (March 14, 1962) report might be of note, since
it includes decisions about the escape system and the first, highly
tentative and ultimately completely impossible flight schedule.

http://nebusresearch.wordpress.com/2...march-14-1962/

back when we really did stuff in space........

Like, spend all that time on the clearly practical and
not-at-all foredoomed paraglider landing system.


That thing seems horrendously dangerous to me - judging by the Revell Gemini
kit it wouldn't be very stable and all it would take would be a slight bump
in the lakebed to flip the capsule over and send it tumbling like the M2F2.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."

Joseph Nebus wrote:
I don't figure to pester everyone with the near-daily reports
of what was going on in Project Gemini 50 years ago today, but I
thought that today's (March 14, 1962) report might be of note, since
it includes decisions about the escape system and the first, highly
tentative and ultimately completely impossible flight schedule.

http://nebusresearch.wordpress.com/2...march-14-1962/

Good stuff for me thanks.
While very interested at that time, I was in school with not a lot
of spare time + didn't have enough experience to understand the
problems.
Regards
Ken

In "Ken S. Tucker" writes:

Joseph Nebus wrote:
I don't figure to pester everyone with the near-daily reports
of what was going on in Project Gemini 50 years ago today, but I
thought that today's (March 14, 1962) report might be of note, since
it includes decisions about the escape system and the first, highly
tentative and ultimately completely impossible flight schedule.

http://nebusresearch.wordpress.com/2...march-14-1962/

Good stuff for me thanks.
While very interested at that time, I was in school with not a lot
of spare time + didn't have enough experience to understand the
problems.

Glad you like. Of course, it's a lot easier picking out the
thread of any given story now that it's clear how it all turned out;
there's less confusion in figuring out what needs attention.

By the way, today (the 16th of March) turns out to have been
the 50th anniversary of the first Titan II launch!

http://nebusresearch.wordpress.com/2...march-16-1962/

I have a picture of the *last* Titan II launch to go with it,
because I ran across that picture earlier tonight, and realized that
this was far easier than finding a picture of the first launch. But
I have lost the source information about where it came from, so if
anyone *can* tell me where the picture came from, I'd appreciate it.

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Joseph Nebus scribbled something on Friday the 16th:

By the way, today (the 16th of March) turns out to have been
the 50th anniversary of the first Titan II launch!

http://nebusresearch.wordpress.com/2...march-16-1962/

"Launch Complex 16 has since its inauguration on December 12, 1959,
been used for six launches of the Titan I, three of them successful."

That must have been a boost to confidence.

/dps

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In mn.8b4a7dc3b7d51b98.127094@snitoo Snidely writes:

Joseph Nebus scribbled something on Friday the 16th:

By the way, today (the 16th of March) turns out to have been
the 50th anniversary of the first Titan II launch!

http://nebusresearch.wordpress.com/2...march-16-1962/

"Launch Complex 16 has since its inauguration on December 12, 1959,
been used for six launches of the Titan I, three of them successful."

That must have been a boost to confidence.

Yeah, we're pretty spoiled these days when we can quarrel
about reliability comes to a bunch of choices among rockets with a
maybe two percent failure rate.

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By the way, today (the 16th of March) turns out to have been
the 50th anniversary of the first Titan II launch!


Speaking of Titan II launches, what is the cause of that banshee howl that
precedes ignition? It's very noticeable on the 'Project Gemini' DVD set.

Obviously it's some piece of machinery starting up, but does anybody know
specifically what?
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."

On Mar 18, 6:56*am, "GordonD" wrote:
"Joseph Nebus" wrote in message

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* * * *By the way, today (the 16th of March) turns out to have been
the 50th anniversary of the first Titan II launch!

Speaking of Titan II launches, what is the cause of that banshee howl that
precedes ignition? It's very noticeable on the 'Project Gemini' DVD set.

Obviously it's some piece of machinery starting up, but does anybody know
specifically what?
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."

The start cartridges spinning up the turbopumps.