Student group wants to revive Gemini spacecraft design

All they need is the money to do it....

Seems to me a better clean sheet design could be made.

http://www.aio50.org/

On Aug 12, 3:15 pm, M wrote:
All they need is the money to do it....

Seems to me a better clean sheet design could be made.

http://www.aio50.org/


Fascinating. The whole thing is a little short on specifics .....

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All they need is the money to do it....

Seems to me a better clean sheet design could be made.

http://www.aio50.org/

Money is *always* what is holding back progress in human spaceflight.
What's your point again?

Jeff
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M wrote:

All they need is the money to do it....

Seems to me a better clean sheet design could be made.

http://www.aio50.org/

Forward to the 50's! The 1950's that is.

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M wrote:
All they need is the money to do it....

And all my grandmother needs is wheels, and she'd be a wagon...

"Jorge R. Frank" wrote in message
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M wrote:
All they need is the money to do it....

And all my grandmother needs is wheels, and she'd be a wagon...

Come, come Mr. Scott. Young minds, fresh ideas.



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On Aug 12, 3:44*pm, OM wrote:
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:15:53 -0700 (PDT), M
wrote:

Seems to me a better clean sheet design could be made.

...Actually, Gemini is one of those designs that if McNamara hadn't
been such a spoogesponge and let the Air Farce have their MOL and Blue
Gemini, would most likely still be flying today, although most likely
updated to glass cockpits by now. The base design is pretty damn
efficient for two people, and fulfilled its mission design more than
satisfactorily.

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For it's time it was a great spacecraft design. But I would not
personally want to repeat sitting in one for two weeks like Borman and
Lovell did.

On Aug 12, 3:44 pm, OM wrote:

...Actually, Gemini is one of those designs that if McNamara hadn't
been such a spoogesponge and let the Air Farce have their MOL and Blue
Gemini, would most likely still be flying today, although most likely
updated to glass cockpits by now. The base design is pretty damn
efficient for two people, and fulfilled its mission design more than
satisfactorily.

Didn't McNamara at least admit many of his sins?

I always thought Gemini was a good idea for short trips. It's my
understanding that it needed to be a bit larger.


M

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On Aug 12, 3:44 pm, OM wrote:

...Actually, Gemini is one of those designs that if McNamara hadn't
been such a spoogesponge and let the Air Farce have their MOL and Blue
Gemini, would most likely still be flying today, although most likely
updated to glass cockpits by now. The base design is pretty damn
efficient for two people, and fulfilled its mission design more than
satisfactorily.

Didn't McNamara at least admit many of his sins?

I always thought Gemini was a good idea for short trips. It's my
understanding that it needed to be a bit larger.

Do a search for "big Gemini".

http://www.astronautix.com/craft/bigemini.htm

--Damon

"Damon Hill" wrote in message
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news:51eaaf7c-f509-4ed3-
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On Aug 12, 3:44 pm, OM wrote:

...Actually, Gemini is one of those designs that if McNamara hadn't
been such a spoogesponge and let the Air Farce have their MOL and Blue
Gemini, would most likely still be flying today, although most likely
updated to glass cockpits by now. The base design is pretty damn
efficient for two people, and fulfilled its mission design more than
satisfactorily.

Didn't McNamara at least admit many of his sins?

I always thought Gemini was a good idea for short trips. It's my
understanding that it needed to be a bit larger.

Do a search for "big Gemini".

http://www.astronautix.com/craft/bigemini.htm


This always struck me as a great paper design. How well it would have
worked in practice, who knows.


--Damon




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