Comments on: Inside Our First Two-Man Spacecraft (Feb, 1965) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/08/inside-our-first-two-man-spacecraft/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/08/inside-our-first-two-man-spacecraft/comment-page-1/#comment-1074234 Firebrand38 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:38:36 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/08/inside-our-first-two-man-spacecraft/#comment-1074234 Louis Varricchio, M.Sc.: No it <a href="http://www.astronautix.com/details/fin16125.htm" rel="nofollow">couldn't</a>. You've glossed over a lot of <a href="http://www.astronautix.com/craft/gemander.htm" rel="nofollow">details</a> in this rant Louis. Gemini was an essential step on the way to the Moon. Even the <a href="http://www.space1.com/pdf/news1096.pdf" rel="nofollow">Gemini B</a> wouldn't have done much "shuttle" work (as in back and forth) and would probably have been just an expendable capsule. I never saw any proposals for the "Gusmobile" with stubby wings. Sounds more like you've mixed it up with the proposed but never built <a href="http://www.astronautix.com/craft/dynasoar.htm" rel="nofollow">X-20 Dyna-Soar</a> canceled by a rather short sighted Robert McNamara. The proposed Gemini Lunar Lander was part of a last effort to rescue the Direct Ascent Strategy that had been dropped in favor of <a href="http://www.astronautix.com/craft/apollolm.htm" rel="nofollow">Lunar Orbit Rendezvous</a>. Louis Varricchio, M.Sc.: No it couldn’t. You’ve glossed over a lot of details in this rant Louis. Gemini was an essential step on the way to the Moon. Even the Gemini B wouldn’t have done much “shuttle” work (as in back and forth) and would probably have been just an expendable capsule. I never saw any proposals for the “Gusmobile” with stubby wings. Sounds more like you’ve mixed it up with the proposed but never built X-20 Dyna-Soar canceled by a rather short sighted Robert McNamara.

The proposed Gemini Lunar Lander was part of a last effort to rescue the Direct Ascent Strategy that had been dropped in favor of Lunar Orbit Rendezvous.

]]> By: Louis Varricchio, M.Sc. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/08/inside-our-first-two-man-spacecraft/comment-page-1/#comment-1074231 Louis Varricchio, M.Sc. Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:09:57 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/08/inside-our-first-two-man-spacecraft/#comment-1074231 A superb spacecraft that could have been modified to reach the Moon three years before Apollo (with an add-on lander stage). Even the U.S. Air Force considered a "B" version for military use equipped with stubby glider-like "wings" and a heat-shield hatch for access to the proposed Manned Orbiting Laboratory. Possibly more reliable than the Soyuz. Would even make an excellent, although limited, shuttle craft to the ISS. A superb spacecraft that could have been modified to reach the Moon three years before Apollo (with an add-on lander stage). Even the U.S. Air Force considered a “B” version for military use equipped with stubby glider-like “wings” and a heat-shield hatch for access to the proposed Manned Orbiting Laboratory. Possibly more reliable than the Soyuz. Would even make an excellent, although limited, shuttle craft to the ISS.

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/08/inside-our-first-two-man-spacecraft/comment-page-1/#comment-583521 Firebrand38 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:17:22 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/08/inside-our-first-two-man-spacecraft/#comment-583521 Thanks, Charlie! I was really glad to see this article. Gemini is like the forgotten space program. Thanks, Charlie! I was really glad to see this article. Gemini is like the forgotten space program.

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