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- From: Pauli.Ramo@hut.fi (no, I don't repeat it!)
- Subject: Re: Emergency Evac/Reentry Vehicle
- In-Reply-To: aero@titan.ecn.uoknor.edu's message of 24 Jul 92 15:43:29 GMT
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- Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
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- Date: 27 Jul 92 23:05:49
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- In article <aero.711992609@titan> aero@titan.ecn.uoknor.edu (Aero Student Account) writes:
- I'm not sure how much could be stripped out of the original CM. What was
- removed for the Skylab flights? Plus, you're
- going to need a power system (presumably fuel cells) and an engine to de-orbit.
-
- I think we could do just with the de-orbit engine, maybe like the one
- used in Mercury capsules. The CM had it's own power supply (accumulators)
- that lasted several hours, it's own attitude control thrusters and life
- support system. The SM had to be jettisoned much before re-entry in any
- case.
-
- Maybe an Apollo capsule could be launched as a secondary payload in some
- shuttle flight having some extra payload capacity? Would it fit into the
- payload bay?
-
- Pauli
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