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- From: robertj@mars (Robert Jongbloed)
- Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
- Subject: Re: Emergency Evac/Reentry Vehicle
- Message-ID: <robertj.712381211@mars>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 03:40:11 GMT
- References: <1992Jul22.195944.7431@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <Brt68q.n3M@zoo.toronto.edu> <1992Jul23.061116.10969@omen.UUCP> <82@newave.mn.org> <aero.711992609@titan>
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- aero@titan.ecn.uoknor.edu (Aero Student Account) writes:
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- >john@newave.mn.org (John A. Weeks III) writes:
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- >>In article <1992Jul23.061116.10969@omen.UUCP> caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) writes:
- >>> Presumably there two reasons for emergency return from the space
- >>> station - medical emergency and The Green Slime. As for the former,
- >>> might a Mercury or Gemini capsule do?
- >>You could start with the concept of an Apollo capsule. You could strip out
- >>the stuff required for the long duration moon flights and add back the parts
- >>that are missing because you don't have a service module. Then build a
- >>docking adapter for Fred and the Shuttle. And a booster to lift it into
- >>orbit. This would work, but you are still involved in a major R&D project.
- >>If we are going to spend money, lets spend it on something that is a step
- >>forward rather than a step back.
- >I heartily agree with you.
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- In the August Spaceflight magazine (from the British Interplanetary Society)
- there is an articale about the HL-20, a lifting body "micro-shuttle". Its
- based at Langley and there is a full scale mock up already built. Lockheed
- have a contract to study the concept and it is being considered for the ACRV
- role. The drawing show pilot/copilot and 8 passengers.
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- Both the Russians and Japanese have had similar concepts. The Russians even
- launched a prototype which the Royal Australian Air Force managed to
- photograph during its recovery.
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- This seems like a reasonable idea as it should reuse technology from the
- shuttle (thermal protection, orbital manouvering etc) without some of
- the nasty side (SRBs, SSMEs etc).
-
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