What the hell is this?

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looks like solid rocket cluster for a Mini shuttle from early 1960s

but i got no info abut this

It's a suborbital test vehicle. I've got more on this around here, somewhere... I believe it was a Boeing idea. I'll take a look.

Is it these?

What a pretty find, Mr.Bond=) I even can feel how this page smells with mouses) Thank you!

Scanning in Greyscale removes the yellowness of the page though ;D

Regards,
Barry

the paper say explorer 6 must be around year 1959

in that time were a lot "Cluster last stand" proposals

Convair Juno 5 => Saturn I
Martin Arcturus build from Titan 1 first stage tanks and engine
first stage 7 x tanks with 2 x F-1 engine, second stage 4 x Tanks 4 x LR-91 ?, third stage 1 x Tank with 1 x LR-91

Aerojet General, Thiokol proposed soild rocket cluster

new to me is that the Boeing Cluster was Solid fueled

new to me is that the Boeing Cluster was Solid fueled
Boeing not only studied Nova-class boosters. but an entire family of solid-boosted launchers in late 50s-early60s. Don't forget that they were leader in solids due to the Minuteman program.

so this Boeing rocket is a cluster from M55A1 stage ( Minuteman 1 first stage ) ?

Barrington Bond said:

Is it these?

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Hi Barry,

Picked this up from one of your postings feet in the sand —just adding this about the UK Government fix in December1959 .

At the time it was stated that the Royal Society’s original proposals for space research were based on an all-British programme of satellite research using Blue Streak and Black Knight". this was suppressed
(I understand this was also expected to eventually lead to an all British/Commonwealth manned space programme).
The Royal Society‘s Advisory Council on Scientific Policy (A.C.S.P.) panel was then created and was composed of “an ornithologist, a doctor, a botanist, a zoologist, a physiologist, an agriculture expert, a nuclear physicist, and an aircraft designer” but note NO ONE with the requisite expertise or relevant experience to give informed advice or argument. There was a comment about the aircraft designer and biplanes. Any comments about UK Goverment attitudes.