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  1. Grey Havoc

    Scott Carpenter passes on

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24485864# http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?231212-Scott-Carpenter-RIP http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/10/10/2032208/mercury-astronaut-scott-carpenter-dies-at-88...
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  2. Graham1973

    AVCO - Jupiter Entry Probe (1971)

    1971 design for a Jupiter Entry Probe designed to sample the atmosphere of Jupiter down to a level equivalent to 17 times the atmospheric pressure of Earth. The proposed carrier vehicles were, TOPS, which would had the medium gain antenna from the baseline design replaced with one that could...
  3. Graham1973

    Jovian Turbopause Probe

    I've seen references to Jupiter drop probes dating back to the mid 1960's, but this upper atmosphere probe dating from the early 1970's is the earliest detailed design I know of, to quote the abstract: 1. The Jovian turbopause probe. Part 1 - The scientific requirements for the Jovian...
  4. hesham

    NASA Oblique-Wing Missiles Launcher Aircraft

    From "A Summary Of A Half-Century of Oblique Wing Research" by Mike Hirschberg, David M. Hart and Thomas J. Beutner
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  5. sferrin

    Candidate Space Shuttle Orbiters Wind Tunnel Studies 1969 NASA Langley Research

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBI1-lS7rmU "This December 1969 film looks at the candidate space shuttle orbiters using M=20 electron beam flow studies. This gives an interesting look at some of the proposed designs. The only tunnels at NASA Langley Research Center reaching that speed are in...
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  6. C

    Skylab B and Advanced Skylab for the Shuttle.

    Advanced Skylab. A great occasion lost. :'( A large space station for the Shuttle, straightway.
    • carmelo
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    • apollo applications program cold war nasa orbital stations space age space race space station space transportation system
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  7. hesham

    Grumman OV-1 Projects

    Hi, here is from the airvectors site,an unknown projects to the Grumman OV-1; Does any one know them ?. http://www.airvectors.net/avmohawk.html
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  8. Grey Havoc

    Bell SRLD (Rocket Belt) and LMSM (Jet Belt and other concepts including POGO)

    SRLD development: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/253783.pdf http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/267358.pdf http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/409941.pdf Light Mobility System Missions: http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA415545&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
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    • bell aerosystems company cold war light mobility system nasa space race united states united states army united states marine corps
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  9. Grey Havoc

    Voyager 1 has exited the Solar System?

    http://www.space.com/20313-voyager-1-leaves-solar-system.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9944080/Voyager-1-becomes-first-man-made-object-to-leave-the-Solar-System.html Voyager I passing the rings of Saturn (Daily Telegraph)
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  10. Grey Havoc

    Nasa Next Generation Space-Based Relay Communication And Navigation...

    Architecture. http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-03/nasa-wants-options-space-internet https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=f4b917baa5031642eda81a268331add4&tab=core&_cview=0 Extract from RFI:
  11. Grey Havoc

    Some good news regarding NASA RTGs

    Via Slashdot: http://news.discovery.com/space/nasa-plutonium-production-space-fuel-130314.htm
  12. Grey Havoc

    The CPUs of Spacecraft

    I thought this would fit in well here: http://www.cpushack.com/space-craft-cpu.html
  13. Grey Havoc

    Project Hyreus Mars Sample Return (MSR)

    Beyond Apollo: The God of Gainful Employment: Project Hyreus (1993)
  14. Graham1973

    Viking 4 - Mars Surface Sample Return

    1974 proposal by Martin-Marietta to modify the Viking lander to allow a Mars surface sample to returned in the early 1980s. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740022177_1974022177.pdf http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19750006729_1975006729.pdf...
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  15. magnus_z

    Viking lander with ELMS (Viking C, Viking 3, Viking III)

    Viking 3 lander with ELMS http://spacescience.spaceref.com/newhome/headlines/msad28apr98_1b.htm
  16. Graham1973

    Between Voyager & Viking

    After the cancellation of Voyager(Mars) in 1967 NASA started up a new series of studies to come up with a spacecraft for the 1973 launch opportunity. This Martin-Marietta designed soft-lander of 1969 was intended to put the maximum payload weight on the surface of Mars using a mission profile...
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  17. Graham1973

    Pioneer Biosatellite (1968)

    While trying to locate a Douglas proposal to modify an S-IVb into an orbiting bioresearch lab I found this report on the possible use of the Pioneer VI-IX bus for a series of heliocentric orbiting BioSats. Feasibility study for conducting biological experiments aboard a Pioneer spacecraft...
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    • astrobiology cold war douglas aircraft company missile & space division nasa pioneer program space age space biology space race united states
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  18. Johnbr

    Manned Venus Flyby: Apollo’s Hail Mary Pass

    Found this here. http://falsesteps.wordpress.com/2012/07/21/manned-venus-flyby/
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    • apollo applications program apollo program apollo x cold war deep space probes manned venus flyby manned venus orbiting mission nasa space race united states
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  19. Triton

    Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker

    Boeing KC-135 model with winglets found on eBay. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NASA-USAF-AIR-FORCE-KC-135-WINGLETS-MODEL-KC135-/251161721311?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7a67b9df Seller's description:
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  20. Triton

    Boeing Martian Recon Vehicle

    Artist's impression of unmanned Martian reconnaissance vehicle concept press photo found on eBay. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1958-Boeing-Minute-Man-Missile-Martian-Reconnaissance-vehicle-Press-Photo-/190706754178?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c67022282
    • Triton
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    • boeing cold war late 1950s mars nasa national advisory committee for aeronautics space age space race united states
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