Atlas Moon Rocket

[miraglia]

Does anyone have more information on this project ?

Miraglia
www.edgeofspace.org

 

[sferrin]

That watermark on the lower-left corner of the picture suggests somebody here might have some info.

 

[Michel Van]

That was General Dynamics proposal to cluster three Atlas rockets in late 1950s
The Idea was to tripple the Payload

But USAF and NASA show no interest in that concept, they had eyes for Saturn I

the Waterlogo is from Aerospace Projects Review Blog aka Scott Lowther
http://www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/blog/

source
http://www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/blog/?p=347

 

[Orionblamblam]

That watermark on the lower-left corner of the picture suggests somebody here might have some info.

Someone very well might. Hell, someone might have spent much of yesterday digging through old files looking for the reports on this very thing, and someone might be a little spooked and concerned that it "coincidentally" came up today. Someone might well conclude that the NSA mind-scanning program has been hacked and the data is being sold on the darkweb...

 

[miraglia]

I imagine that this launch vehicle uses the same concept of the original Atlas, 1/2 stage separation of the side engines.
What do you think?
Scott you have any more detailed document?

Miraglia
www.edgeofspace.org

 

[Orionblamblam]

Anybody see anything familiar here?

http://aerospaceprojectsreview.com/bomproj.htm

 

[Michel Van]

Anybody see anything familiar here?

That's must be Atlas cluster i see there


wait, are that Centaur upper stage as cluster too ?

 

[Michel Van]

San Diego Air & Space Museum uploaded this picture of Cluster Atlas