Convair/General Dynamics Little Joe 2

[hesham]

Hi,

The Convair/General Dynamics Little Joe 2 was a booster,developed
for flight-testing NASA's Apollo launch escape system.

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1966/1966%20-%200235.html

 

[flateric]

What a news! ;D And Saturn V was build to launch Apollo to the Moon)))
OK, in fact, interesting pics of LJ 2 proposed test articles variants

 

[Archibald]

The second rocket looks like, how to say it...








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a penis...

 

[Michel Van]

strange
the fourth picture show a X-20 like glider

 

[robunos]

the second picture appears to be the Little Joe II launcher for suborbital LEM flights, 1965, OBB has some info on this at his site,

http://www.up-ship.com/apr/extras/joelem.htm

cheers,
Robin.

 

[fightingirish]

Here some more pictures.
Source: San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) flickr archive

https://flic.kr/p/2pmDGET

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https://flic.kr/p/2pmKrRt

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https://flic.kr/p/2psMYrX

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https://flic.kr/p/2psPrNf

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https://flic.kr/p/2psGCgf

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https://flic.kr/p/2psGCgk

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https://flic.kr/p/2psNXaH

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https://flic.kr/p/2psGEgT

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