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Trimotors, pt 13 - Titan-3C Gemini Test.jpg (1/1)
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Trimotors, pt 13 - Titan-3C Gemini Test.jpg (1/1)
I remember this one. A Titan oxidizer tank, mounted between the transtage
and the Gemini spacecraft, represented the aerodynamic characteristics of the proposed Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL), a Skylab-type space station for the U.S. Military. Unfortunately the MOL's projected cost rose from $1.5 billion to $3 billion while the Vietnam War took larger portions of the defense budget and the project was scrapped in 1969. |
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Trimotors, pt 13 - Titan-3C Gemini Test.jpg (1/1)
"Byker" wrote in
: I remember this one. A Titan oxidizer tank, mounted between the transtage and the Gemini spacecraft, represented the aerodynamic characteristics of the proposed Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL), a Skylab-type space station for the U.S. Military. Unfortunately the MOL's projected cost rose from $1.5 billion to $3 billion while the Vietnam War took larger portions of the defense budget and the project was scrapped in 1969. I would imagine NASA wanted to stay focused on the lunar mission and not get diverted with military projects. |
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