| Re: Trimotors, pt 13 - Titan-3C Gemini Test.jpg (1/1) |
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| Mitchell Holman (noemail@comcast.net) |
2016/08/10 16:36 |
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From: Mitchell Holman <noemail@comcast.net>
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"Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote in
news:sdudnUcZUZswDTbKnZ2dnUU7-RPNnZ2d@earthlink.com:
> 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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