Project Alexandria: a history of spaceflight done in Real Solar System

[davidy12]

SO PSYCHED!!! Can't wait for Apollo

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And Gemini

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PS: Just curious, why didn't Gemini have an Launch Escape System?

[Felbourn]

SO PSYCHED!!! Can't wait for Apollo

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And Gemini

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PS: Just curious, why didn't Gemini have an Launch Escape System?

Gemini had launch escape, but they were ejection seats.

[Fenisse]

PS: Just curious, why didn't Gemini have an Launch Escape System?

I guess because of weight savings, but I'm not sure. It was originally planned to have an escape tower though, but it then was scrapped in favour of ejection seats, probably because Gemini was conceived to land by paraglide (small wings) and ejection seats could have saved the crew in case of failure during descent. Also, consider that hypergolic propellants do not explode when combined, but burn, meaning a "smaller" fireball. Problem is, ejection seats don't really work that well high in the atmosphere.

P.S. I forgot to add that the Titan II accelerates so fast that an escape tower would have worked just in a small time window.

[Brainpop14]

Awesome! I'm so excited! I'm excited to learn about the Gemini Project, Mariner 4, and that other Saturn 1 launch! What will you do for a fourth launch?

[Felbourn]

Soviet launch

[Sampa]

So, when you get to apollo, you think you will be covering the launches of apollos 11, 12, and 13?

[RAINCRAFTER]

and 13?

How will you (Felbourn) pull off Apollo XIIV?

[Felbourn]

[Sampa]

Are you teasing us with an Agena-Atlas, Felbourn?

[Felbourn]

Are you teasing us with an Agena-Atlas, Felbourn?

[Sampa]

Oh! ok, this is going to be a little MORE interesting! Can't wait!

[Bev7787]

#Marinerprobe

[davidy12]

Mariner 4?

[davidy12]

Gemini I and Voshkod are up next as well!!!

(if they're is just 1 part)

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Also, Felbourn, you could have mentioned in 1963 how Kennedy was thinking about a Joint US-USSR mission to the moon.

[Felbourn]

KSP version 1.0.5 is looking amazing!

[Sampa]

Nice one, felbourn!

[Tristonwilson12]

ksp version 1.0.5 is looking amazing!

http://i.imgur.com/fvqqlei.png

holy crap. Stock rss/ro??? :p :p

[_Augustus_]

KSP version 1.0.5 is looking amazing!

http://i.imgur.com/fvqQlei.png

Faic faic!

That is clearly photoshop paint.net at work.

Edited October 30, 2015 by _Augustus_

[Tristonwilson12]

Faic faic!

That is clearly photoshop at work.

bro its a joke

[Sampa]

Faic faic!

That is clearly photoshop at work.

What told you that?

[Felbourn]

There was no Photoshop used on this at all! It's called paint.net

[_Augustus_]

There was no Photoshop used on this at all! It's called paint.net

I wouldn't know, sorry.

Also any chance of you doing the N1-L3 successfully (never happened irl but still) in Alexandria? That would be pretty darn cool.

[davidy12]

That Saturn I is taunting me...

[Felbourn]

Faic faic!

That is clearly photoshop paint.net at work.

LOL Nice. Touche!

[davidy12]

Ranger 7 I think is also up next.