Jan 30

Space Rocket History #48 – Gemini Design – 1961

“The main trouble with the Mercury capsule was that most system components were in the pilot’s cabin; and often, to pack them in this very confined space, they had to be stacked like a layer cake and components of one system had to be scattered about the craft to use all available space. This arrangement generated a maze of interconnecting wires, tubing, and mechanical linkages. To replace one malfunctioning system, other systems had to be disturbed; and then, after the trouble had been corrected, the systems that had been disturbed as well as the malfunctioning system had to be checked out again.”  James Chamberlin

Proposed Lunar Lander

Proposed Lunar Lander

Modified Titan II Booster

Modified Titan II Booster

Adapter Section of Mark II

Adapter Section of Mark II

Ejection Seats

Ejection Seats

Fuel Cell

Fuel Cell

Rendezvous

Rendezvous