Barrington Bond said:what does Wet Orbital Workshop mean?
archipeppe said:In the Barrington's first scan it's easy to see two Big Geminis docked with the huge space station's hub....
Michel Van said:are you sure ?
so far i know
"Big G" was planned in 1967 and for MORL was Gemini Ferry proposed in 1963
or i m wrong ?
Michel Van said:back to scan0032 (2).jpg
yes that are Big G
so far i know is this a illustration from a 1970s Space book for children
based on real design for Space Base with Artificial Gravity
use a nuclear reactor as counter weight
I cannot find the information on this space station...Michel Van said:based on real design for Space Base with Artificial Gravity
use a nuclear reactor as counter weight
magnus_z said:On an illustration it is written: "Project McDonnel Douglas, USA. Planned for 1975-1980".
I think that it is an error.
Whose is the project?..
Proponent said:An interesting set of stamps, especially coming from Yemen!
XP67_Moonbat said:MOUSE ON THE MOON, yes! I liked that movie!
OM said:Proponent said:An interesting set of stamps, especially coming from Yemen!
...During the 60's and up through the mid-70's, a lot of those Middle East and African third-world countries were releasing all sorts of gimmick stamps
Lot No: 1133
MORL-SATURN IB WIND TUNNEL MODEL.
Model of the MORL-Saturn IB launch combination, stainless steel, 31 inches long. Mounted horizontally on wood base, with NACA/NASA brass plaque reading: "Presented to Thomas C. Kelly from his friends at Langley Research Center, 1979."
A large and striking model of a space station concept. The Manned Orbital Research Laboratory (MORL) was conceived in 1963 as a laboratory for a program of biomedical, scientific and engineering experiments. It would be launched in one piece atop a Saturn I or IB, and would accommodate one crew member for a whole year, with three other astronauts visiting for shorter periods (Hansen, Spaceflight Revolution, 1995, p 293). A 1965 NASA photograph appears to show this very model being tested in the 8-foot transonic tunnel at the Langley Research Center. The MORL concept was scrapped soon after in favour of the cheaper, smaller and less permanent Apollo Extension System, which became the Apollo Applications Program and ultimately Skylab (launched in 1973).
Thomas Kelly was a senior research scientist at Langley specializing in aerodynamics, the Project Engineer for the Supercritical wing project, and the author of several NASA publications.
Estimate: $10,000 - 15,000
Triton said:Scale model of docking module of space station circa 1963. Image found at NASA Langley Research Center - Multimedia Repository. MORL?
Source:
http://lisar.larc.nasa.gov/UTILS/info.cgi?id=EL-2002-00423
Michel Van said:
this here is also know under name HOPE
Factory model see picture below
but this must be pre MORL design, not MOL