• "First Man" - Ryan Gosling explains the Essence of the Space Race

    From Stuf4@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 25 00:46:34 2018
    "First Man" featurette posted just moments ago:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXY5-H2UK98&t=54s

    "They were essentially taking military ballistic missiles and replacing the nuclear payload with people." - Ryan Gosling


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  • From Jeff Findley@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 25 07:17:28 2018
    In article <b890de6b-1d3d-4a95-993c-9d0a92560d3d@googlegroups.com>, tdadamemd-spamblock-@excite.com says...

    "First Man" featurette posted just moments ago:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXY5-H2UK98&t=54s

    "They were essentially taking military ballistic missiles and replacing the nuclear payload with people." - Ryan Gosling

    This is all well known.

    Mercury flew on upgraded Atlas ICBMs (no upper stage needed). Gemini
    flew on upgraded Titan II ICBMs (pretty much stock two stage
    configuration). Saturn I, IB, and V were all designed to be launch
    vehicles from the start and were never used as ICBMs.

    During the 60s, solids were coming into their own for ICBM use as well
    as for use as strap-on boosters for launch vehicles (e.g. Titan III
    launch vehicle).

    Jeff
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