The road not taken....
Ever see the Hollywood SF film "Countdown"? They proposed LANDING a Gemini spacecraft on the moon. Here's a serious NASA proposal to send a Gemini spacecraft AROUND the moon, from November 1963.
NOTE: ES, Escape Stage, refers to the propulsion module used for TLI, the burn that increases velocity to enable the spacecraft to leave earth orbit enroute to the moon. That is just one of the suggested uses for the module this report is concerned with.
The road not taken....
Ever see the Hollywood SF film "Countdown"? They proposed LANDING a Gemini spacecraft on the moon. Here's a serious NASA proposal to send a Gemini spacecraft AROUND the moon, from November 1963.
NOTE: ES, Escape Stage, refers to the propulsion module used for TLI, the burn that increases velocity to enable the spacecraft to leave earth orbit enroute to the moon. That is just one of the suggested uses for the module this report is concerned with.