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Here: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070611-9999-1n11atlas.html Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor james_powers Guest Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:41 am    Post subject: Re: 50th anniversary of first Atlas launch "Jim Oberg" <joberg@houston.rr.com> wrote in message news:466d377e$0$12481$4c368faf@roadrunner.com... Quote: 50th anniversary of first Atlas launch I remember that launch (I was 12 and already a 'space nut') -- the car radio we were listening to, on our way to the beach, broke into the music program to breathlessly announce the blastoff. A few minutes later, they broke in again to announce it had exploded. And later in the days, there was a flurry of radio rumors that the explosion was only a cover story and that the missile had reached 'outer space' and was drifting there, "orbiting". In those days, anything was thought possible. Here: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070611-9999-1n11atlas.html The race to space kept the company busy, as well. Atlas rockets boosted four of the Mercury 7 >>astronauts into orbit and played a crucial role in the Gemini program into the mid-1960s. Gemini? I thought Titan boosters were used for the entire program. Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Dave Michelson Guest Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:44 am    Post subject: Re: 50th anniversary of first Atlas launch james_powers wrote: Quote: The race to space kept the company busy, as well. Atlas rockets boosted four of the Mercury 7 astronauts into orbit and played a crucial role in the Gemini program into the mid-1960s. Gemini? I thought Titan boosters were used for the entire program. Atlas was used to launch the Agena target vehicle (GATV). -- Dave Michelson davem@ece.ubc.ca Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Andre Lieven Guest Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:55 am    Post subject: Re: 50th anniversary of first Atlas launch "james_powers" (james_powers@bellsouth.net) writes: Quote: "Jim Oberg" <joberg@houston.rr.com> wrote in message news:466d377e$0$12481$4c368faf@roadrunner.com... 50th anniversary of first Atlas launch I remember that launch (I was 12 and already a 'space nut') -- the car radio we were listening to, on our way to the beach, broke into the music program to breathlessly announce the blastoff. A few minutes later, they broke in again to announce it had exploded. And later in the days, there was a flurry of radio rumors that the explosion was only a cover story and that the missile had reached 'outer space' and was drifting there, "orbiting". In those days, anything was thought possible. Here: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070611-9999-1n11atlas.html The race to space kept the company busy, as well. Atlas rockets boosted four of the Mercury 7 astronauts into orbit and played a crucial role in the Gemini program into the mid-1960s. Gemini? I thought Titan boosters were used for the entire program. What do you think launched the Agena docking targets used by G. 8, 10, 11, and 12, and desired to have been used by G. 6 & 9 ? Andre Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Scott M. Kozel Guest Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:32 am    Post subject: Re: 50th anniversary of first Atlas launch Dave Michelson <d...@ece.ubc.ca> wrote: Quote: james_powers wrote: The race to space kept the company busy, as well. Atlas rockets boosted four of the Mercury 7 astronauts into orbit and played a crucial role in the Gemini program into the mid-1960s. Gemini? I thought Titan boosters were used for the entire program. Atlas was used to launch the Agena target vehicle (GATV). "In the 50 years since, Atlas rockets have carried astronauts into space, pushed the first commercial payloads into orbit and lifted probes that have explored every planet in the solar system". Untrue for Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The Pioneer 10 and 11 (Jupiter and Saturn) launch vehicle was Atlas- Centaur. The Voyager 1 and 2 (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) launch vehicle was Titan-Centaur. The New Horizons (Pluto) launch vehicle was Atlas V, but the spacecraft will not reach Pluto until 2015. Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Chris Jones Guest Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:10 am    Post subject: Re: 50th anniversary of first Atlas launch dg411@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Andre Lieven) writes: [...] Quote: What do you think launched the Agena docking targets used by G. 8, 10, 11, and 12, and desired to have been used by G. 6 & 9 ? Not to mention that the ADTA *was* launched into orbit by an Atlas; even if it didn't fulfill the the "D" part of its mission, it did serve as a rendezvous target and an object of photography for Gemini 9. Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Chris Jones Guest Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:57 pm    Post subject: Re: 50th anniversary of first Atlas launch "Scott M. Kozel" <kozelsm@comcast.net> writes: [...] Quote: "In the 50 years since, Atlas rockets have carried astronauts into space, pushed the first commercial payloads into orbit and lifted probes that have explored every planet in the solar system". Untrue for Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The Pioneer 10 and 11 (Jupiter and Saturn) launch vehicle was Atlas- Centaur. The Voyager 1 and 2 (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) launch vehicle was Titan-Centaur. The New Horizons (Pluto) launch vehicle was Atlas V, but the spacecraft will not reach Pluto until 2015. I'm on the side that contends Pluto is not a planet, but the first-discovered (and not even largest) Kuiper Belt object. Which doesn't diminish my interest in it at all, and I'm glad objects like it, asteroids, and comets are receiving more attention and visits from probes. (Some days I feel like arguing Mercury isn't a planet but rather the only extant example of some other kind of object, but I won't go there today...) Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Chris Jones Guest Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:36 am    Post subject: Re: 50th anniversary of first Atlas launch Chris Jones <clj@panix.com> writes: Quote: dg411@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Andre Lieven) writes: [...] What do you think launched the Agena docking targets used by G. 8, 10, 11, and 12, and desired to have been used by G. 6 & 9 ? Not to mention that the ADTA *was* launched into orbit by an Atlas Oops, that should have been ATDA (Augmented Target Docking Adapter). Quote: if it didn't fulfill the the "D" part of its mission, it did serve as a rendezvous target and an object of photography for Gemini 9. Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor mike flugennock Guest Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:28 am    Post subject: Re: 50th anniversary of first Atlas launch Chris Jones wrote: Quote: "Scott M. Kozel" <kozelsm@comcast.net> writes: [...] "In the 50 years since, Atlas rockets have carried astronauts into space, pushed the first commercial payloads into orbit and lifted probes that have explored every planet in the solar system". Untrue for Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The Pioneer 10 and 11 (Jupiter and Saturn) launch vehicle was Atlas- Centaur. The Voyager 1 and 2 (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) launch vehicle was Titan-Centaur. The New Horizons (Pluto) launch vehicle was Atlas V, but the spacecraft will not reach Pluto until 2015. I'm on the side that contends Pluto is not a planet, but the first-discovered (and not even largest) Kuiper Belt object. Which doesn't diminish my interest in it at all, and I'm glad objects like it, asteroids, and comets are receiving more attention and visits from probes. (Some days I feel like arguing Mercury isn't a planet but rather the only extant example of some other kind of object, but I won't go there today...) Actually, Mercury is what you call your SBO (Severely Baked Object). -- .. "Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few: Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!" --grateful dead. ________________________________________________________________ Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org Mike's Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Andre Lieven Guest Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:02 am    Post subject: Re: 50th anniversary of first Atlas launch Chris Jones (clj@panix.com) writes: Quote: dg411@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Andre Lieven) writes: [...] What do you think launched the Agena docking targets used by G. 8, 10, 11, and 12, and desired to have been used by G. 6 & 9 ? Not to mention that the ADTA *was* launched into orbit by an Atlas; even if it didn't fulfill the the "D" part of its mission, it did serve as a rendezvous target and an object of photography for Gemini 9. Truth. I figured that four examples were enough. :-) Andre Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Andre Lieven Guest Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:05 am    Post subject: Re: 50th anniversary of first Atlas launch Chris Jones (clj@panix.com) writes: Quote: Chris Jones <clj@panix.com> writes: dg411@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Andre Lieven) writes: [...] What do you think launched the Agena docking targets used by G. 8, 10, 11, and 12, and desired to have been used by G. 6 & 9 ? Not to mention that the ADTA *was* launched into orbit by an Atlas Oops, that should have been ATDA (Augmented Target Docking Adapter). Damn typos. Quote: if it didn't fulfill the the "D" part of its mission, it did serve as a rendezvous target and an object of photography for Gemini 9. 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