Quote from: Dalhousie on 02/13/2015 09:21 pmBut Ron, have you thought of sending photos of your work to Baxter?I did it yesterday, in fact. And a link to this thread.
But Ron, have you thought of sending photos of your work to Baxter?
I have found a reference to something called "Slush Hydrogen" as a propellant in an S-IVB stage variant, the S-IVC. Most this study is beyond me, but it may be a solution to the boil off of fuel during the mission.
As I was planning some more Saturn variant construction, it occurred to me the Wet Skylab would only have had a docking adapter on the front and no ATM, so it would have looked more like Apollo 5 then Skylab. And also no Heat Sink, at least in the was of Skylab.I have my MS-II launch vehicle somewhat pieced together, but using an Airfix Saturn V kit. The Airfix S-II will be the MS-II with its more detailed insulation modeling setting it apart from the Revell S-II which will be the 2nd Stage. I will be making a new Shapeways nose for the Airfix kit as the S-IVB Adapter is integral to the part. Unlike my Ares stack, it will use Shuttle SRBs instead of Titan IIIM SRMs.Then, as I discussed above, I will model the Wet Skylab Launch vehicle like Apollo 5 and sacrifice another S-IV to be the orbital Skylab.Edit: But Wait! Attached a picture of a conceptual Wet Workshop which shows an ATM. I still don't think a IB could have lifted this though...EDIT: But wait! This looks is a different design, so for fun we can add another Saturn IB launch placing this in orbit, also carrying the secret Military stuff for Mattingly's mission. So the new sequence could be Skylab 1, Wet Workshop Launch, Skylab 2, Conrad and crew, Skylab 3, ATP, Skylab 4; Mattingly, and move the others back accordingly.What say you Ron?You need a shot with the Ares Core, less the Mission Module, MEM, and Apollo stack loitering near it, possibly with one ET in place and the other nearby, and an Apollo CSM watching over the operation.The LM-1 patch could be inspiration for the Unmanned MEM mission.
Quote from: Ronpur50 on 02/13/2015 09:28 pmQuote from: Dalhousie on 02/13/2015 09:21 pmBut Ron, have you thought of sending photos of your work to Baxter?I did it yesterday, in fact. And a link to this thread.Cool ! But where did you find Mr baxter e-mail, btw ?
28 JUL 1973 Skylab 3 37 Military Skylab. Ken Mattingly and 2 other Military astronauts.
RonChanged E' to D'Changed Crippen's crew: I like it.I also gave Young his Apollo 15 crew for the MEM Trial.I have tried to covert the timeline on page 8 into a table, but gave up. I attached the new file here and there as well, If someone wants to have a go at it, I'd appreciate it.
I am happy to donate images of my beat up post landing MEM for photo magic too, if desired.