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Ez2cDave

11-22-2022 11:19 PM

ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS . . . MGP-1 Mars Gravity Probe - Scale Data !

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ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS . . . MGP-1 Mars Gravity Probe - Scale Data !

Dave F.

Ez2cDave

11-22-2022 11:27 PM

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More . . . ENJOY !

Dave F.

Scott_650

11-23-2022 09:02 AM

Thanks Dave! RCOM is one of my all time favorites - the Criterion Collection video was a surprise Christmas present from my lovely missus which I probably watch at least once a year.

ghrocketman

11-23-2022 09:35 AM

Wow !
Very interesting craft.

stefanj

11-23-2022 10:01 AM

It is interesting how they made the probes "Gemini shaped." I guess that was their model for a spacecraft at the time.

There was a one-or-two-season comedy in the late 60s, "It's About Time," about astronauts who end up time traveling to caveman times. Their ship was essentially a Gemini capsule. Somehow they and a few caveman pack into it for a return trip through time.

Ez2cDave

11-23-2022 10:16 AM

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A little more detail on the capsule . . .

Dave F.

Ez2cDave

11-23-2022 10:22 AM

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I just found a few more items . . .

Dave F.

stefanj

11-24-2022 09:13 AM

I can't make out the text on one of the illustrations. Did they list out the components? It would be a rare nod to realism to have a nuclear powered ship with radiators.

Ez2cDave

11-24-2022 06:10 PM

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I can't make out the text on one of the illustrations. Did they list out the components? It would be a rare nod to realism to have a nuclear powered ship with radiators.

Which image ?

I found a clear image of it, if that is the one . . .

Dave F.

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