Cancelled Missions: Gemini Saturn V

-Concept Art, however this has a typo, as this is clearly the Saturn V.

"American manned lunar orbiter. In l LP late 1964 McDonnell, in addition to a Saturn IB-boosted circumlunar Gemini, McDonnell proposed a lunar-orbit version of Gemini to comprehensively scout the Apollo landing zones prior to the first Apollo missions.

Status: Design 1964. Gross mass: 11,182 kg (24,652 lb).

The lunar orbit version required an Agena stage to provide the delta-V for lunar orbit insertion and trans earth injection. The 1.52 m-diameter Agena was enclosed in an inverted conical fairing to both transmit thrust loads to the Gemini and provide thermal protection during the coast to the moon.

Alternatively, a propulsion module based on a repackaged Apollo Service Module propulsion system, as had been proposed two years earlier for a lunar-landing version of Gemini, could be used. This raised the translunar injection mass of the spacecraft to 11,182 kg, well above the capability of a Saturn IB or Titan III-C, but only a quarter that of a Saturn V. The launch vehicle was unspecified, but could only have been a Saturn V used on an early test mission. The mission profile would have involved a 68 hour flight from low earth orbit to lunar orbit, a 24 hour lunar mapping mission in a 10 nm x 80 nm lunar orbit, and a 68 hour return flight. The scientific equipment would consist of a modest camera array installed in the nose of the spacecraft. This consisted of a long focal-length telescope, to which were attached two narrow-field stereo mapping cameras, a wide field mapping camera, a panoramic camera, and two 16 mm film cameras. The film was not accessible by the astronauts, being stored in a film vault shielded against radiation in the nose of the spacecraft. The camera compartment would protrude from the stub nose of the Gemini after parachute deployment.

The manned portion was the same as the circumlunar version, a modified earth-orbit Gemini. The aft modules would be retained, but with the retrorockets removed. The retro module space would be used to install Apollo-type lunar distance communications, navigation, and test equipment. Deployable DSIF omni-directional and parabolic antennae would deploy from the aft modules to support lunar-distance communications. To handle re-entry from lunar distances, several modifications were necessary. The capsule's heat shield would be beefed up, and the Rene 41 corrugated shingles of Gemini's skin would be replaced with ablative shingles. The load of attitude control propellant for the capsule's reaction control system was substantially increased. Additional strap-down gyros and solar sensor packages would be added to provide navigation system redundancy. The ejection seats would be deleted and a Mercury-style launch escape tower added. The then-planned Rogallo wing recovery system would be used to glide to the Gemini to a runway landing on US territory after return from the moon. To handle the scientific payload, a camera compartment was added to the nose below the parachute/Rogallo wing housing. The Gemini spacecraft modified in this way had on on-orbit mass of 3955 kg as compared to the 3207 kg of the earth-orbit version.

Crew Size: 2. Habitable Volume: 2.55 m3."

-information from Astronautix.com: link

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Preliminary plans for battleship TEXAS's new home at Pier 21 in Galveston, Texas.

Note: "the T-shaped gangways in this artist's rendering, which would allow for two entrances onto and off the ship."

Photo from the Battleship Texas Foundation news letter.

Information from the Houston Chronicle: link

atla!au designs part 3 !! one of these things is uh. not like the others

first year trio gojo/choso/nanami

Martian Christmas Carols (1990s)

Newest bard is Carly "Fae" Jepsen!

Inspired by both The Loneliest Time and The Loveliest Time! PLEASE go listen to both these albums

Dragon!Howdy is gonna have multiple limbs, of course! Maybe… butterfly-like wings? Just, like, scaly? Idk, lol-

His iconic red nose could turn into a spike at the end of his green snout, tho!

i was struggling so much w/ dragon!Howdy and then you busted through the wall with "his nose could be a nose horn" and Oh Boy The Thoughts Are Flowing Now!

keeping him wingless due to him being distinctly a caterpillar (not butterfly) in ~canon~. also i wanted to draw him as a lanky worm dragon

Liselotte Siegfried, [Dokumentation Assemblage-Collier: Zeichnung], (pencil and watercolor on paper), 1985 [Museum für Gestaltung Zürich. © Liselotte Siegfried]

Preliminary Match 46 - Hottest JoJo Character Bracket

pre-holiday leave crumbs

Giraffe Girumble - Last Chance Preliminary B

Propaganda below (May contain spoilers!)

Unnamed Giraffe propaganda:

the main character's wish was to ride a giraffe! and then she finally gets to in the epilogue! this is the giraffe who helps that dream come true while surrounded by her family!

The Dangiraffe propaganda:

In the episode "The Beak" Candace takes on the identity of a supervillain she calls "The Dangiraffe" in order to bust her brothers who have decided to become superheros in a bird-themed superhero suit. She doesn't actually have any powers but dresses up like a giraffe, I guess because of her famously long neck.

Getup propaganda:

She's a good friend and we love a clumsy queen

Giraffe (Un Lun Dun) propaganda:

Absolutely horrifying

Raging Bolt propaganda:

"it's a Brontosaurus--" no it's a giraffe

Giraffe Prototype propaganda:

So, the basis of this show is a group of angels that makes animals for God. Like most designers, they have to make many attempts before they’re successful. Their first attempt at a giraffe is a long necked deer that passes out from lightheadedness and cerebral anemia. Here’s a link to the clip: https://youtu.be/jI85dL3ooVU?si=HuNa2sdxLwuW2BYs

Valkyraffe did not get any propaganda. I instead offer you the eshop page for the Mega Man Zero ZX Legacy Collection.

Model of a proposed version of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II (FVS) with an airframe modified by Grumman to use variable geometry wings.

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Design Plan for Battlecruiser (BC 1-6)

Completed on March 13, 1919, this plan provides:

Main battery: eight 16 inch guns in four twin turrets

Secondary battery: fourteen 6 inch guns

AA battery: four 3 inch guns

Toredo tubes: eight 21 inch tubes

Main belt armor: 5 inch

Machinery: Tubo-electric drive

Top speed: 35 knots

Waterline Length: 850 feet

Beam: 90 feet 11 inches

Normal displacement: 35,300 tons

Draft: 31 feet 3.5 inch

"This plan represents the third of four versions of the Constellation class design (Battle Cruiser # 1-6). This design was fully developed during July to November 1918 and provided four twin 16-inch gun turrets instead of two triple and two twin 14-inch gun turrets as provided in the earlier designs (see Photo # S-584-102 for the first design). This design underwent further major change during 1919 prior to start of construction. Ultimately only two were completed, as aircraft carriers Lexington (CV-2) and Saratoga (CV-3). The original document was a blueprint (white on dark blue). The original plan is in the 1911-1925 Spring Styles Book."

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: S-584-148

if you love the 5 eccentrics the same way i do kiss me on the mouth rn

Have A Pepsi Day! Publicity Cel (1974)

my thropp family in the sims 2 (net worth over 300K no cheats) was deleted due to a glitch and i think it was a sign from above to stop.

also. have Ira in a wedding dress (this is not canon unfortunately) (will ID later)