![]() Memo, Huss to Chief, FOD, Subj: Summary of Project Gemini FOD Working Group Meeting of Jan. In the opinion of Flight Operations Division's Project Gemini working group: "One of the biggest problem areas seems to be the on-board computer exactly what is it going to do what is its sequence of operation what does it need from the ground computer complex and how often exactly how is it used by astronauts what is the job of the on-board computer for early missions?" MSC Minutes of Senior Staff Meeting, Jan. Donald K Slayton, Astronaut Activities Office, informed Chamberlin that such visits would be made, beginning with the Martin Company in February 1963. Chamberlin suggested that astronauts visit with workers at various contractors' plants. To stimulate contractor employees to better performance, Gemini Project Office Manager James A. 21, 1963 Eagle-Picher, "Proposed Eagle-Picher Test Plan, Gemini Silver Oxide-Zinc Batteries," Feb. ![]() 10, 1963 Abstract of Meeting on Electrical Systems, Feb. 25 Abstract of Meeting at Eagle-Picher Concerning Test Program for Gemini Silver Zinc Batteries Jan. 2 and up, after McDonnell's analysis of battery power requirements disclosed that a four-battery installation, if closely monitored, would be adequate. On February 21, MSC directed McDonnell to use four batteries instead of five for main bus power on spacecraft Nos. Eagle-Picher completed a test plan proposal on February 9. Three additional high-discharge-rate batteries, isolated electrically and mechanically from the main batteries, provided power to control functioning relays and solenoids. Current plans called for five batteries to provide part of the primary (main bus) electrical power requirements during launch, and all primary electrical power for one orbit, reentry, and the postlanding period. McDonnell had selected Eagle-Picher as vendor for the batteries about 6 months earlier. Representatives of Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), McDonnell, and the Eagle-Picher Company, Joplin, Missouri, met to review plans for developing and testing the silver-zinc batteries for the Gemini spacecraft. The five consoles to be installed in each tracking network remote station. The Gemini and Agena consoles would have 42 analog display meters and 40 on/off indicators.Ībstract of Meeting on PCM Working Group, Jan. ![]() Each station would need five consoles: Gemini system, Agena system, command, aeromedical, and maintenance and operations. 15, 1963.įlight Operations Division outlined detailed requirements for the remote stations of the worldwide tracking network. These included onboard controlled reentry for all aborts, except in the event of guidance and control system failure onboard selection of one of the emergency abort target areas navigational accuracy to a two-mile radius error at the point of impact and crew capability to eject from the spacecraft with the paraglider deployed.Ībstract of Meeting on Rendezvous and Reentry Guidance, Jan. Manned Spacecraft Center outlined requirements for McDonnell to consider concerning aborts in orbit. ![]() 11 NAA Monthly Progress Letter on Phase II-B(1), No. North American received 36 requests for alterations. Representatives of Manned Spacecraft Center, NASA Headquarters, Flight Research Center, Langley Research Center, and Ames Research Center conducted a Design Engineering Inspection of the advanced trainer for the Paraglider Development Program, Phase II-B(1). 28, 1963 Abstract of Meeting on Mission Planning and Guidance and Control Analysis, Jan. Memo, Carl R Huss to Chief, FOD, Subj: Comments and Notes from Project Gemini Mission Planning and Guidance Meeting held Januand January 16, 1963, Jan. On the third flight, a seven-day mission, the experiment was to be performed closed-loop, with spacecraft maneuvers controlled automatically by the data it received from its instruments. On the second flight, a one-day mission, the experiment was to be performed open-loop, probably optically - the astronaut would observe the target and maneuver the spacecraft to rendezvous with it. The experimental package would weigh 70 pounds and would include an L-band radar target, flashing light, battery power supply, and antenna systems. Manned Spacecraft Center directed McDonnell to study requirements for a spacecraft capable of performing rendezvous experiments on the second and third Gemini flights. PART II (A) Development and Qualification January 1963 through December 1963
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