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From: smithwik@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (R. Michael Smithwick -- FSN)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Gemini 7 (was Re: Differences in appearance between shuttles)
Message-ID: <1990Sep15.231930.10777@nas.nasa.gov>
Date: 15 Sep 90 23:19:30 GMT
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In article <1990Sep14.044919.13801@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
>In article <3449@syma.sussex.ac.uk> nickw@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Nick Watkins) writes:
<>Meanwhile, what are the objects on the side of the reentry module of
<>Gemini 7, attached to what look like deployable doors ? Are they cameras,
<>targets, experiments or what ?
<
<Interesting; I'd never noticed those before.  A quick check of references
<turns up nothing, although my library is weak on early spaceflight.  If I
<had to guess, my guess would be that they were radar transponders for use
<by Gemini 6's rendezvous radar.  That would make them unique to Gemini 7,
<which explains why they don't show up in models and diagrams, and would
<also explain why there were two of them 180 degrees apart.
<-- 

Actually the transponder was located in the nose nestled under the
parachutes. I have the Mac-Dac GT-7 reference guide, and it doesn't
mention those things. 




                                       >> mike smithwick <<

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