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Forum:	Early Space
Topic:	Capsule Used on MR-BD Flight?

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by ColinBurgess: [B]Rusty, that was perfect; exactly the documented confirmation I was seeking. Many thanks indeed.[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>ColinBurgess</TD><TD>While there are a couple of online websites stating it is true, can anyone actually confirm that the capsule used on the Little Joe LJ-1B flight of Miss Sam in January 1960 was later used again (and lost at sea) as an inert spacecraft on the Redstone proving flight MR-BD on 24 March 1961?</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Rusty B</TD><TD>From the NASA NTRS server:<A HREF="http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740073075_1974073075.pdf" TARGET=_blank>Memorandum on Mercury-Redstone Booster Development flight (MR-BD)</A> PDF Size: 15.5 MB, Publication Date: Mar 26, 1961, Author: Hammack, J. B. Number of pages = 12Page 1 (PDF page 2): <BLOCKQUOTE>3. Capsule Description. - The capsule utilized for the MR-BD flight was designed and built by NASA-Langley Research Center for the Little Joe 1B flight test made in January 1960 at Wallops Island, Virginia. It was ballasted and configured to simulate a Mercury production capsule (specifically, Capsule No. 7). A comparison of construction details between this capsule and the Mercury production capsule is shown in Figure 1....</BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>ColinBurgess</TD><TD>Rusty, that was perfect; exactly the documented confirmation I was seeking. Many thanks indeed.</TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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