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From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Oct 2004

posted 06-04-2011 02:02 PM               

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In October 1963 Lockheed proposed an inflatable airlock that looks very similar
to what was later used on Voskhod 2 in March 1965. Take a look at these series
of illustrations in an old newspaper article from 1963. (scroll to the right to view all
four drawings).

Astronauts "PAL" Portable Air Lock; Rochester Sentinel newspaper, Oct 4, 1963.