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Topic: Help identifying prototype space shuttle model
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NightHawk117
Member Posts: 325
From: USA
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted 01-21-2014 06:46 PM
   
I have been trying to identify this prototype space shuttle model and I have had no luck. I originally thought it may have been a early Rockwell design, but I have not been able to confirm this. |
Retro Rocket
Member Posts: 445
From: Santa Paula, Ca,. USA
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 01-21-2014 10:54 PM
Ask Scott Lowther, he'll know if anyone. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 01-22-2014 01:10 AM
One of Dennis Jenkins' books on the shuttle may be able to help. I do recognize the manuevering pods on the wings and tails, the RMS stored in a hump on the spine, and the OMS pods faired into the payload bay doors. But what specific model, and who built it, I don't know. |
sev8n
Member Posts: 233
From: Dallas TX USA
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted 01-22-2014 11:53 AM
That looks like one of the Phase B design studies, probably most closely resembling MSC-040C. |
NightHawk117
Member Posts: 325
From: USA
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted 01-24-2014 07:29 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Retro Rocket:
Ask Scott Lowther, he'll know if anyone.
Thanks! I have contacted him. |
NightHawk117
Member Posts: 325
From: USA
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted 02-14-2014 07:35 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Retro Rocket:
Ask Scott Lowther, he'll know if anyone.
I never heard back from him or solved the mystery, but thanks for the help! |
E2M Lem Man
Member Posts: 846
From: Los Angeles CA. USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 02-21-2014 01:52 PM
It is an early shuttle concept model. I have one myself, but it is in worse shape. The area behind the the cabin was an airlock/docking area. And this version had two remote arms also. |
sev8n
Member Posts: 233
From: Dallas TX USA
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted 02-21-2014 04:50 PM
The artist renderings at the bottom of this page most closely match your photos and the drawings of Phase B MSC-040C shown in Dennis Jenkins' book. |
NightHawk117
Member Posts: 325
From: USA
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted 02-25-2014 09:05 PM
Thanks! |
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