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There was a very large US program to send up a photo sat manned, take pictures, and send back to earth in very small pods. It is a good read I will update post
by frankydp 14y ago
There was a very large US program to send up a photo sat manned, take pictures, and send back to earth in very small pods. It is a good read I will update post if I can find video.
http://www.space.com/13004-declassified-spy-satellite-kh-9-hexagon.html http://www.space.com/13004-declassified-spy-satellite-kh-9-h...
- excuse-me 14y agoI was only involved in Hubble after it was built, but my boss had conference proceedings from the early 70s were it was proposed that it would be a Skylab type space station with a crew of 3 loading photographic plates into a telescope and then developing them!
- tobinfricke 14y agoThat sounds amazing! Can you find any references for further reading?
- dbarlett 14y agoManned Orbiting Laboratory: 2 men in a Gemini derivative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manned_Orbiting_Laboratory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manned_Orbiting_Laboratory