Paper proposes feasible interim solution involving overland recovery of Redstone-Mercury boosters; Redstone-Mercury performance is presented for standard Mercury capsule as payload, and 12,000-lb space-vehicle payload; parametric study of various retardation and recovery schemes was undertaken; method selected for system consists of parachute retardation, followed by aerial recovery by helicopter; aerial snatch eliminates hazards to ground impact, and requirement for modifications associated with successful ground impact scheme.
Redstone booster recovery
Am Astronautical Soc -- Advances Astronautical Sciences
1963
19 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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