[FPSPACE] New Clipper images and discussion

[Allen Thomson]

>> Also, what are the three largish tubes in the nose in slide 26? They 
>> don't seem to be shown in the drawings.

> The consensus at NK forum is that these are rudiments from previous 
> version of Soyuz-style emergency rescue tower on the demonstrated Clipper 
> mock-up.



Looking around, I find what may be a cut-away drawing of an earlier Klipper 
version that has the tubes but with no indication of what they do:

http://www.alfabravocharlie.com/anno_2004/settembre_2004/PDF_settembre_04/Attualita-Il%20Clipper%20spaziale-Giuliani.pdf

or, for convenience,  http://tinyurl.com/6hsob   .

The internal arangements here seem different, and the big parachute 
container is farther forward than in the current versions, I think.

Italian-reading friends and partners might want to comment on the text.