[FPSPACE] N-1 video

[Geert Sassen]

He probably reverts to the canceled 5MV mars sample return missions which
were designed for the N1. Also, the N1 was originally designed for Mars
missions, and only later was adapted for the Moon, manned moon missions only
came on the agenda after they realised the US was really making haste to get
to the moon, originally Mars was the long time target for the Soviets.

Very early on in the video there is a flash of some people working in/on
what looks like an Almaz TKS cabine, bit out of sequence with N1 but I might
be mistaken. Launch video of the N1 as well as the N1 rollout and the
helicopter sequence around the two occupied platforms are all well known,
new to me was the sequence of a spacesuited cosmonaut climbing in/out a LK
lander (I saw pictures of this, but no video), and the sequence showing what
appears to be an LK simulator (up to now I didn't know any LK simulators
were actually produced).

Regards,

Geert.

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Allen Thomson <thomsona at flash.net> wrote:

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> --- On Mon, 3/16/09, James Oberg <jameseoberg at comcast.net> wrote:
> > interesting N-1 retrospective and some graphics of> successful launch I'd
> never seen before:> http://zvezdanews.ru/video/day_events/0028040
> Interesting that Mars comes up:
> Ракета-гигант для полета на Марс
> In the video, Vladimir Bugrov says the 75 tonnes the N-1 could orbit would
> be suitable for supporting Mars-orienented
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