[FPSPACE] N-1 video

[agzak at optonline.net]

No, he does refer to manned Mars missions. Bugrov worked on these plans for Korolev and was convinced that the real purpose of the N-1 is to support an expedition to Mars. He wrote a rather interesting book on the subject, which can be viewed as sort of alternative history of the N-1 project. 
 
Anatoly Zak
http://www.russianspaceweb.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Geert Sassen <geert at navtools.nl>
Date: Monday, March 16, 2009 4:29 pm
Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] N-1 video
To: thomsona at flash.net
Cc: fpspace at friends-partners.org, James Oberg <jameseoberg at comcast.net>

> He probably reverts to the canceled 5MV mars sample return missions 
> whichwere 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/onwhat 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 
> simulatorswere actually produced).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Geert.
> 
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Allen Thomson <thomsona at flash.net> 
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > --- 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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> 
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> Geert Sassen
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