[FPSPACE] Almaz RRV and Argon-12s

[davidlrickman at aol.com]

FPSpacers,



A couple of questions for our American spaceflight technical historians:



The Almaz Return Vehicle was the first manned spacecraft designed to be reusable and had that brilliant design for the hatch in the heatshield. 



Q: When the Gemini 2 was refitted with a heat-sheild which had a hatch in it, what was the basis for this decision? Specifically, was there any indication that the soviets were working on a "hatch-in-heatshield" vehicle?



And the second Q: What was the first American reentry flight computer equal to or greater than the Argon-12s designed for the Almaz RRV?



Specifications for the Argon-12s can be found at:



http://www.computer-museum.ru/english/argon12c.htm



Best Regards,



David L. Rickman




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