Friday, December 9, 2011

Found on eBay: MSFC "Space Taxi" concept


Artist's impression of Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) "Space Taxi" concept found on eBay.

Source:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1966-Vintage-NASA-8x10-Photo-Space-Taxi-Artists-concept-drawing-/110787704453?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19cb763685

Friday, December 2, 2011

Mission Essential Unit (MEU) or CG V/STOL




According to the Global Security web site:

[The United States Navy studied a cruiser alternative in the late 1980s] variously entitled a Mission Essential Unit (MEU) or CG V/STOL. In a return to the thoughts of the independent operations cruiser-carriers of the 1930s and the Russian Kiev class, the ship was fitted with a hangar, elevators and a flight deck. The mission systems were Aegis, SQS-53 sonar, 12 SV-22 ASW aircraft and 200 VLS cells. The resulting ship had a waterline length of 700 feet, a waterline beam of 97 feet, and a displacement of about 25,000 tons.


Source:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/cruiser-cold-war.htm