Sep 022012
Another slide from the NASA HQ archive depicts a Gemini capsule landing under a Rogallo wing paraglider. The concept was given considerable study, and there was serious expectation that it would be instituted for “operational” Gemini spacecraft, such as military MOL flights and the like.
Wow! I haven’t seen this one since I was a kid. Well let me re-phrase it. Since I got a whole bunch of 60’s Nat Geo’s from Goodwill in the 80’s, for 10 cents a piece. Still, I consider this pic a tiny little flashback to my childhood.