The investigation found that the engines were already shutting down due to the blockage and not the plugs falling out. If the Titan had left the pad with the blocked fuel line, would the crew have had to use the ejector seats and would they have survived to fly again? The cover was on the vehicle the whole time and was never removed. Quite the opposite, it means it was very likely the blockage was present in October. Thus, it is highly likely that the plug in the fuel line was present in October. It was assumed that validity of check-outs made in October remained valid when it came to making both ready for the December launch and the compressed preparation needed. On edit - following the failure to launch in October, both spacecraft and launch vehicle were placed under guard in bonded storeage. If they had, then the plugged fuel line would have affected the launch. I was assuming that the plugs worked as specified. Gemini 6 was de-stacked and re-erected after the GATV failure, so it's possible the fuel line was not plugged during the initial launch attempt.Īfter the Agena launch, the Titan booster would have done the same shut down and the investigation would have uncovered the same two problems. This would have allowed a successful launch later.
After the Agena launch, the Titan booster would have done the same shut down and the investigation would have uncovered the same two problems. It would have followed the same scenario as the real Gemini 6. What would have happened if '6' had failed on launch is pure conjecture, but might '7' have been tasked with the first rendezvous and docking? As the glitch that caused the pad shut down was investigated, a second more serious fault was found - a plug lodged in a fuel line. There's a good chance, if the launch was affected by the same glitch, it would have been delayed 3 days (as it was in December) and fly it's original rendezvous and docking mission with Agena 6. If that were the case, what would have happened to the Agena and the mission? 25 attempt, would the launch of Gemini 6 been plagued by an aborted launch attempt like what actually happened on Dec. I was recently reading an article about the Gemini 7/6 mission, and it got me to thinking: if the Agena hadn't exploded during the Oct. Topic: Gemini 6: What if the Agena hadn't failed Profile | register | preferences | faq | search Gemini 6: What if the Agena hadn't failed Gemini 6: What if the Agena hadn't failed - collectSPACE: Messages
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