Re: Mercury/Redstone/Jupiter?

From: Rusty Barton (reuben_barton_at_no_spam_y_a_h_o_o_.com)
Date: 09/03/04 

Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 18:55:41 -0700

On 02 Sep 2004 14:11:05 GMT, mattwriter@aol.com (MattWriter) wrote:

>>
>>I gather that the "Mercury" Redstone was really more like an elongated
>>Jupiter C first stage than a traditional Redstone. Is that right
>
>Hmm...that's a question I never thought to ask. (My book ends with 1959) How
>about it, Mercury buffs?
>
>
>Matt Bille
>(MattWriter@AOL.com)
>OPINIONS IN ALL POSTS ARE SOLELY THOSE OF THE AUTHOR

The Mercury Redstone had elongated tanks like the Jupiter-C, but used
Alcohol-LOX propellant like the Redstone MRBM. I believe some Juno I's
and Jupiter-C used Hydyne-LOX propellant.

These diagrams show the Redstone, Jupiter-C, Mercury-Redstone and
Jupiter IRBM:

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-45/fig4.1.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jupiter-C_vs_Jupiter_IRBM.jpg

- Rusty Barton