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FARMINGDALE OBSERVER
POWELL HOUSE noo WHERE THE HISTORY OF YOUR COMMUNITY IS RECORDED WEEKLY
An Official Newspaper of The Incorporated Village of Farmingdale — Serving Greater Farmingdale, Betbpage and Melville
Vol. 7 No. 28 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, March 5, 1970
STUDY SPACE TUG
CONCEPTS AT GRUMMAN
Despite the rumored layoff of 5,000 workers, an anouncement was
made this week that several '' Space Tug" concepts are now under
study at the Grumman Aerospace Corporation. The Space Tug is
described ' an extremely versatile component in the planning of future
space missions.' Grumman engineers conceive the " Tug" as a family
of spacecraft assembled from a variety of standard modules and
special kits rather than a single vehicle. Use of this building block or
modular approach, coupled with high performance propellents and
reusability, would provide for expanded smce missions on a more
economical basis.
The Tug would be delivered to the moon or into earth orbit as the
payload of an expendable booster rocket or of a reusable shuttle
vehicle Tugs delivered to the moon would be utilized to shuttle men
and/ or equipment between lunar orbit and the lunar surface. Tugs
placed into earth orbit would provide a crew and material inter-satellite
transport system.
The artist's rendering depicts a Space Tug in the manned lunar
landing configuration, with a standard crew module on top and
propulsion module on the bottom. This version of the Tug is outfitted
with landing gear and cargo deployment kits. A vehicle in this configuration
would have a gross weight of 70,000 pounds including 40,000
pounds of liquid hydrogen/ oxygen propellents. The Tug could land
13,000 pounds of cargo on the moon and carry expendables to support
its three- man crew for 28 days before returning to orbit. Without the
crew module this combination has the capability for an unmanned
landing rf pnv]| oads in excess of 40,000 pounds.
By replacing the landing gear and cargo deployment kits with
satellite capture kits, the lunar landing configuration of the Space Tug
could be converted into an orbital vehicle for manned servicing of
satellites and for assembly of large vehicles in space.
Used singly, the propulsion module would satisfy the requirements
of many high performance, medium payload missions presently
under consideration by planners of future space activity.
Hempstead Town Presiding Supervisor Ralph G.
Caso, who issued proclamation designating the period
March 8- 14 as Girl Scout Week, lights candles on cake
heralding 30th birthday of Mid- Island Girl Scout
Council in Bethpage. Watching are Mrs. James Kar-cher
of Farmingdale, presiding of Council, and
Brownie Ann Merritt of Levittown Troop 26. Council's
30th birthday coincides with 58th anniversary of Girl
Scouting.
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Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | 1970-03-05 |
| Subject |
Newspaper |
| Description |
This is a newspaper distributed locally within Massapequa, Massapequa_Park and Plainedge. |
| Creator |
Caroline_Bunting_Klesh Edith_Seaman |
| Publisher |
Frank J. Klesh |
| Contributors |
Scanned and prepared by Hudson_Microimaging, Port_Ewen, NY 12466. |
| Date |
1970 |
| Digital Date |
2008 |
| Type |
Periodical |
| Format |
PDF TIFF |
| Source |
Farmingdale_Public_Library |
| Language |
English |
| Coverage |
United_States |
| Rights |
Digital_Rights Farmingdale_Public_Library. |
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