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Lockheed EEOED
Other Designations: Emergency Earth Orbital Escape Device. Class: Manned. Type: Bailout. Nation: USA. Manufacturer: Lockheed.

Lockheed's EEOED was a three-crew Discovery-type re-entry vehicle. Unlike other concepts, it was equipped with a wide 1 m diameter hatch and provided a pressurized shirt-sleeve environment for the three crew. New lightweight heat shield technologies would, it was claimed, make possible a total mass for three crew less than that of the original one-crew Mercury capsule. Mass per crew: 413 kg.

Crew Size: 3. Length: 3.70 m (12.10 ft). Maximum Diameter: 2.90 m (9.50 ft). Span: 2.90 m (9.50 ft). Mass: 1,240 kg (2,730 lb). Main Engine Propellants: Solid.

Bibliography:

  • Kane, Francis X, IAA, "A Thirty Year Perspective on Manned Space Safety and Rescue: Where We've Been; Where We Are; Where We Are Going", IAA 84-270, 1984.
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