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MERCURY HEAT SHIELD DRAWING BLUEPRINT, SIGNED SIGNATURES INCLUDE MERCURY SPACECRAFT DESIGNER DR. MAX FAGET E. O. Extension Drawing blueprint. image 1
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MERCURY HEAT SHIELD DRAWING BLUEPRINT, SIGNED
SIGNATURES INCLUDE MERCURY SPACECRAFT DESIGNER DR. MAX FAGET
E. O. Extension Drawing blueprint.

20 July 2016, 13:00 EDT
New York

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MERCURY HEAT SHIELD DRAWING BLUEPRINT, SIGNED

SIGNATURES INCLUDE MERCURY SPACECRAFT DESIGNER DR. MAX FAGET
E. O. Extension Drawing blueprint. McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, St. Louis, MO, March 28, 1961. 22 x 34 inches, folded, 1/4 scale and as noted. Stamped: "Reference Only, APR 10, 1961."

BOLDLY SIGNED by SCOTT CARPENTER and WALLY SCHIRRA. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: "GORDON COOPER, Faith 7" and "MAX FAGET, Mercury Designer."

Illustrated is a 1/4 scale circular Mercury heat shield showing structural points with respective angular distance in degrees. Outer skin bolt pattern placements are marked representing 219 equal spacings. Twenty-four cutouts are shown with a single full scale detail of a fitting designed to be inserted into each cutout with printed information reading: "Max. gap between fitting and cutout .05, surfaces of cutout to be covered with .0015 or .002 Inconel foil. Inconel foil to be spot welded, max. spot weld spacing .25." Another full scale drawing is a cross section of the outer edge heat shield and spacecraft side wall.

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