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Big G - The Story #6

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Big Gemini (or "Big G") was proposed to NASA by McDonnell Douglas in 1969. Two baseline spacecraft were defined: a nine-man minimum modification version of the Gemini B called Min-Mod Big G and a 12-man concept called Advanced Big G.

Gemini Ferry uses the Gemini B short service module and then the ferry service module

Three potential launch vehicles - Saturn IB, Titan IIIM and Saturn INT-20.

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