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Mercury Project
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Testing of Mercury Capsule Shape A by the Hydrodynamics Division of Langley. Joseph Shortal wrote (vol. 3, p. 19): The Hydrodynamics Division provided assistance in determining landing loads. In this connection, after PARD engineers had unofficially approached that division to make some water impact tests with the boilerplate capsule, J.B. Parkinson, Hydrodynamics Chief visited Shortal to find out if the request had his support. Finding out that it did, Parkinson said, Its your capsule.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineMercury Project. NASA/LRC, 1958-06-24. Public domain. ID: LRC-1958-B701_P-02861.
