Space Rocket History #389 – Skylab – Pre-history – MOL Part 3

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Mike Annis

A planning document depicted 12-man and 40-man stations, both with self-defense capability. It described the 40-man, Y-shaped station as a “spaceborne command post” in synchronous orbit. The key requirement was “post attack survivability”, the station would be capable of “Strategic/tactical decision making” during a general war.

MOL Spacesuit

Launch of MOL Test Flight

Future MOL Command Post

One thought on “Space Rocket History #389 – Skylab – Pre-history – MOL Part 3”

Marco M on May 18, 2022 at 11:40 am said:

This is incredible!!!!! Thank you Mike for bringing this Topic of MOL to our attention. Please continue and take the time to shed more light on this …