Ez2cDave
Well-Known Member
A discussion about NIKE ZEUS A started in another thread about a NIKE HERCULES . . .
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/nike-hercules-two-stage-by-rharshberger.144093
Please check it out to "catch up" to where we are now.
I have a "working theory" that I am researching . . .
I am theorizing that the Upper Stage of the NIKE ZEUS A might have been the "HERCULES" Upper Stage of the NIKE HERCULES, fitted with the larger fins of the NIKE ZEUS A, and placed atop the THIOKOL MX-135 Booster.
NIKE ZEUS A was very short-lived, before being replaced by the NIKE ZEUS B and, later, SPARTAN. During the "gap" in the program, the true purpose of NIKE ZEUS A might have been,essentially, a "Booster Test Vehicle" for the NIKE ZEUS B, to get it "active", until SPARTAN was fully-developed and ready to be deployed.
Thoughts ?
Dave F.
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threads/nike-hercules-two-stage-by-rharshberger.144093
Please check it out to "catch up" to where we are now.
I have a "working theory" that I am researching . . .
I am theorizing that the Upper Stage of the NIKE ZEUS A might have been the "HERCULES" Upper Stage of the NIKE HERCULES, fitted with the larger fins of the NIKE ZEUS A, and placed atop the THIOKOL MX-135 Booster.
NIKE ZEUS A was very short-lived, before being replaced by the NIKE ZEUS B and, later, SPARTAN. During the "gap" in the program, the true purpose of NIKE ZEUS A might have been,essentially, a "Booster Test Vehicle" for the NIKE ZEUS B, to get it "active", until SPARTAN was fully-developed and ready to be deployed.
Thoughts ?
Dave F.
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