Going to the Moon with Gemini Instead of Apollo?

With the end of the decade already looming over NASA, the agency started considering other ways to get to the Moon. One possibility was to use the Gemini spacecraft, the one then under development by McDonnell, the company who also built the Mercury spacecraft.

For more on the lunar Gemini proposal including the different variations of the mission, check out this archived blog post on Vintage Space: http://amyshirateitel.com/2011/12/22/taking-gemini-to-the-moon/

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