Big Gemini
Big Gemini (or "Big G") was proposed to NASA by McDonnell Douglas in August 1969 as an advanced version of the Gemini spacecraft system. It was intended to provide large-capacity, all-purpose access to space, including missions that ultimately used Apollo or the Space Shuttle.
The study was performed to generate a preliminary definition of a logistic spacecraft derived from Gemini that would be used to resupply an orbiting space station. Land-landing at a preselected site and refurbishment and reuse were design requirements. Two baseline spacecraft were defined: a nine-man minimum modification version of the Gemini B called Min-Mod Big G and a 12-man advanced concept, having the same exterior geometry but with new, state-of-the-art subsystems, called Advanced Big G. Three launch vehicles-Saturn IB, Titan IIIM, and Saturn INT-20 (S-IC/S-IVB) were investigated for use with the spacecraft. The Saturn IB was discarded late in the study.
The spacecraft consisted of a crew module designed by extending the Gemini B exterior cone to a 419-cm-diameter heat shield and a cargo propulsion module. Recovery of the crew module would be effected by means of a gliding parachute (parawing). The parametric analysis and point design of the parawing were accomplished by Northrop- Ventura Company under a subcontract, and the contents of their final report were incorporated into the document. The landing attenuation of the spacecraft would be accomplished by a skid landing gear extended from the bottom of the crew module, allowing the crew to land in an upright position. The propulsion functions of transfer, rendezvous, attitude control, and retrograde would be performed by a single liquid propellant system, and launch escape would be provided by a large Apollo-type launch escape system.
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by Iyaz
So Big
by: IyazWell, you done know it's yo' boy I-Y-A-Z
Alongside the man JR I-Iyaz
Now I wanna do it up so big
Party it up so big
Spend it up so big
So the whole world knows my love for you is so big
My heart is so big
My love is so big
For you, for you, for you
Now with a girl like you, nothing you can do
But give the whole world to her 24-7
When she looking so sweet, that kind of body
You don't mind spending all of your time, time, time
And it's not that you're asking me for nothing
I just wanna show you how deep my love is
'Cause with them girls before I wasn't feeling so gone
But with you, girl, I'm losing control, yo
Now I wanna do it up so big
Party it up so big
Spend it up so big
So the whole world knows my love for you is so big
My heart is so big
My love is so big
For you, for you, for you
Now with a girl like you
I don't care who passes my way, Rihanna or Beyoncé
Girl, holla at me, it doesn't mean I think
'Cause nothing compares to the joy you bring
So them other girls can go
They don't make me feel so good
'Cause with you girl I'm losing control, oh
Now I wanna do it up so big
Party it up so big
Spend it up so big
So the whole world knows my love for you is so big
My heart is so big
My love is so big
For you, for you, for you
I wanna do it so big
'Cause, girl, we are so big
Let's pop them bottles so big
Like superstars so big
We taken over so big
We got that love so big
Let's make it global so big
Let's blow it up so big
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, come on
If this is real love, then that ain't enough
Before she got your boy doing crazy things
That I never thought I'd ever do, no
Now I wanna do it up so big
Party it up so big
Spend it up so big
So the whole world knows my love for you is so big
My heart is so big
My love is so big
For you, for you, for you
My heart is for you, for you, for you
My love is for you, for you, for you
My heart is for you, for you, for you
My love is for you, for you, for you