6- and 8-Man Apollo Capsules

(Sadly, the report that I snagged these from is currently stuck on the external hard drive with “issues.” Hopefully it’ll all work out fine and I’ll be able to dig up the details and post ’em in anyone’s interested. If it doesn’t work out fine… I blame you, dear blog reader, for not emptying out your bank account and sending me the funds to have a double-redundant backup system prior to this. Anyway, what I recall is this…)

Two North American concepts (circa 1972, plus or minus) for “rescue Apollo” capsules. The six-seater could be carried by a Shuttle , attached to a space station, and used as a re-entry life boat for up to six crew. The eight-seater would be an orbit-only life boat… pretty much the uncomfortablest Apollo ever, with eight unshowered schmoes crammed in it, waiting for resuce that might be a week or three away. Bleah.