SEDR 104    1 November 1961 (Capsules 18 & 19 [MA-7 Scott Carpenter and an unflown capsule])

We are delighted to offer the seventh in a series of special, high quality reprints of vintage NASA  working documents. Many of you know that these originals are scarce to rare and command hundreds or even thousands of dollars at auctions or bookstores if they can be found at all. Although some of the documents can be found online in PDF formats or reprinted in editions much smaller in size than the original, many have been scanned with less than desirable reproductions. We have gone to significant effort to maintain the original quality in our reprints.

This seventh volume in our series is the "Project Mercury Familiarization Manual". This was revised and printed for use in November 1961 and reflects the latest changes for Scott Carpenter's MA-7 orbital flight. Approximately 460 pages of explanatory text, photos, many diagrams and even 6 or fold-out diagrams because the schematics are just too big to fit on one regularly sized page!

This is essentially the pilot's guide to the Mercury capsule. After reading this volume, if you have a good memory, the "right stuff" and a Mercury capsule, with some luck you should be able to complete a mission!

This volume was declassified in 1970 and contains a few handwritten notes here and there as the original was an engineering copy used in the project. Rather than detracting, we believe these notes actually increase the interest of the volume.

Fascinating and rare. We have republished this in a  binder similar to the original. This is the largest and most complete manual we have ever offered. The complete text in its original size.

In pressboard binder, printed on regular paper stock, 8.5x11 inches, c. 460  pages. Private reprint by  Boggs SpaceBooks^®. $39.95.

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