ASTRONAUT-SIGNED MERCURY BLUEPRINT.

ASTRONAUT-SIGNED MERCURY BLUEPRINT.
SIGNED BY 3 OF THE MERCURY SEVEN AND MERCURY DESIGNER MAX FAGET.
Mercury Blueprint, Signed ("Wally Schirra," "M. Faget, Mercury Designer" "Gordon Cooper, Faith 7" and "Scott Carpenter"), approximately 35 x 53 inches, 1/10 scale, Goodyear Aircraft Corporation, Akron, Ohio, November 1961, entitled "Escape Concepts," folded.

An interesting proposal for an ejection seat in the Mercury capsule. Designer Maxime Faget also developed the idea of the Launch Escape System (LES) where a rocket was used to remove the capsule from the launch vehicle. Although ejection seats weren't used for Project Mercury, they were used on Project Gemini.