I've been playing around with the idea that the Mk.6 reentry vehicle might be usable for nonmilitary/space exploration applications. This was America's biggest military reentry vehicle. The Mk.6 was 122.27 inches long, 57.27 inches in diameter at its base, and weighed 2,076
pounds. It carried the W-53 warhead which was rated at 9 megatons. General Electric developed the Mk.6 back in the early 1960s. Back in those days, the U.S. government lavished hundreds of millions dollars towards development of new reentry vehicles. There were eleven flight tests of the Titan-II with the Mk.6 attached. Because the Mk.6 was so large, it could have been extensively instrumented during the flight tests. All of this means that at some time there was a huge database about the Mk.6 that described the reentry vehicle's aerodynamics and thermal protection material response to very high precision. This brings me to my first question:

Is there anyone out there who worked for General Electric or Martin Marietta and saw this data base? The data base would have been several volumes of design data books. Was the aerodynamic and aerothermal data really as extensive as I think it was?

The following two pictures show the adapter that connected the Mk.6 to the Titan-II:

Adapter front view

Adapter rear view

Does anyone have a clue what those four cylinders inside the adpater were for?

Thanks!

Gary