Talk: Project Mercury

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Capsule volume discrepancy

Check out the following differing figures from the article, given for the Mercury capsule's volume:

• Spacecraft section: Only 12.13 cubic meters of volume (...)
• Data table: Volume: 60 ft³  1.7 m³

I wonder if a typo might've crept into the Spacecraft sec's number. My guess so far is that the correct number should be, say, 1.213 m³, and that it represents the capsule's internal volume. Any comments? --Wernher 19:54, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[1] states that the habitable volume was 1.7m³. There is often a bit of descepancy between various sources on things like volumes, capacities etc. --enceladus 21:23, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)