- Cutaway of plane in the foreground shows personnel, tractors in ship.
- Advance party, after landing on Martian snow in ski-equipped plane, prepares for trip to equator. Men live in inflatable, pressurized spheres mounted on tractors, enter and leave through air locks in the central column. Sphere on tractor is just being blown up. Cutaway of tractor, foreground, shows closed-circuit engine, run by hydrogen peroxide, oil. Trailer cutaway shows fuel supply, cargo.
Is there Life on Mars?
Collier’s, April 30, 1954
Man Will Conquer Space Soon! at Wikipedia
Image credit: Collier’s
Image source: AIAA Houston
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