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Mars Operational Phase

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It’s January 1972.

Having safely glided to a stop on a Martian plateau, this illustration depicts the Operational Phase of the mission. The crew have already inflated their six meter habitat (it’s a tent), assembled the flat-pack steamroller and are shown removing the nuclear reactor so it can be dragged at least a kilometer from base camp so it won’t kill them.

With the reactor at a safe distance, the crew of eight have 479 days to explore the surface of Mars and maybe do a spot of gardening.

You can read more about this fascinating 1960 Boeing Study here.

Image credit: Boeing / Chicago Daily News
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Balloon Repair in LEO

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Image credit: Boeing Aircraft Company
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Alvarez

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Image credit: North American Rockwell
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NAR Press Photo

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FOR FRIDAY PMS. NOV. 21 USE WITH SPACE STORY BY DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN

(NY5-Nov.20) SPACE SHUTTLE — One of the most important steps the nation’s space should take is the development of a space shuttle, shown here in artist’s conception above, says Dr. Wernher Von Braun in article written for the Associated Press. The shuttle, in drawing by Space Division of North-American Rockwell, is shown launching an unmanned space probe. (AP Wirephoto) (hmb50400ho) 1969

Image credit: North American Rockwell
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AMSS

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Image credit: North American Rockwell
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Douglas Astro

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(ADVANCE FOR AMS OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, WITH SPACECRAFT STORY)

(NY11-Feb. 24) WINGLESS, PILOTED SPACECRAFT TO BE TESTED — This is an artist’s conception of the wingless, piloted spacecraft that can be maneuvred over 1,000 miles for landing after re-entering the atmosphere. The craft, shown leaving the vicinity of the earth for a mission in space, is slated for testing in the early spring. The new concept, knowing as the “M-2 Lifting Body,” was to be unveiled Tuesday by scientists of the Ames Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, at Moffett Field, Calif.

(NASA Photo via APWirephoto) (prll400nasa) 1963

Image credit: NASA
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