Electrostatic ion-powered five-man spacecraft passing over Mars’ moon Phobos on the way to Mars. One of two “scout cars” will land on the tiny moon and rendezvous with the ship later.
Mars: Planet for Conquest
by Erik Bergaust
G.P Putnam’s Sons, 1967
Rocketdyne
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Complex space vehicles from Earth in orbit around Mars some time in the late 70’s, as visualized by today’s engineers.
The Next Fifty Years in Space
by Erik Bergaust
Macmillan, 1964
Image credit: Rocketdyne
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Image credit: General Electric
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Prime goal of Project Viking is this National Aeronautics and Space Administration sketch, to land a biological laboratory on the surface of Mars. The picture shows a design in which the protective housing around the experiments unfolds in petal fashion once the laboratory is safely on the Martian surface.
Project Viking: Space Conquest Beyond the Moon
by Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1970
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