Image credit: NASA
Image source: Mike Acs
Category: Lunar Base
Bell LFV
Image credit: Bell
Image source: Numbers Station
ALSS
Exploring Tomorrow in Space
Thomas Becker
Sterling, 1972
Image credit: NASA
Image source: Numbers Station
MOLAB Mockup & Scale Models
Image credit: NASA MSFC
Images: SDASM Archives
SHELAB / LTV
Image credit: Hayes International
File source: NASA NTRS
MOLAB – Concept VII
Image credit: Northrop
File source: NASA NTRS
Mobile Laboratory
Developing The Moon
Our World in Space
Robert McCall & Isaac Asimov
New York Graphic Society, 1974
Image credit: Robert McCall
Image source: Numbers Station
LFV North American
Image credit: North American
Image source: Numbers Station
RI Lunar Base
Saporito & Kramer
All-Purpose Space Vehicle
- All-purpose space vehicle proposed by Douglas Missile & Space Systems Division engineer Phil Bono, is pictured in artist’s concept during refueling in earth orbit prior to flight to the moon.
- Refueling tankers, on either side will return to earth. Vehicle carries up to eight “strap-on” liquid hydrogen tanks, which can be ejected after they are emptied or retained for use on moon. Retro engines are fire as spacecraft nears lunar surface to allow a direct landing without an orbital maneuver. All-purpose space vehicle proposed by Douglas Missile & Space Systems Division engineer Phil Bono, is pictured in artist’s concept during refueling in earth orbit prior to flight to the moon.
- Empty strap-on tanks are lowered to lunar surface before each return flight.
- These liquid hydrogen tanks could be used as shelter for pioneering lunar colony.
Space World
December 1964, VOL. A-14
Image credit: Douglas
Image source: Numbers Station
