Deimos – numbers station

Who Owns the Universe?

Mars, at its closest 35,000,000 miles from Earth, as seen from its outer moon Deimos, where man could land before going on to the planet.

Man will Conquer Space Soon.

Collier’s, March 22, 1953

Image credit: Collier’s

Image source: AIAA Houston

ROMBUS

Configuration for a manned Mars mission (Project Deimos).

Project Deimos – Mars Landing Module

Frontiers of Space
Philip Bono & Kenneth Gatland
Macmillan, 1969

Image credit: Douglas

Mission to Mars (Project Deimos)

Hydrogen tanks jettison as ROMBUS spaceship accelerates from Earth-orbit;
Two hydrogen tanks jettison after retro-thrust into Mars orbit. Mars Landing Module separates from ROMBUS parent above the cratered deserts;
After soft-landing, astronauts begin exploration setting out research equipment and taking meteorological soundings;
Ascent stage of Mars Landing Module returns astronauts to ROMBUS parent in Martian orbit for return to Earth.

Frontiers of Space
Philip Bono & Kenneth Gatland
Macmillan, 1969

Image credit: Douglas