General Dynamics ATF

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Image source: National Archives

M.A.R.S.

GENERAL DYNAMICS / ASTRONAUTICS artist’s conception of a three-man Manned Astronautical Research Station (MARS) in operation 200 miles above earth. The station in orbit would be linked to a spent Centaur vehicle. The two bodies would rotate about each other, the resulting centrifugal force providing the necessary artificial gravity.

Missiles and Rockets, Feb 10, 1964

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Image source: Internet Archive

Manned Orbiting Space Vehicle

Orbiting Stations: Stopovers to Space Travel
Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1965

Image credit: McDonnell
Image source: Numbers Station

Vehicle Comparison

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Image source: SDASM Archives

17 July 1975

Image credit: NASA
Image source: SDASM Archives

Outpost III

Image credit: Convair
Image source: SDASM Archives

NAR Artist Concept

Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Numbers Station