
Image credit: Convair
Image source: SDASM Archives
Lunar Ferry Vehicles
Fig. 3.13 — Exploration vehicle configuration for Jupiter moon landing mission, 20-m propulsion module
Fig. 3.15 — Various payload configurations on basic 20-m propulsion module (with departure weights for given missions)
Fig. 3.16 — Earth-orbit-to-lunar-orbit ferry vehicle
Fig. 3.18 — Lunar-ferry-vehicle command module
Fig. 3.19 — Reference-design passenger module
Fig. 3.20 — Earth-orbit-to-lunar-surface ferry vehicle
Fig. 3.21 — Lunar passenger ferry
Fig. 3.22 — Lunar cargo shuttle
Fig. 3.23 — Solid-propellant-boosted earth-launched lunar logistic vehicles
Lunar Logistics Vehicles
Fig. 3.24 — S-IC boosted earth launched lunar logistics vehicle
Fig. 3.15 — Orbit launched lunar logistics vehicle
From:
Nuclear Pulse Space Vehicle Study
Vol. III — Conceptual Vehicle Designs and Operational Systems (U)
Image credit: General Atomics
File Source: Cornell
Personnel Accommodations
Fig. 3.2 — Factors that influence the location of the shielded powered flight station
Fig. 3.4 — Powered flight station-escape vehicle for 8-man exploration missions with 10-m configurations
Fig. 3.5 — Powered flight station-escape vehicle for 20-man exploration missions with 20-m configurations
Fig 3.6 — Exploration-mission personnel accommodations for an 8-man complement
Fig 3.7 — Exploration-mission personnel accommodations for a 20-man complement
Fig 3.8 — General arrangement of payload spine and magazine payload support columns
Planetary Exploration Vehicles
Fig. 3.11 — Exploration vehicle for Mars orbital capture mission using 10-m propulsion module
Fig. 3.12 — Various payload configurations on basic 10-m propulsion module (with departure weights for 72, 850 fps Mars mission)
From:
Nuclear Pulse Space Vehicle Study
Vol. III — Conceptual Vehicle Designs and Operational Systems (U)
Image credit: General Atomics
File Source: Cornell
Earth-moon based planetary space port in 1988. Spacecraft are nuclear propelled interplanetary vehicles, launched by solid propellant lift-off rockets side-mounted around center section which, like the cylinders at the spacecraft’s center section, contain nuclear pulse units. In background a large antenna, belonging to the lunar deep space network is visible.
Image credit: Krafft Ehricke Papers
Image source: NASM
An ad in a 1962 issue of Missiles & Rockets magazine describes this concept as a multi-purpose concept designated “Migrator.” Beginning in 1968, it could serve as a highly versatile, operational space station. “Migrator” will contain an onboard propulsion system, giving the vehicle the capability to migrate from one operational site to another, and will offer extended usefulness by serving as an interplanetary spacecraft.
Image credit: Convair
Image source: SDASM Archives