Manned Orbiting Laboratory

Planetary Illustrations (artists’ concepts)

Image credit: Krafft Ehricke Papers / Lockheed
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Emergency Separation

Transportation [2]

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Man-Carrying Satellite

Found an interesting nugget here.

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Figure 2.

Space Habitats (artists’ concepts)

Unmanned probe approaching Pluto. Probe is powered by thermionic radioisotope power generator. The laser beams for surface illumination, with optical sensors slaved to the beams. Other equipment comprises radiation counters as well as field, plasma and particle sensors.

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More Ted Brown? Yes please!

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Shuttle Doing Shuttle Stuff

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Satellite Glider

Transportation [2]

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Figure 7.

Graphics [1] [2 of 3 folders]

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
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