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A MOL and a MOL

Above: A beautiful rendering of a Gemini B / MOL by Numbers Station favourite John Sentovic found in the Krafft Ehricke Papers. Below: Gorgeous artwork of the same by Lockheed artist Ludwik Źiemba. At first glance you’d be forgiven for thinking they were the same image, I certainly did. My guess is that both are based on the same cutaway by a McDonnell draughtsman. The industry term for this is, “heavily referenced.”

Gemini B/MOL at Astronautix

Image credit: Krafft Ehricke Papers / Lockheed

Image source(s):

 NASM

Mike Acs

RIFT

RIFT at Astronautix

Image credit: Lockheed

Image source: Mike Acs

Voyager

Voyager at Astronautix

Image credit: Lockheed

Image source: Mike Acs

Lockheed Space Station

Lockheed 1963 Space Station at Astronautix

Image credit: Lockheed

Image source: Mike Acs

Źiemba and Collopy

Apollo Program at Astronautix

Image credit: NASA

Image source: Mike Acs

Moon Town

Lockheed’s Extended Lunar Operations was an extensive lunar base development program that would (after Ranger, Surveyor, and Apollo) have begun with the delivery of ELO modules by Saturn C-5s in 1969, an interim lunar exploratory base constructed in mid 1971 and a permanent base complete by 1975.

Image credit: Lockheed

Image source: Mike Acs