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Pioneer at Astronautix

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Pioneer G

Pioneer at Astronautix

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Jupiter’s Surface

Pioneer at Astronautix

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Crossing The Asteroid Belt

Pioneer at Astronautix

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Pioneer 10

Pioneer at Astronautix

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Jupiter Lunar Landing

From one of Jupiter’s 12 moons, earth astronauts gaze on this impressive, but bleak, view of the 86,900 mile-diameter planet. More than 316 times the mass of the Earth, Jupiter is seven times further from the sun than Earth; would require voyage of one to two months to reach at velocity of one million feet per second. Max Hunter, Douglas Aircraft Company engineer predicts economically feasible trips to Jupiter will be made through development of nuclear thrust spaceship engines. 

Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc. General Offices, Santa Monica, Calif.

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