Lunar Base by J.J. Olson

A combine of three lunar shelters provides adequate quarters for a construction of eighteen men. It will take many years to complete a major moon colony for 100 or more men-and women.

The Next Fifty Years On The Moon
by Erik Bergaust
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1974

Image credit: Boeing
Image source: Numbers Station

SNAP 10A

Image credit: AEC
Image source: DOE

SNAPSHOT

Image credit: AEC
Image source: DOE

VTOHL

I think this is Henry Lozano Jr. rendering of the NAR A, or at least I thought I did. Tony Landis describes it as a Boeing VTOHL proposal. Tony Landis is a writer and archivist at the AFMC History Office. Tony knows his stuff. I’m going to stick to my guns for now, do a little more digging and we’ll see if I wind up moving this post down the road.

Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: AFMC 

HST Servicing Mission

Image credit: Ball Aerospace
Image source: Mike Acs

MDC A by Robert McCall

Our World in Space
Robert McCall & Isaac Asimov
New York Graphic Society, 1974

Image credit: Robert McCall
Image source: Mike Acs

S-79-28148

Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: Mike Acs

S-72-464-S

Image credit: NASA
Image source: SDASM Archives