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Faget’s DC-3
After Apollo is on The Moon
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(NY21 – Aug.30) AFTER APOLLO IS ON THE MOON — This artist’s conception presents one view of what a 12 to 24 man spacecraft may look like when scientists begin to plan for space development after the Apollo landing on the moon. The target date for that project is 1970, after which may come development of space stations, flights to Mars and moon bases. This type of spacecraft would be launched in pieces and assembled in space by astronauts. Crew replacement and supplies would be brought in by smaller craft, left.
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Image credit: Douglas
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Wingless Spacecraft
Image credit: NASA
Image source: Periscope Film
LDEF Deployment
Image credit: NASA Langley
Image source: Internet Archive
Operations
LS-200
Image credit: Lockheed
Image source: SDASM Archives
Olson Concept 1970
Image credit: Boeing
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255-CC-70HC-169
Image credit: North American Rockwell
Image source: National Archives
Liebig Trading Card
Image credit: Liebig
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Four Space-Shuttle Concepts
Here are examples of tentative designs for a space shuttle, made public by members of the four industrial teams competing in the project:
- McDonnell Douglas/Marietta
- Boeing/Lockheed
- North American/General Dynamics
- Grumman Aerospace
Each of pictured space-shuttle versions is a composite craft consisting of two stages, a booster and an orbiter, and is launched vertically like a space rocket, as shown. It’s two stages separate in space, and both return to earth for re-use.
Image credit: Robert McCall
Text and Images: Popular Science
