...and televison experiments until it impacted the Martian surface. The launch vehicle for this mission would be a Saturn V.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19660022526_1966022526.pdf
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19660022527_1966022527.pdf...
Vought Cryogenic LEM
From:
Apollo Rendezvous Simulator Study
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740074737_1974074737.pdf
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740075902_1974075902.pdf...
...NASA illustrations that hint at planned Mars orbiting space stations dating from around the same period (Late 60s/Early 70s)
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19710015273_1971015273.pdf
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19710016356_1971016356.pdf...
1974 proposal by Martin-Marietta to modify the Viking lander to allow a Mars surface sample to returned in the early 1980s.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740022177_1974022177.pdf
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19750006729_1975006729.pdf...
Found some documentation relating to TOPS Subsystem studies.
Attitude Propulsion Technology for TOPS (49mb)
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19730005054_1973005054.pdf
Trajectory Correction Propulsion for TOPS (35mb)...
What looks to be the test bed for some kind of flying jeep.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19620002349_1962002349.pdf
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19620002350_1962002350.pdf
Model used in testing a supercritial wing design, the shape looks familiar to me.
Source:
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19830002804_1983002804.pdf
and
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19830002811_1983002811.pdf
Unidentified four engined flying boat circa 1947, apologies for the poor quality of some of the images.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930091942_1993091942.pdf
and
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930081892_1993081892.pdf
I just stumbled across this early 1950's jet flying boat design on the NTRS. Does anyone know anything more about it?
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930086537_1993086537.pdf
and
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930086549_1993086549.pdf
...fit it with a means of marking the landing point.
See:
1. Surveyor Lunar Roving Vehicle, Final Report, Vol. 1, Summary Report
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19660015678_1966015678.pdf
2. Surveyor Lunar Roving Vehicle, Final Report, Vol. 2, Mission and System Studies...
1960s
apollo program
bendix aerospace systems division
bendix corporation
cold war
lunar robots
lunar roving vehicle
moon
nasa
nuclear powered vehicles
space age
space probes
space race
surveyor program
united states
Here are some more images from the McDonnell-Douglas official report.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19760004107_1976004107.pdf
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19760004108_1976004108.pdf...
...some modifications may be needed.
Pre-Phase A Study for an Analysis of a Reuseable Space Tug, Vol. 1: Management Summary
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19710011977_1971011977.pdf
Pre-Phase A Study for an Analysis of a Reuseable Space Tug, Vol. 2: Technical Summary...
...is from one of NASAs late 1970s Solar Power Station studies.
Lunar Resources Utilizations for Space Construction. Vol. 1,2 & 3
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19830077470_1983077470.pdf
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19830077471_1983077471.pdf...
...Transonic Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Model of a Proposed Six-Engine Hull-Type Seaplane Designed for Supersonic Flight
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19980223966_1998380480.pdf
Hydrodynamic characteristics of a model of a proposed six-engine hull-type seaplane...
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