aerospace
american society of aviation artists
aviation art
cold war
douglasaircraftcompanydouglasaircraftcompanymissile & spacedivisiondouglasmissile & spacedivision
late 20th century
mcdonnell douglas
northrop
post-cold war
united states navy
While trying to locate a Douglas proposal to modify an S-IVb into an orbiting bioresearch lab I found this report on the possible use of the Pioneer VI-IX bus for a series of heliocentric orbiting BioSats.
Feasibility study for conducting biological experiments aboard a Pioneer spacecraft...
air defense command
albm
asat
cold war
douglasaircraftcompanydouglasaircraftcompanymissile & spacedivisiondouglasmissile & spacedivision
icbm
irbm
missiles and space systems division (douglas)
nasa
nuclear battlefield
strategic air command
surface-to-air missile
united states air force
Douglas print ad from 1961 showing space vehicle concepts.
URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/1961-DOUGLAS-Missiles-SPACE-SYSTEMS-Lunar-Vehicles-Ad-/310237049775?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0
astronomical art
cold war
douglasdouglasaircraftcompanydouglasaircraftcompanymissile & spacedivisiondouglasmissile & spacedivision
early 1960s
missiles and space systems division (douglas)
space age
space art
space race
Philip Bono master piece
"Reusable Orbital Module-Booster & Utility Shuttle"from 1964
http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/rombus.htm
is SSTO (VTOVL) with payload 450 tons in 185 km Orbit.
with a plug nozzle rocket engine design, used also as heat shield during atmospheric reentry.
most of LH2 fuel...
cold war
deep space probes
douglasaircraftcompanydouglasaircraftcompanymissile & spacedivision
heavy lift vehicle
mars
moon
moonbase
nasa
single-stage-to-orbit
space age
space race
ssto
Hi,
the Douglas Astro was delta-wing vehicle and spacecraft,it was
combined aircraft and rocketry concepts.
http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1963/1963%20-%201667.pdf
air defense command
astronomical art
cold war
douglasaircraftcompanydouglasaircraftcompanymissile & spacedivisiondouglasmissile & spacedivisionmissiles and space systems division (douglas)
nasa
nuclear rockets
space age
space art
space race
united states
united states air force
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