Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) artist's concept for "Space Taxi" circa 1966.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1966-Vintage-NASA-8x10-Photo-Space-Taxi-Artists-concept-drawing-/110787704453?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19cb763685
Artist's depiction of a comparison of US launch vehicles including the Nova.
Source: http://cgi.ebay.com/ORIGL-NASA-PHOTO-U-S-SPACE-VEHICLES-COMPARISON-/260653187154?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0
1960s
apollo program
boeing
cold war
convair
douglas aircraft company missile & space division
general dynamics
heavy lift vehicle
martin marietta corporation
nasanasamarshallspaceflightcenter
post-apollo
space age
space race
united states
united states air force
better know as
Mission Engineering Study of Electrically Propelled Manned Planetary Vehicles
GE began the study for MSFC in July 1966.
they proposed to uses both nuclear-thermal and nuclear-electric propulsion.
Nuclear ionengine give mission flexibility also for unfavorable opportunities
and...
1960s
1967
cold war
contractor models
deep space probes
general electric
late 1960s
manned
mars
marshallspaceflightcenter
model
nasanasamarshallspaceflightcenter
north american aviation
nuclear power
nuclear rockets
nuclear-electric propulsion
post-apollo
space age
space probes
space race
united states
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