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<blockquote data-quote="Grif" data-source="post: 27986" data-attributes="member: 1061">This design was slightly modified by Jack Kirby and Wally Wood for their &quot;Sky Masters of the Space Force&quot; comic strip; the three rockets were code-named Winken, Blinken, and Nod, and the re-entry vehicles were of a different design, but it was the same basic Atlas station. That strip had a peculiar attitude to what might be called &quot;technical continuity&quot;; that story line followed on from the &quot;origin story&quot; in which the first man in space, Colonel Martin, had flown a sip which was a sort of cross between a von Braun canard ferry rocket and a real rocket of that era (late 1950s). Major Schuyler &quot;Sky&quot; Masters had to fly the second such ship into orbit to rescue him when he succumbed to the &quot;Raptures of Space&quot;. The landing was by &quot;wings and wheels&quot;, so one wonders why they were using expendable, Atlas technology...the Atlas station, or &quot;Space House&quot;, was used as the construction shack for the building of a von Braun &quot;wheel&quot; space station. In several later stories, capsules were used, including an arc in which Masters flew a Mercury capsule into orbit, nearly getting drowned because the parachute and floatation bag were too small - which ought to have been enough to make the Space Force go back to &quot;wings and wheels&quot;!Grif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grif, post: 27986, member: 1061"] This design was slightly modified by Jack Kirby and Wally Wood for their "Sky Masters of the Space Force" comic strip; the three rockets were code-named Winken, Blinken, and Nod, and the re-entry vehicles were of a different design, but it was the same basic Atlas station. That strip had a peculiar attitude to what might be called "technical continuity"; that story line followed on from the "origin story" in which the first man in space, Colonel Martin, had flown a sip which was a sort of cross between a von Braun canard ferry rocket and a real rocket of that era (late 1950s). Major Schuyler "Sky" Masters had to fly the second such ship into orbit to rescue him when he succumbed to the "Raptures of Space". The landing was by "wings and wheels", so one wonders why they were using expendable, Atlas technology...the Atlas station, or "Space House", was used as the construction shack for the building of a von Braun "wheel" space station. In several later stories, capsules were used, including an arc in which Masters flew a Mercury capsule into orbit, nearly getting drowned because the parachute and floatation bag were too small - which ought to have been enough to make the Space Force go back to "wings and wheels"! Grif [/QUOTE]

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What company designed the famous Spitfire?