THE SPACE EDUCATORS' HANDBOOK
SCIENCE FICTION TO SCIENCE FACT EXHIBIT
GALLERY OF COLLIER'S COVER SPACE TECHNOLOGY
Collier's - March 22, 1952 (Volume 129 No.2)
DISCUSSION
The model displayed in the JSC Science Fiction to Science Fact
Exhibit in
the above left photo was featured on the cover art of
the March 22, 1952
issue of Collier's magazine. As envisioned by
Wernher von Braun, the
booster was to be a three stage vehicle standing
265 foot tall. With a base
of 65 feet in diameter, the rocket's overall
weight was to be 14,000,000
pounds.
The cover of Collier's depicts the separation of the
first stage
with its fifty-one rocket motors having combined
to provide a lift-off
thrust of 14,000 tons during its 84
seconds of operation. The cover shows
the 34 second stage
rocket motors at work with 1,750 tons of thrust being
provided
for 124 seconds. Atop the second stage, the third or final
stage
carried the astronauts, their equipment and the payload.
The third stage's
five rockets yielded 220 tons of thrust for
a 1,075 mile high orbit. The
third stage had two sets of
wings. The larger set was for descending into the thin atmosphere
of Mars, the smaller wings to be used during descent through Earth's
atmosphere
during the return to Earth.
Collier's - October 18, 1952 (Volume 130 No. 16)
DISCUSSION
Collier's - March 14, 1953 (Volume 131 No. 11)
DISCUSSION
Collier's - June 27, 1953 (Volume 131 No. 26)
DISCUSSION
Collier's - April 30, 1954 (Volume 133 No. 9)
DISCUSSION
Sketches of Manned Mars Landing and Launch
Concept
Sketches of Crew Rescue Capsule
Sketches of Lunar Landing
Vehicle
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