My memory is just so far gone... why here I thought there were something like 10 ships in von Braun's Mars fleet, with some remaining in orbit...
but then I guess it depends upon which one of von Braun's Mars plans from which year you are talking about...
Seems to me that all the landing ships were going to land on the smooth water ice which von Braun imagined to exist on Mars... at least Collier's showed it that way... with the tractors simply for exploration... the tractors also featured inflatable living areas... no radiation problem there...
Full pressure suits? At 10% Earth atmosphere? The ones Collier's showed sure didn't look like Apollo Moon suits... and neither do the ones the Mars Society folks dance around in today... add about 75 kg in lead to them, and then dance...
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Re: von Braun's Mars Mission Plan
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- THE COMING NASA BUDGET CUTS
- Perhaps you can peddle your dystopic plot over at the SFWA website?
- Interesting angle and rationale
- Good Point, SIM. We either stick together or we all get stuck on earth.
- Re: TPS-NSS-BIS-MS, etc....
- The Importance of Focus, Tolerance, & Working Together
- I'm starting to be convinced.
- Just adding fuel to the fire guys
- Ed you already posted this below