Re: 1950s Mars Missions
Tom Brosz wrote:
Note the ships in this Colliers cover. There are a lot more than three in this rather improbable formation, possibly as many as 10:
Chris' reply:
In "The Mars Project" von Braun's novel there are 10 ships, but only 3 land using wings. In all his various designs for this mission only 3 spaceplanes land on Mars and non of them use in situ resources to do return fuel manufacturing.
--Chris Vancil