Re: 1950s Mars Missions
Hello Chris -
What I need is the copy of the tractors being unloaded.
Right about the fuel, nitric acid/hydrazine being von Bruan fuel 1, nuclear being von Braun fuel 2.
BUT the tractors if I remember, were nuclear powered - a little reactor was pulled along behind? That leaves the air and water for the crew, and maybe this is what I remembered being manufactured. Or maybe it was the fuel for the tractor.
But all of this is really incidental. What amazes me is that you are able to recall the details of the scheme, and at the same time conveniently forget or ignore von Braun's delusions of a watery Mars.
EP