Art by John Polgreen for the book “Space Travel” by Willy Ley. Poughkeepsie: Guild Press, (1958).
The Minerva lands on Phobos, one of the Martian moons. The Minerva carries along landing boats which are airplane-shaped rocket ships that can go through an atmosphere and land, using their wings for braking the high speed. But when the ships have to return to the Minerva, they will detach their wings for the take-off from Mars and come out of the atmosphere as wingless rockets. They must then go into orbit so that they can rejoin the expedition on Phobos. [Summary of the text]
Art by John Polgreen for the book “Space Travel” by Willy Ley. Poughkeepsie: Guild Press, (1958).
The Minerva lands on Phobos, one of the Martian moons. The Minerva carries along landing boats which are airplane-shaped rocket ships that can go through an atmosphere and land, using their wings for braking the high speed. But when the ships have to return to the Minerva, they will detach their wings for the take-off from Mars and come out of the atmosphere as wingless rockets. They must then go into orbit so that they can rejoin the expedition on Phobos. [Summary of the text]