a_v_bw_o_n (1960, unnumbered Douglas Aircraft Co. PR photo)
“Nuclear-powered spaceships will open the solar system to efficient exploration and exploitation, said Max W. Hunter, Douglas Aircraft company’s assistant chief engineer - space systems. High-thrust nuclear propulsion, such as proposed for [a] single-stage spaceship shown in this artist’s drawing of a lunar mission is essential to space leadership and would result in relatively cheap space travel.”
Illustration by Douglas Aircraft artist Ron Simpson.
a_v_bw_o_n (1960, unnumbered Douglas Aircraft Co. PR photo)
“Nuclear-powered spaceships will open the solar system to efficient exploration and exploitation, said Max W. Hunter, Douglas Aircraft company’s assistant chief engineer - space systems. High-thrust nuclear propulsion, such as proposed for [a] single-stage spaceship shown in this artist’s drawing of a lunar mission is essential to space leadership and would result in relatively cheap space travel.”
Illustration by Douglas Aircraft artist Ron Simpson.