fut_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1960 photo, unnumbered poss. GE photo)
"After achieving mastery of a single spaceship, the astronaut will probably develop skills in traveling between space vehicles so that he can repair unmanned weather or communications satellites or construct space platforms. It is likely that he will be able to move in a lightweight space suit."
A little odd/Rube Goldberg-like - no docking capability? Amusing nonetheless. To me, the illustration doesn't look like a generic effort. The nice detail leads me to believe it was possibly by/for some company "in the running" for a contract at the time.
Note the old-fashioned rope hand holds within the “transfer tube”.
Per another caption from September 12, 1960. Being associated with General Electric is support for Roy Scarfo as the responsible artist::
“TUNNEL FOR SPACE HOGS — Engineers at General Electric's Missile and Space Vehicle Department have proposed this flexible, tunnel-like device for providing passage from ship to ship in space. Resembling cassions used by sand hogs in tunneling under rivers, the device would consist of a pressure tight, non-rigid tube or cylinder supported by stiffening rings. Spacemen, who might be called “space hogs," could also use the device to provide a pressurized area in which they could work on the exterior of their vehicles unencumbered by bulky space suits. The flexibility of the device would allow the "space hog" to place it over any part of the vehicle that needed work. When not in use it would be collapsed and stored in the space ship's air lock.”
Furthermore, according to this, and a few other sites, this is the work of Roy Scarfo:
Specifically:
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Credit: Tumbral website
fut_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1960 photo, unnumbered poss. GE photo)
"After achieving mastery of a single spaceship, the astronaut will probably develop skills in traveling between space vehicles so that he can repair unmanned weather or communications satellites or construct space platforms. It is likely that he will be able to move in a lightweight space suit."
A little odd/Rube Goldberg-like - no docking capability? Amusing nonetheless. To me, the illustration doesn't look like a generic effort. The nice detail leads me to believe it was possibly by/for some company "in the running" for a contract at the time.
Note the old-fashioned rope hand holds within the “transfer tube”.
Per another caption from September 12, 1960. Being associated with General Electric is support for Roy Scarfo as the responsible artist::
“TUNNEL FOR SPACE HOGS — Engineers at General Electric's Missile and Space Vehicle Department have proposed this flexible, tunnel-like device for providing passage from ship to ship in space. Resembling cassions used by sand hogs in tunneling under rivers, the device would consist of a pressure tight, non-rigid tube or cylinder supported by stiffening rings. Spacemen, who might be called “space hogs," could also use the device to provide a pressurized area in which they could work on the exterior of their vehicles unencumbered by bulky space suits. The flexibility of the device would allow the "space hog" to place it over any part of the vehicle that needed work. When not in use it would be collapsed and stored in the space ship's air lock.”
Furthermore, according to this, and a few other sites, this is the work of Roy Scarfo:
Specifically:
64.media.tumblr.com/023f94e3952545f42b8014e00aa305c4/tumb...
Credit: Tumbral website