fut/lnr_v_bw_o_n (orig 1959 Convair - General Dynamics Corp photo, no. 29472)
"This photograph shows how Krafft A. Ehricke pictures man going to the moon by nuclear rocket. The manned payload hangs 1000 feet below the nuclear power plant after having been boosted from Earth into space by a chemical rocket. Upon reaching the Moon, the nuclear rocket is set down some distance from where the capsule lands. This arrangement protects the crew from the radiation of the nuclear rocket. (Convair, General Dynamics Corp.)"
Above credit: Leo Boudreau/Man on the Moon from "Rocket to the Moon" by Erik Bergaust and Seabrook Hull (1958), 1st ed. See linked image below.
In my world, this image is rather iconic, especially WRT to the Ehricke & Sentovic collaboration, as it was (relatively speaking), extensively used for press purposes. As such, this rare remnant has obviously been around the block. Despite that, it’s still retained its gloss and is bright & crisp image.
Note the stylized lower-case “dp” next to Mr. Sentovic’s signature, surely by him. No idea what it means/refers to.
Last, but not least - John Michael Sentovic:
e05.code.blog/2022/01/03/artist-profile-john-sentovic/
Credit: Garrett O’Donoghue/“numbers station” blog. I love this guy.
fut/lnr_v_bw_o_n (orig 1959 Convair - General Dynamics Corp photo, no. 29472)
"This photograph shows how Krafft A. Ehricke pictures man going to the moon by nuclear rocket. The manned payload hangs 1000 feet below the nuclear power plant after having been boosted from Earth into space by a chemical rocket. Upon reaching the Moon, the nuclear rocket is set down some distance from where the capsule lands. This arrangement protects the crew from the radiation of the nuclear rocket. (Convair, General Dynamics Corp.)"
Above credit: Leo Boudreau/Man on the Moon from "Rocket to the Moon" by Erik Bergaust and Seabrook Hull (1958), 1st ed. See linked image below.
In my world, this image is rather iconic, especially WRT to the Ehricke & Sentovic collaboration, as it was (relatively speaking), extensively used for press purposes. As such, this rare remnant has obviously been around the block. Despite that, it’s still retained its gloss and is bright & crisp image.
Note the stylized lower-case “dp” next to Mr. Sentovic’s signature, surely by him. No idea what it means/refers to.
Last, but not least - John Michael Sentovic:
e05.code.blog/2022/01/03/artist-profile-john-sentovic/
Credit: Garrett O’Donoghue/“numbers station” blog. I love this guy.