STSprog-fut_v_c_o_TPMBK (ca. 1977, unnumbered NASA photo, poss. 'JSCL 149' litho eq, poss. litho 772-876 eq)
“SPACE SHUTTLE LIFTOFF. An art concept depicts a Space Shuttle Orbiter lifting off the launch pad with all engines burning in parallel. Solid fuel rocket boosters (on either side of the large external tank) develop 11,210,000 newtons (2,500,000 pounds) of thrust as they help push the Orbiter into space. Following burnout at about 43.4 kilometers (27 miles), the depleted boosters parachute back to a predetermined site in the ocean. They are recovered and refurbished for use on other missions. The large liquid propellant tank continues to feed the Orbiter’s main engines liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen as the delta-winged vehicle nears Earth orbit insertion. Just before entering the orbit phase the now-empty external tank is jettisoned. The development of the Space Shuttle introduces a new, low-cost method of transportation to and from Earth orbit. Once operational (first flight is planned for 1980), Shuttle costs per mission will be about $18 million. By comparison Apollo 17 mission operations costs were $105 million. The Solid Rocket Boosters, External Tank, and Orbiter main engines are under the management of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, and the Orbiter is managed by the NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.”
Above per the caption of the widely published/seen 1977 lithograph equivalent of the photograph.
I’m not familiar with the artist, “ZƎЯAV⅃A .M”, nor the hieroglyphic/alien? “AƧU” on the wing.
Give. Me. Strength. WHOOSAH…it’s NOT working.
¡!¡ƧƎӘOOTƧ AƧAИ ƧƧƎ⅃ƎU⅃Ɔ
…HӘU !¡!ǝsnɔxǝ oИ
STSprog-fut_v_c_o_TPMBK (ca. 1977, unnumbered NASA photo, poss. 'JSCL 149' litho eq, poss. litho 772-876 eq)
“SPACE SHUTTLE LIFTOFF. An art concept depicts a Space Shuttle Orbiter lifting off the launch pad with all engines burning in parallel. Solid fuel rocket boosters (on either side of the large external tank) develop 11,210,000 newtons (2,500,000 pounds) of thrust as they help push the Orbiter into space. Following burnout at about 43.4 kilometers (27 miles), the depleted boosters parachute back to a predetermined site in the ocean. They are recovered and refurbished for use on other missions. The large liquid propellant tank continues to feed the Orbiter’s main engines liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen as the delta-winged vehicle nears Earth orbit insertion. Just before entering the orbit phase the now-empty external tank is jettisoned. The development of the Space Shuttle introduces a new, low-cost method of transportation to and from Earth orbit. Once operational (first flight is planned for 1980), Shuttle costs per mission will be about $18 million. By comparison Apollo 17 mission operations costs were $105 million. The Solid Rocket Boosters, External Tank, and Orbiter main engines are under the management of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, and the Orbiter is managed by the NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.”
Above per the caption of the widely published/seen 1977 lithograph equivalent of the photograph.
I’m not familiar with the artist, “ZƎЯAV⅃A .M”, nor the hieroglyphic/alien? “AƧU” on the wing.
Give. Me. Strength. WHOOSAH…it’s NOT working.
¡!¡ƧƎӘOOTƧ AƧAИ ƧƧƎ⅃ƎU⅃Ɔ
…HӘU !¡!ǝsnɔxǝ oИ