fut/spasta_v_c_o_TPMBK (S84-30004)
“NASA/JSC "Racetrack" growth configuration with space tug hangar & satellite servicing facilities. This concept was abandoned fairly early, however.”
Space tug = Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV). Note also the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV) hangar, along with the lurking & ever-present (during this time period) Science and Applications Manned Space Platform (SAMSP). Despite the name, most look to be unmanned in appearance…with a possible/eventual manned capability. I think.
Finally, New Orleans is the backdrop for this beautiful image, which I think is by Paul Houston…who I (possibly erroneously) think/thought was a Boeing artist.
At:
www.astronautix.com/s/spacestation1984.html
Specifically (minus the SAMSP):
www.astronautix.com/nails/s/ss84jsc2.jpg
Credit: Marcus Lindroos/Astronautix website
fut/spasta_v_c_o_TPMBK (S84-30004)
“NASA/JSC "Racetrack" growth configuration with space tug hangar & satellite servicing facilities. This concept was abandoned fairly early, however.”
Space tug = Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV). Note also the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV) hangar, along with the lurking & ever-present (during this time period) Science and Applications Manned Space Platform (SAMSP). Despite the name, most look to be unmanned in appearance…with a possible/eventual manned capability. I think.
Finally, New Orleans is the backdrop for this beautiful image, which I think is by Paul Houston…who I (possibly erroneously) think/thought was a Boeing artist.
At:
www.astronautix.com/s/spacestation1984.html
Specifically (minus the SAMSP):
www.astronautix.com/nails/s/ss84jsc2.jpg
Credit: Marcus Lindroos/Astronautix website