fut-lnr_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1962 press photo, from Martin Co. photo no. 8P-70041)
“This is an artist’s conception of a three-man moon vehicle preparing ground for a lunar base. The vehicle is of the type which could be driven by a new power system designed by the Martin Company. The new system, the company says, would provide electrical power for motors which would drive the vehicle’s tracks. The system’s exhausts would be regenerated by a nuclear reactor and re-used by [the] vehicle. Primary source of power would be a turbine generator driven by hydrogen gas under pressure.”
Oh happy day...in all the years I’ve come across this image, this is the first with some meat to its description…finally...and it's by John Gorsuch!
As pointed out by Mr. Dempsey in one of the below linked images, “note the intentionally obscured NASA "Meatball" emblem on the antenna pylon of the closest bulldozer.”
fut-lnr_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1962 press photo, from Martin Co. photo no. 8P-70041)
“This is an artist’s conception of a three-man moon vehicle preparing ground for a lunar base. The vehicle is of the type which could be driven by a new power system designed by the Martin Company. The new system, the company says, would provide electrical power for motors which would drive the vehicle’s tracks. The system’s exhausts would be regenerated by a nuclear reactor and re-used by [the] vehicle. Primary source of power would be a turbine generator driven by hydrogen gas under pressure.”
Oh happy day...in all the years I’ve come across this image, this is the first with some meat to its description…finally...and it's by John Gorsuch!
As pointed out by Mr. Dempsey in one of the below linked images, “note the intentionally obscured NASA "Meatball" emblem on the antenna pylon of the closest bulldozer.”