fut/Mars_v_c_o_n (ca. 1969-71, hand-annotated A71-34, MSFC-70PD 4049 A near eq)
“Launch Platform for Mars Ascent Vehicle”
And/or, per the following linked document & near equivalent depiction within it (Page 97, Figure 43):
“Mars excursion module configuration.”
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19700026519/downloads/1970002...
See also:
www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/19690804_man...
Last, but not least, with a vivid color version of the image and superior caption of:
“MEM ascent stage liftoff. The ascent stage was a stage-and-a-half design with a cluster of approximately conical expendable propellant tanks and integral tanks in its cylindrical core feeding a single engine.”
At/from:
spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/search?q=integrated+progr...
Credit: David S. F. Portreee/”No Shortage of Dreams” blog
Unfortunately, no signature is visible. A very similar Mars Excursion Module (MEM) depiction, also within NASA’s grand Integrated Program Plan (IPP) is by Renato Moncini. However, its depiction of the Martian landscape doesn’t agree with that of my posted photo, sooo…possibly/probably not by him. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
fut/Mars_v_c_o_n (ca. 1969-71, hand-annotated A71-34, MSFC-70PD 4049 A near eq)
“Launch Platform for Mars Ascent Vehicle”
And/or, per the following linked document & near equivalent depiction within it (Page 97, Figure 43):
“Mars excursion module configuration.”
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19700026519/downloads/1970002...
See also:
www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/19690804_man...
Last, but not least, with a vivid color version of the image and superior caption of:
“MEM ascent stage liftoff. The ascent stage was a stage-and-a-half design with a cluster of approximately conical expendable propellant tanks and integral tanks in its cylindrical core feeding a single engine.”
At/from:
spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/search?q=integrated+progr...
Credit: David S. F. Portreee/”No Shortage of Dreams” blog
Unfortunately, no signature is visible. A very similar Mars Excursion Module (MEM) depiction, also within NASA’s grand Integrated Program Plan (IPP) is by Renato Moncini. However, its depiction of the Martian landscape doesn’t agree with that of my posted photo, sooo…possibly/probably not by him. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯