fut_v_bw_o_n (1958 Aerojet-General Corp. photo no. 459 868)
“NUCLEAR-ION ROCKET ENROUTE TO VENUS
Long range interplanetary research of the future is depicted in this concept by W. C. House, Director, Systems Management, Aerojet-General Corporation of a large nuclear-ion rocket on its way to the planet Venus. The rocket, conceived by House, would be between 25 and 30 feet in diameter and approximately 150 feet long, or about the size of a modern submarine cut in half. It is pictured above at altitude of 4,000 miles over Western Europe at 4:45 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time on August 20. Its position is 40 degrees east longitude and 30 degrees north latitude. The wings on the rocket, which have been elongated for artistic purposes, probably would be stubby projections retractable in flight but necessary to effect landings on other planets or return to earth.”
What an oddly & amusingly precise description of a spacecraft’s position/location in both time & space – IN AN ARTIST’S CONCEPT.
fut_v_bw_o_n (1958 Aerojet-General Corp. photo no. 459 868)
“NUCLEAR-ION ROCKET ENROUTE TO VENUS
Long range interplanetary research of the future is depicted in this concept by W. C. House, Director, Systems Management, Aerojet-General Corporation of a large nuclear-ion rocket on its way to the planet Venus. The rocket, conceived by House, would be between 25 and 30 feet in diameter and approximately 150 feet long, or about the size of a modern submarine cut in half. It is pictured above at altitude of 4,000 miles over Western Europe at 4:45 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time on August 20. Its position is 40 degrees east longitude and 30 degrees north latitude. The wings on the rocket, which have been elongated for artistic purposes, probably would be stubby projections retractable in flight but necessary to effect landings on other planets or return to earth.”
What an oddly & amusingly precise description of a spacecraft’s position/location in both time & space – IN AN ARTIST’S CONCEPT.