Lunar Shuttle, Card No 48 (RaceIntoSpace 1971)

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The Race Into Space (Brooke Bond, 1971)

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Card No. 49: Lunar Shuttle

1980s

Once manned space-stations have been established in Earth-orbit, it will be possible to assemble spaceships from separate modules carried aloft by re-usable space shuttles or expendable rockets.

In prospect is a nuclear-powered Nerva rocket which shuttles back and forth between Earth orbit and lunar-orbit, being continually refuelled with liquid hydrogen brought to the space station by winged shuttles.

It ferries pre-fabricated parts for a Moon-base into lunar orbit for transfer to a chemically- powered landing craft (illustrated), similar to the Apollo lunar module. The type of nuclear engine used in the lunar shuttle could also power ships of the manned Mars Expedition.


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