Thought I’d gather together a few of my more recent images, none of which really justifies it’s own blog post…
A variety of small project images
Month: August 2017
Krafft Ehricke’s Hyperion, a manned nuclear Mars mission
This is not the Hyperion by Phil Bono, (which you can read about here), but an earlier design from Krafft Ehricke, dating all the way back to the 1950’s. It’s for a manned mission to Mars, (no landing), and a fleet of 3 or 4 ships would be sent for mutual support. I got the information on this project from the always excellent “Atomic Rockets” site, including this plan, which is the basis for my mesh:
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