Selden's Bonestell & von Braun page


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0.0 Introduction.

In 1947, Wernher von Braun wrote a book titled "Das Mars Projekt." An English edition, "The Mars Project," was published in 1953 and a reprint is readily available.

In 1952 Colliers Magazine hosted a symposium on space flight, the results of which were published in their magazine. Spacecraft were designed by Wernher von Braun and illustrated by Chesley Bonestell and others.

These spacecraft designs also were published in several books, some of which were "Across the Space Frontier," "The Conquest of Space," "The Conquest of the Moon," and "The Exploration of Mars."

Physical dimensions for many of these designs were published in the book "Spaceship Handbook" by Jack Hagerty and Jon C. Rogers.

Below are pictures of my interpretations of some of these spacecraft.

1.0 Web sites.

2.0 Addon for Celestia.

3.0 Documents.

The following books were used as reference material. All but the first and last are currently out of print.

4.0 Pictures.

Celestia displaying models that I'm currently working on.
Across the Space Frontier
Across the Space Frontier
(26Feb06)
My interpretation of the endpaper illustration.
Across the Space Frontier (revised)
Across the Space Frontier (revised)
(16Mar06)
changed date to 1955 & orbital parameters to match
assembling the Mars expedition
ships in orbit
assembling the Mars expedition ships in orbit
(26Feb06)
assembling the Mars expedition
ships in orbit: v2
assembling the Mars expedition ships in orbit
(4Mar06)
(spacemen added, plus other changes)
Separating lander from tanks
Separating lander from tanks
(11Mar06)
Separating lander from tanks
Separating lander from tanks v2
(19Mar06)
Landing on Mars
Landing on Mars
(11Mar06)
Touchdown on Mars
Touchdown on Mars
(18Mar06)
(Revised landing area)
Raising the Rocket
Raising the Rocket.
(18Mar06)
Duststorm On Mars
Duststorm on Mars.
(19Mar06)
Station On Mars
Station on Mars.
(18Mar06)
On Mars
On Mars ready to leave.
(11Mar06)
Takeoff
Takeoff.
(18Mar06)

A second addon in the works.

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Inside the Spacestation
Inside the Spacestation.
(1Apr06)

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A.0 Appendices.