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No Shortage of Dreams — "Think Big: A 1970 Flight Schedule for NASA's 1969 Integrated Program Plan" https://t.co/UZ4OoNuHGL
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No Shortage of Dreams — "The First Voyager (1967)" https://t.co/tunwx2N9AB JPL recycled the V'ger name from a proposed Mars/Venus probe — Viking was cut-price V'ger.
No Shortage of Dreams — "Reviving and Reusing Skylab in the Shuttle Era: NASA Marshall's November 1977 Pitch to NASA Headquarters" https://t.co/WMiPMfIeBZ #space #spacehistory #spacestation
No Shortage of Dreams — "Revival: A Piloted Mars Flyby in the 1990s (1985)" https://t.co/Wmamjl3Ea1 #space #spacehistory #Mars #NASA A plan to begin the piloted exploration of Mars using technology expected to be developed for the Space Station.
No Shortage of Dreams — "The First Voyager (1967)" https://t.co/tunwx2N9AB Today is the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing & 46th anniversary of the Viking 1 Mars landing. Viking (right) was a cut-price version of Voyager (left). #space #spacehistory
No Shortage of Dreams — "Think Big: A 1970 Flight Plan for NASA's 1969 Integrated Program Plan" https://t.co/UZ4OoNuHGL
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My Patreon patrons get a weekly treat — the Sunday Space Brochure, scans of space agency & contractor public info publications from my collection, which spans some 60 years. Plus there's the warm feeling one gets from supporting good online space history. https://t.co/XS6WTGiXlU
No Shortage of Dreams — "Flying Brickyard Postponed: A 1972-1973 Study of an Interim Ablative Space Shuttle Heat Shield" https://t.co/IyAu4TRrjX
In 1969, the NASA Office of Manned Space Flight proposed a vast and elaborate piloted spaceflight scenario that encompassed LEO, GEO, Moon, and Mars outposts by 1990. NASA boss Tom Paine was its champion. Read all about it here: https://t.co/UZ4OoNuHGL
I've been writing "What If Apollo Hadn't Ended?" alternate history for 30 years. It's all based on real plans. As a writer, I find that both liberating and restrictive. Most "real spaceflight" AH struggles with that balance. https://t.co/7R4h2rr1C2 - https://t.co/perfbEbwDz