Spaceship Handbook
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SPACESHIP HANDBOOK
A PRELIMINARY DESCRIPTION


Subject List for Spaceship Handbook

PART I: The Theoreticians

1900's -

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

    • Rocket #2

1920's -

Hermann Oberth

    • Modell B
    • Modell E

1930's -

Eugen Sänger

    • Silver Bird

1940’s -

Chesley Bonestell/Willy Ley Conquest of Space

    • Moon Rocket
    • Transcontinental Transport

1950's -

von Braun/Collier’s Magazine:

Across The Space Frontier

    • Ferry Rocket
    • Space Station
    • Lunar Reconnaissance Ship

Conquest Of The Moon

    • Passenger Ship
    • Cargo Ship

The Explorations Of Mars

    • Baby Space Station/Artificial Satellite
    • Passenger Ship (two versions)
    • Cargo Ship/Landing Boat (two versions)

von Braun/Disney:

Man In Space

    • Ferry Rocket

Man And The Moon

    • Lunar Recon Ship RM-1
    • Space Station S1
    • Bottle Suit

Mars And Beyond

    • Umbrella Ship
    • Landing Craft

von Braun/"This Week" Magazine:

First Men to the Moon

    • Moon Rocket

PART II: The Entertainers

1920's -

Die Frau im Mond

    • H32
    • Friede

1930’s -

Flash Gordon/Buck Rogers

    1. Satellite
    2. Spider Ship
    3. Rocketship! (from Just Imagine)
    4. Pioneer

1940's -

Rocketship XM: R-XM

1950's -

Conquest of Space Spin-offs:

    • Bonestell’s original Luna
    • Flight to Mars: M.A.R.S. 1
    • Abbot and Costello go to Mars: M1
    • It! The Terror From Beyond Space: Challenge 142
    • Missile to the Moon
    • Honorable Mention: Invaders from Mars

The Spaceship’s Golden Era

  1. Buck Rogers’ Battle Cruiser

The Great 1950’s TV Space Race

    • Captain Video: Galaxy II
    • Space Patrol: Terra V (three variations)
    • Space Cadet:: Polaris
    • Rocky Jones: Orbit Jet

George Pal:

Destination Moon

    • Luna

When Worlds Collide

    • Space Ark

Conquest of Space

    • Ferry Rocket (top stage only)
    • Space Station: "Wheel"
    • Mars Ship: "Spaceship"

Tintin Destination Moon

    • X-FLR6
    • Moon Rocket

Juvenile Science Fiction

Robert Heinlein

    1. Rocket Ship Galileo: Galileo

Harry Stine

    • Day the Rocket Blew Up: Athena
    • And a Star to Steer Her by: Fafnir
    • Starship through Space: Griffon
    • Contraband Rocket: Absyrtis*

Disneyland

    • Moonliner

 

1960's -

First Spaceship on Venus

    • Cosmostrator*

Gerry Anderson:

Thunderbirds (TV)

    • TB-1
    • TB-3
    • TB-5

2001: A Space Odyssey

    • Orion III*
    • Space Station V*
    • Aries 1B*
    • Moon Bus*
    • Discovery*
    • Maintenance Pods*

1970's -

Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space

    • Spaceship*

1990’s -

Wallace & Gromit A Grand Day Out

    • Rocketship

Myst (computer game)

    • Myst Rocket

PART III: The Real Stuff

1950's -

  • Dyna-Soar

1960's -

  • Nova
  • Project Pluto
  • MOL

1990's -

Back to the Future, the RLV Revolution

  • Lockheed-Martin VentureStar
  • Kistler K-1
  • Kelly Air Space Astroliner
  • Pioneer Rocketplane Pathfinder
  • Rotary Rocket Roton

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Appendix A: A discussion of the "Atomic Rocket" Concept

Appendix B: Model Rocketry Section

    • G. Harry Stine Tribute
    • Plans for Luna from Destination Moon (courtesy of Jim Fackert)
    • Plans for Thunderbirds 1 &3 (courtesy of Tom Beach)
    • Plans for X-20 Dyna Soar (courtesy of Rob Zingarelli)
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