SPACE STATION OF THE FUTURE.—This drawing of a five-man space station, released by the Rocketdyne division of North American Aviation, Inc., could, according to its scientists, be launched in little more than a year with the development, now under way, of 1,000,0001b thrust engines. Seven feet in diameter and 35ft long, the satellite and its shielding might weigh as much as 65,0001b. In orbit, at 22,300 miles, a range where the pull of gravity would be slight, the satellite could be used for astronomy, solar, and ionosphere studies, or as a communications relay station.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28699, 24 September 1958, Page 13
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94SPACE STATION OF THE FUTURE.—This drawing of a five-man space station, released by the Rocketdyne division of North American Aviation, Inc., could, according to its scientists, be launched in little more than a year with the development, now under way, of 1,000,0001b thrust engines. Seven feet in diameter and 35ft long, the satellite and its shielding might weigh as much as 65,0001b. In orbit, at 22,300 miles, a range where the pull of gravity would be slight, the satellite could be used for astronomy, solar, and ionosphere studies, or as a communications relay station. Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28699, 24 September 1958, Page 13
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