If the Ancient Romans had a Space Program, What Would Their Space Ships Look Like?

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Tim51 said:
I'd say their spaceships would definitely be bronze coloured. I just feel it.
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I couldn't find a bronze color that I liked so I went with gold. The forward-swept fins are supposed to be pewter. Unfortunately the Roman Space program had a high failure rate with pewter fins as they tended to melt during re-entry...and they were heavy. Plus the workers that made them couldn't be trusted because they tended to go crazy. They were known as "mad finners."
 
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I believe they would look very much like the Saturn 1B except that the 8 Redstone tanks of the 1st stage would be highly decorated columns.
 

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