luke strawwalker
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Here's a study from 1967 by Boeing, detailing their proposals for single-launch Saturn V space stations, and various trades of station design elements and configurations, including both 21.6 foot (S-IVB sized) and 33 foot (S-II sized) space stations. There's some interesting graphics of the stations and their layouts, and the proposed LV's to launch them, along with the payload envelopes. Basically they were all designed for the INT-21, the two-stage Saturn V using an S-IC and an S-II upper stage. There's also mention on how to adapt their 33 foot space station designs for both 4 and 6 man Mars flyby missions with the appropriate additional propulsion, etc. These stations were to be serviced by enhanced Saturn IB's lofting a 6 man Apollo derived crew logistics vehicle, which is also briefly covered.
Interesting to see how this morphed into Skylab... Later! OL JR
View attachment NASA Study Summary- Saturn V Single Launch Space Station and Observatory Facility.txt
Interesting to see how this morphed into Skylab... Later! OL JR
View attachment NASA Study Summary- Saturn V Single Launch Space Station and Observatory Facility.txt