Manned Mars Landing: Presentation to The Space Task Group - 1969

by Wernher von Braun

Overview

Two weeks after the Moon landing, Werner von Braun presented to the NASA Space Task Group this rare document with detailed coloured images, regarding the forthcoming exploration of planets. The document proves how the renowned rocket scientist was conceptually and technically ahead of his time.
The information presented here describes a method of landing men on the planet Mars in 1982. The scientific goals of the mission are described and the key decision dates are identified. The unmanned planetary missions described in Part I are critical to the final designs selected.
The 1981 manned Mars mission (1982 landing on Mars) is shown as an integral part of the total space program for the next two decades. The systems and experience resulting from the Apollo program and the missions proposed for the 1970's provide the technical and programmatic foundation for this undertaking. A 1982 manned Mars landing is a logical focus for the programs of the next decade.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940184518794
Publisher:	Ebooks World Editor
Publication date:	07/01/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Dr. Wernher von Braun is best known as NASA's "rocket man." His team designed and developed, among other large rockets, the Redstone booster, which launched America's first satellite and astronauts, and the giant Saturn V, which launched the Apollo missions to the Moon.
Although he worked on military rocket development during the first half of his career, Wernher von Braun dreamed of a world in which rockets were used for space exploration, and this, he claimed, was his primary motivation. In a series of articles in Collier's Weekly magazine in 1952, von Braun presented a concept for an Earth-orbiting space station. He also worked as a technical director at Disney studios, preparing three television films about space exploration.
In 1949 von Braun penned a science fiction story, Project Mars: A Technical Tale, a story based on detailed and accurate science, yet presented as a very human undertaking.
Clearly intended as a way to infect others with his enthusiasm for human space exploration, this forgotten tale lingered in his personal files until being published in 2006, nearly 30 years after his death and 57 years after it was written.
Dr. von Braun pauses in front of the Saturn V vehicle being readied for the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The Saturn V vehicle was developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center under the direction of Dr. von Braun.