Von Braun Ferry Rocket

Von Braun Ferry Rocket

Von Braun Ferry Rocket was a concept design for a shuttle spacecraft that has been developed by Wernher von Braun in a seminal series of early 1950s' Collier's magazine articles Man Will Conquer Space Soon! by Wernher von Braun "et al". The Ferry Rocket concept has evolved over time.

Re-creations

The Ferry Rocket is modeled in the following flight and spaceflight simulators:

*Orbiter, a freeware simulator by Martin Schweiger
*"X-Plane"

References

* [http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/vonn1952.htm Von Braun 1952] by Mark Wade of [http://www.astronautix.com Encyclopedia Astronautica]
* [http://www.spacedaily.com/news/rocketscience-03zzf.html The Von Braun Master Plan: National Dream or National Nightmare?]
* [http://www.solarguard.com/handbook01.htm SPACESHIP HANDBOOK]


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