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Red Star Cruising
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Title: Red Star Cruising
Catalog Number: SF-051
Original: Digital
Caption: The space cruiser Red Star traveling at a cruising speed of 250,000 miles per hour. Red Star is 150 feet long with a loaded weight of 250 tons. Of this, 200 tons is "fuel": ordinary water to provide reaction mass for the atomic motor, 40 tons is the spaceship itself, and 10 tons for the four passengers, their accommodations, equipment, supplies, etc.
The general design of the space cruiser Red Star is based on the atomic powered spaceship "Luna" designed by Ernst Fegte' for the 1950 movie Destination Moon. |
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