While developing their crewed Mars flyby proposal for the TMK ship, the Soviets also studied the concept of having the ship flyby Venus on the return home. This was called the MAVR, and would have flown sometime in the 70s. I depicted it over Earth, waiting to make the burn.
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A Triton ferry spaceplane docks with the C199 interplanetary cruiser, which is 1190m wide and packs 24 km/s of deltaV into its nuclear thermal rocket engines. Onboard are 1241 passengers and crew.
#space#art by @FWennan
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The Umation flag
A brutal caste regime that has a stranglehold on the system's agriculture. A tenuous power position that they abuse, but one that is in decline.
Part of the original, 1939, FT demonstrator trainset #103 was featured at Electro-Motive's La Grange, Illinois plant during an open house ceremony in September of 1989. Brian Rackley photo.
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