Moonship

BBC | Lockheed to build Nasa "Moonship" O gigantesco conglomerado da indústria aeronáutica será o construtor do CEV-Orion, a nave que se espera que revitalize a exploração espacial.

Leituras Artur 2006

For the first time since they overtook the Moonship, the tug now had help.

Space Tug Murray Leinster 1935

And they were plunging on after the Moonship which was very, very, very far on before them.

Space Tug Murray Leinster 1935

Moonship had taken off for the Moon on the other side of the Platform's orbit, when it had a velocity of more than 12,000 miles an hour in the direction it wished to go.

Space Tug Murray Leinster 1935

The Moonship, actually, was assembled from precast individual cells which then were welded together.

Space Tug Murray Leinster 1935

In half an hour, the two space craft were bound firmly together, but far enough apart for the rocket blasts to dissipate before they reached the Moonship.

Space Tug Murray Leinster 1935

But that, and all other sources of satisfaction, was wiped out by news that came back from the Moonship a bare six hours later.

Space Tug Murray Leinster 1935

The Moonship was slowed by a fraction of its speed.

Space Tug Murray Leinster 1935

It swayed over to the limit of the tow-chain it had fastened to the Moonship.

Space Tug Murray Leinster 1935

The production of space ship hulls went up to four a day, while the molds for the Moonship were being worked even faster.

Space Tug Murray Leinster 1935