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Von Braun "Baby Satellite"
Hot off the workbench! My interpretation of Joy Cohn's "Baby Satellite," a 1953 Wernher von Braun concept from the groundbreaking series of space articles in Collier's magazine.
!cid__1030001921 by sonofkong, on Flickr The solar reflecting mirrors are printed on Red River metallic paper. The red structures are mercury boiler tubes made from coated wire. The base features a pic of the Collier's cover and a von Braun sketch of the mirror configuration. Mucho thanx to Joy for designing a most excellent model! More pix tomorrow; stay tooned! Les (Friendly Airplane Asylum & ex-NASA flack) |
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Really nice "might have been." It's always interesting to think in terms of the technology of the day ... no practical solar cells so a solar heat engine is called for. We seem to have chickened (ignoranced?) out on space nuclear so solar photovoltaic rules today - but what will tomorrow bring?
Yogi BTW - Efficiency of a heat engine (Stirling Cycle at a practical 40% efficiency) exceeds that of solar cells (30% max theoretical for silicon based cells). Solar cells only win (so far) with a lighter overall system and no moving parts. |
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Now that is the compleat package! model,display and history,brillant execuation.
Thats what it's all about! Bravo! |
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Excellent!
I really like the model, historical reference all in one. Great work! |
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One more pic: A close-up of the solar collectors. Enjoy!
Les (Friendly Airplane Asylum & ex-NASA flack) |
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Nice! I especially like the mercury tubes and solar collectors. I have this model waiting in the "to-build" pile, and I never thought about how to represent them accurately. You've done a great job with it.
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So where can one get the Von Braun Baby Satellite?
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Lovely model - would like to build it for my collection of early SF. In the meantime, would you allow me to put your pictures on my webpage - perhaps you have more? Of course with your name and link (See www.zeistbouwplaten.nl, >Aviaion, >SF).
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Diderick: You're welcome to use my model on your site.
Skycop: I thought it was in the files section of the space-paper-models Yahoo group, but hava-no. Also checked the archives with the same result. Not sure whether I still have the original model sheet. I'll check. Les (Friendly Airplane Asylum & ex-NASA flack) |
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Hello,
This model was designed by a member of the Yahoo-space-paper-modelers group, but he didn't release it yet as far as I know. He asked some time ago who wants to build a Beta and I jumped in, too. But if I understood him right, the model is not finished yet and should not be dispersed into the web until he does so. Thorsten |
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