Paul Drye on Nostr: Krafft Ehricke, showing off a cutaway model of a four-astronaut space station based ...

Krafft Ehricke, showing off a cutaway model of a four-astronaut space station based on Atlas that his group designed at General Dynamics. I'm particularly interested in the high Delta-v chemical rocket propellants scribbled on the board over his right shoulder:

- O2 + H2, yes, sure, good call.
- Fluorine and Hydrogen, um...
- Fluorine and Hydrazine, ummmm...
- Chlorine trifluoride + Hydrazine, *waves from a concrete bunker several miles away*