Martin Orbit Project - Giant Rocket Proposal from 1946

[jzichek]

New article reproducing a September 1946 progress report on the Martin Orbit Project is now up on http://retromechanix.com/articles/aerospace/martin-orbit-project-1946/:



This huge rocket project appears to be a refinement of Martin's earlier High Altitude Test Vehicle (HATV) proposal, an ambitious single-stage-to-orbit satellite launch vehicle designed for the U.S. Navy immediately after WW II. The accompanying gallery features 24 images, including several high resolution drawings of the vehicle.

-Jared

[Clifford Bossie]

New article reproducing a September 1946 progress report on the Martin Orbit Project is now up on http://retromechanix.com/articles/aerospace/martin-orbit-project-1946/:



This huge rocket project appears to be a refinement of Martin's earlier High Altitude Test Vehicle (HATV) proposal, an ambitious single-stage-to-orbit satellite launch vehicle designed for the U.S. Navy immediately after WW II. The accompanying gallery features 24 images, including several high resolution drawings of the vehicle.

-Jared

You have come up with some great information Jared. This one takes me back to my youth when most Sci-fi rockects looked like large V-2s. Keep up the great work.