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Docking Bay 35 Polaris  .
The atomic powered spaceship, Polaris was undoubtedly the most impressively realistic and scientifically accurate Spaceship seen on all the 'Saturday Morning Space Opera' TV shows in the 50's. Capable of traveling throughout the solar system, it brought Space Adventure into the homes of millions of TV watchers who followed the nationally popular series, Tom Corbett Space Cadet.
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It was this series along with Space Patrol that were the two most popular space opera shows in the 1950s. Together they created a national phenomena by changing the interests of millions of kids from cowboys to outer space.
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With technical consultant, Willy Ley, Tom Corbett Space Cadet seemed more realistic and ‘near future’ than the other space operas being shown on Saturday television in the early 1950s. Also the focus of the series was slanted more toward the problems with learning how to become a space patrolman and less toward the wild west-shoot-em-up adventures prevalent on the other space series.
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The Polaris was Tom’s rocket cruiser in the series. The Polaris stood on its fins and took off vertically like the latest spaceships people had been reading about in the Colliers Magazines. In fact, in the show early V2 footage was used in many takeoff sequences as a stand-in for the Polaris herself.
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The Polaris was an atomic powered interplanetary rocket cruiser that was manned by Tom, Astro, and Roger Manning. Even though they were still trying to graduate from the Space Academy, their mission was to keep the peace throughout the solar system.
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To many young viewers, the Polaris was the most thrillingly realistic spaceship they had ever seen. It had 3 main decks. The radar deck, where Roger Manning stood watch was the most forward, just above the Control deck where Tom Corbett guided the ship. The other deck was the Engine room where Cadet Astro manned the atomic engines and supplied power to the other two decks. Indeed there are many details about the Polaris that are still seen in modern fantasy star ships today.
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Many times the three cadets were challenged to survive the perils of Space travel and that was just one of the many things that made the series very exciting.
Seen on all four of the national TV networks, this one show made more people aware of the adventure of space travel than ever before and the Polaris led the way.
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A Precision Design Drawing of this Spaceship -----------------------------------------
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Complete background information is available in the Spaceship Handbook
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This Spaceship is also featured in “Ad Astra per Aspera”
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