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Docking Bay 48 X-FLR6
Sometimes 'Comic' Art does not get the respect it deserves.
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Take the Adventures of TinTin by Herge and the X-FLR6. This Spaceship, designed by Herge was originally presented in TinTin "Destination Moon" in 1953.
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Of all of the illustrated novels and comic books that depict trips to outer space Herge’s Tintin Destination Moon has to be the most technically accurate.
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Focused from a European perspective, the trip to the moon parallels the original efforts seen in Destination Moon with one exception, it has a sounding rocket to take pictures and bring back data before they make the moon trip. This rocket is the X-FLR6.
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You can't ask for a nicer little starter rocket than the X-FLR-6. It is another case of a 'Round the Moon' rocket design, and it is really close to Oberth's in concept, but in execution, it is strictly Herge's.
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In the story the X-FLR6 is launched, travels around the moon and is traveling back to the earth when it is seized by a mysterious power and deflected to another destination. Rather than have the information aboard fall into hostile hands the ship is remotely destroyed.
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A sad end for a fine ship.
Links to Additional information available in the Trade Zone.
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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