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Docking Bay 49 Tintin's Moon Rocket
Herge's moonship was very impressive for a 1953 design. Thoroughly researching the science to the point of making a model of his ship, Herge produced an entirely believable design.
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This Moon Rocket is an elegant, unusual and simple design. It has three curved external fins ending in three oversized streamlined landing pads. It can only be considered unique.
The ship itself was thoroughly researched by the artist of the series and stands as a fairly high water mark and excellence in design, especially when one considers the other illustrated comics available at the time. Herge made models of the areas within the ship he wished to draw and as a result the ship looks very plausible.
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Herge even took clues from von Braun's moonship designs in the way he positioned the acceleration couches (which may have been a mistake). Still the overall beauty and reasonability of the design gave it an enthusiastic following in Europe where the series was widely read.
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One may make a lot about the fact that the fins were so thin. However, this may have been just an artist’s ‘signature characteristic.’ The ship had three main hatchways, two for cargo and one for people. Even though it was described as atomic powered, we do not have any details of the engine room or the its necessary components
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However, with its characteristic checkerboard, red and white paint job it is a striking ship indeed. The unusual checkerboard pattern was actually used on rockets for testing purposes at the time this ship was designed.
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It was well thought out, well designed, and serves as an excellent example of how to do it right if you are writing science fiction.
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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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