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Docking Bay 53 Fafnir The Fafnir was designed by G. Harry Stine and was originally presented in 1953 in Astounding Science Fiction magazine’s cover story “And A Star To Steer Her By…” under the pseudonym Lee Correy. The Fafnir would also be featured in several of Stine's other Sci-Fi stories. The Fafnir is one of the most well thought out atomic powered fictional spaceships of the 50's.
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In any era there is always an older technology vehicle that struggles to make its way in the commercial trade. The same is true in space. In this story the Fafnir is an aging space freighter about due for retirement. She’s on her last run home from Mars to Earth. The story gives an excellent feeling for what it might be like to ride in an atomic powered spaceship between the planets.
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The design of the Fafnir carries with it most of the accepted beliefs of the golden age of spaceships. It was equipped with wings for aerodynamic re-entry. The engine room is located aft which at the time was known to be dangerous but considered necessary in order to control the reactions of a spaceship’s atomic power plant.
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These were features common to many Golden era Spaceships. But Stine added more. There was electronics, hydraulics and mechanical systems for navigation and control. There was a cargo bay and space for passengers. He made detailed plans and even built a scale model of the ship. This is also one reason why the Fafnir would appear in later books by Lee Correy, he had put considerable engineering thought into its design.
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On the other hand, the design of the Fafnir stemmed from the period of subsonic fighter planes, the later wing designs were not yet available. If one were to redesign the Fafnir today, the wings would probably be the first feature to be modified. However even though her design looks dated as a spaceship, (after all, she was supposed to be older technology) it doesn’t mean that the design wouldn’t work.
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As it turns out, the Fafnir has already been the subject of model rockets and has proven to fly well.
To summarize she was one of the more well designed interplanetary spaceships of the era. A difficult ship to model due to the detail required, but it has been rewarding
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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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