Senseless Pix of Random Stuff

“Baikal”, flyback boosters for the Angara, first proposed like 20 years ago and loosely related to potential Energia-II (GK-175) fly back boosters

The artist shows here a hypothetical spaceship, based on the V-2 design, and incorporating many fully tested devices and principles. The hull is essentially a cylindrical, stressed skin structure, 80' long and 10' feet in outside diameter. It is double walled, with very efficient insulation. The extreme nose contains a series of glass fiber parachutes to be used for vertical stabilization in atmospheric landings, with actual deceleration effected by the main jet. Below the chute hold is space for recording cameras, cosmic ray detectors, and other instruments. Beneath this is the upper deck of the pressurized control cabin. Next is a compartment packed with mechanisms; autopilot, gyrostabilizer, air and temperature control plant, radio and radar installations, etc. An airlock gives access to the outside through a two-piece door, the lower port of which serves as a platform when open. Below the crew space the fuel and oxidizer tanks occupy more than a third of the ship's length, and beneath them is the rocket engine, with its pumps and plumbing. Worm gear driven tubular legs in the fins permit leveling the ship on rough ground for the return take-off.