The United States was forming quite a bit of a space complex. They had space stations in low earth orbit, learning how to live and work in space, eventually to establish a permanent presence in low earth orbit. They had bases on the surface of the moon. Learning how to live and work on the […]
S1E7 – Apollo Lunar Bases p2
Not long after the end of the Apollo lunar landings, it was time for the next step in lunar exploration. There was belief, and some evidence from the experiments that were performed on the lunar surface during the Apollo missions, that there were minerals…water…and other scientifically useful resources on the lunar surface. There was also […]
S1E6 – Apollo Lunar Bases p1
Links and More Information Belitopia Website Apollo Lunar Base – Belitopia Apollo Moon Bases p1 Episode Tycho Crater (Wikipedia) Please support our show Not long after the end of the Apollo lunar landings, it was time for the next step in lunar exploration. There was belief, and some evidence from the experiments that were performed […]
Belitopia S1E5 – Skylab +
The Space Race wasn’t just about who could get to the moon first. There were other battlefields where the space race was fought. One of those battlefields was in building a permanent manned presence in space in the form of a space station in low earth orbit. Such a station would not only be a […]
Belitopia S1E4 – The Venus Flyby p2
Links and More Information Episode Details Belitopia Venus Flyby Information Wikipedia – Venus Flyby Wikipedia – Apollo Applications Program Original 1967 NASA Venus Flyby Feasibility Study Please support our show. Introduction In the last episode of Belitopia, we started our story of the Venus 1 voyage. In this episode, we conclude our story of this […]
Belitopia S1E3 – The Venus Flyby p1
Among the many missions that came out of the Apollo Applications Program, one of the most amazing was the Venus Flyby mission. Imagine, using the same Apollo technology that brought us to the moon, for a long duration mission to fly by our nearest planetary neighbor, the planet Venus. Humans, traveling to another planet […]
Belitopia S1E2 – Apollo Applications Program
The Apollo space program was much more than a set of missions to the moon. It was also a technology platform that provided the basis for future space programs. A technology platform that the Apollo Applications Program was created to leverage and enhance. In real life, not much came of the Apollo Applications Program. […]
Belitopia S1E1 – Apollo +
The Apollo space program. The quintessential peak of human kinds manned space program. The funding that went into this program was astronomical, around $120 **billion** dollars, adjusted for inflation. But once we landed on the moon, we lost interest in space. With the reduced interest in space came reduced funding…and our future in space […]