Space: the final frontier, and a veritable graveyard of wacky, premature or impossible concepts for getting people there. From radioactive Mars ships to Russian space shuttle knock-offs, check out our top 10 spaceship drop-outs.From Discovery Magazine:
10. Von Braun Ferry Rocket
Wernher Von Braun, designer of the German V-2 rocket, also dreamed up plenty of spaceships in his day -- including the Saturn V launch system that made it possible for Americans to step onto the moon.
But one that never left the drawing board was this three-stage "ferry rocket." Collier's Magazine ran the drawing on the cover of a 1952 issue touting "Man Will Conquer Space Soon".
So far, the difficulty of space travel is the only thing conquering anyone.
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