Foolish Earthling Productions

the highest step in the world
the rocketeers
the last empty sky
the high ground
mercury rising
missiles to the moon
the learning curve
"go fever!"
ten times faster than a rifle bullet
"we choose to go to the moon..."
before this decade is out
the universe strikes back
the last man on the moon

The Rocketeers

Before NASA, the rocket plane was the preferred route to space.

The history of the X series of aircraft, from Chuck Yeager’s Bell X-1 - the plane that broke the sound barrier - to the men who flew into space and back aboard the X-15.

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Background image used with permission and courtesy of Bonestell Space Art.

About Chesley Bonestell