A Mars a Day

 I'm the late 60's Wernher Von Braun one day had a dream of spaceships going to Mars. 

Artists painted it like this gorgeous pair of boostered craft from the Marshall Space Flight Center.

US artist Supreme Bob McCall captured them as well ( copyright Robert McCall NASA)

 An equally superb duet of white, black and gold Mars ships commissioned by NASA ( there maybe an artist's name in the right corner)

And here's another gorgeous artwork - of the eventual Mars lander - from the Marshall Space Flight Center. I love it. With it's little ramp, stowed rover and different rooms.

I'd have made this from a screwball ice cream tub as a kid!

Wernher Von Braun's 1955 Space Suit with Arms

I was fascinated by this old NASA film from 1955 on You Tube.

Wernher Von Braun explains how it should be done. Space travel that is.

The models he uses for this are quite wonderful. Have a look.

One of the models is this beautiful chunky teardrop space suit with thin arms.

It brought to mind Kenner's Star Wars CAP-2 some 22 years later.

and maybe their FX-7 too

pic: My Generation Toys

There may even be a toy even more similar to Von Braun's space suit. 

What do you think?