![]() ![]() The articles were written by top spaceflight experts: Willy Ley, Fred Lawrence Whipple, Dr. In the 1950s Collier's Magazine gave the world "space fever" with a ground-breaking series of articles called Man Will Conquer Space Soon! (the series is reprinted for free, available here). "Four stage chemical rocket for manned flight" Gravity is built up by centrifugal force, crust of soil would Landing-if you come back! (in 260,000 years.) ![]() Wide, rimmed with roller bearings so sphere could revolve. Launched from moon where gravity is less (so why not build it in orbit where gravity is zero?). Cup-shaped base with inflatable rim and retracting legs for take-off and landing on spherical surfaces (landing a sphere ten miles wide? I don't think so.).Control compartment with astral observatory above.Artificial-atmosphere with clouds, weather, etc.Interskin chambers containing hydroponic gardens, power plants, etc.Pierced by rows of observation ports, radar Sun lamps and fed by chemical fertilizers TheĪrea of hydroponic gardens, lit by artificial It is a job for several generations-perhaps The design and construction of this monster globe is no short term proposition. Inhabit the inside of their man-made planet The only major difference would be that our colonists must Self-contained world with all the features Short, our space vehicle must be a small, TheĬountryside, soil for crops, trees, lakes,Ībove, an artificial reproduction of our atmosphere with a sun, moon, stars, day and Off from the moon where the gravitational pull is only one-sixth that of earth.Īs nearly as possible as it is on earth. Polar areas for astronomical observation, Through centrifugal force, yet have fixed It would have to revolve around itsĭirectional axis to provide artificial gravity The problems involved in maintaining artificial atmosphere and armoring the hull againstĬosmic dust particles make a spherical form Plant life, etc., the space vehicle would Alongside ofįerryboat ride! This trip would entail theĮn route (ummm, a generation is usually 25 years, so it is more like 5,200 generations, not 30). Velocity it would take about 130,000 years Technical Director of the British Interplanetary Society, calculates that at that Rocket performance, a top speed of aroundĦ.2 miles per second, Dr. Starting with a space ship of present day Of light visible only by telescope, they are It is a cute, little pocketĬentauri are the nearest. Astronomy’s unit of measurement is the light-year, the distance So immense as to be almost incomprehensible to earthbound minds.īut in time. First build a space ship like this one, then, at the speed of light, it will take 30 generations to reach the nearst star.įEW people realize the illimitable size of the cosmos in which The artist who created the Space Age poster was Richard Amundsen.īios of Richard Amundsen can be found here and here (Alas, Lucid Cafe is no more. There were 24 artists who worked for Dow from 1958 to 1960. Lortie found the poster was issued by Educational Posters Co., a division of Dow (Louis F) Co. Late breaking news: Art Lortie has managed to identify the artist of the poster. However, now that have learned much in the decades since I had that poster, I can recognize all the spaceships that "inspired" the artist. The poster is difficult to do a web search for, since search terms like "space age" and "educational posters" are so generic. No, I do not know where to get a copy, I'm trying to find one myself. You will note that in this version the labels next to the spaceships are white letters in a black box. There is a lo-res version of the article artwork here. Space Hardware -Today and Tomorrow" by Fred Dickenson. In the New York Mirror Magazine April 28 1963, the poster art was re-used in an article entitled "U.S. For many people the poster sticks in their mind. The poster is signed, but nobody seems to be able to make out the scribble. The only identifying information on it is: Copyright 1959 Educational Posters #117 "Space Age". Note that the labels next to the spaceships are white letters on a blue background. When I was a little boy, my parents gave me a poster called "Space Age." I cherished it, studying all the many spaceships pictured on it. ![]()
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