a11_v_c_o_KPP (S94-36801/036801)
“APOLLO 11 25TH ANNIVERSARY POSTER VIEW --- This poster has been produced at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the historic lunar landing’s 25th anniversary. It features an artist’s representation of the three astronauts, Earth and the Moon, the spacecraft Columbia and Eagle, along with the symbolic first footprint on the lunar surface.”
I’ve never really taken a good close look at this until now. It looks like crap, with no attention to detail...or historical accuracy. For example, some of the inset images that run diagonally are NOT even from the Apollo 11 mission...the Lunar Module (Intrepid) image is from Apollo 12 and I think the Command Module (Charlie Brown) image is from Apollo 10. At least they’re the right astronauts, although ‘Aldrin’ looks a little iffy. The inferior resolution makes it difficult to confirm. Then there’s the obligatory “visor shot” - actually from Apollo 11 at least - along with (a portion of) the gratuitous “Blue Marble” from Apollo 17. Who knows which mission the photo of the moon is from.
Seriously, this looks like an assignment turned in for an “Introduction to PowerPoint” class, by an unmotivated student, at the last minute, who was limited to using stock photos, clip art and a limited color pallet.
I will however concede, being somewhat unrefined, that maybe I’m missing something here. Maybe there was some (then) new creative imaging technology that converted photos into mottled low resolution representations of the original...that just HAD to be incorporated into this piece of...’work’.
Regardless, I hope it wasn’t a commissioned project. Whatever, it doesn't matter in the slightest...right?
I was/am not aware of an “official” poster/image for the 50th anniversary. Was/is this it?:
a11_v_c_o_KPP (S94-36801/036801)
“APOLLO 11 25TH ANNIVERSARY POSTER VIEW --- This poster has been produced at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the historic lunar landing’s 25th anniversary. It features an artist’s representation of the three astronauts, Earth and the Moon, the spacecraft Columbia and Eagle, along with the symbolic first footprint on the lunar surface.”
I’ve never really taken a good close look at this until now. It looks like crap, with no attention to detail...or historical accuracy. For example, some of the inset images that run diagonally are NOT even from the Apollo 11 mission...the Lunar Module (Intrepid) image is from Apollo 12 and I think the Command Module (Charlie Brown) image is from Apollo 10. At least they’re the right astronauts, although ‘Aldrin’ looks a little iffy. The inferior resolution makes it difficult to confirm. Then there’s the obligatory “visor shot” - actually from Apollo 11 at least - along with (a portion of) the gratuitous “Blue Marble” from Apollo 17. Who knows which mission the photo of the moon is from.
Seriously, this looks like an assignment turned in for an “Introduction to PowerPoint” class, by an unmotivated student, at the last minute, who was limited to using stock photos, clip art and a limited color pallet.
I will however concede, being somewhat unrefined, that maybe I’m missing something here. Maybe there was some (then) new creative imaging technology that converted photos into mottled low resolution representations of the original...that just HAD to be incorporated into this piece of...’work’.
Regardless, I hope it wasn’t a commissioned project. Whatever, it doesn't matter in the slightest...right?
I was/am not aware of an “official” poster/image for the 50th anniversary. Was/is this it?: