fut_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1963, moon base)
"One Concept of a Moon Base...such a facility lies far in the future"
Much much farther than we ever imagined.
There is NO SUCH THING as an excess of vintage moon base artist’s concepts, hence this posting.
Seriously, look at the exquisite detail throughout. For one, being bespectacled myself, appreciation for the depiction of the (likely) brilliant geologist or astrophysicist wearing glasses, with staff?/penetrometer?/drill?/sample collector? in hand.
And is that a Space Force shoulder patch?
The tripod-mounted camera? Television? Film? Note the crank. For film rewind, once the roll has been exposed?
Finally, for the geologists, check out those substantial talus slopes, center & right.
It's got it all!
Note the lunar lander ascending in the distance to the left. The vehicle configuration depicted might be a clue as to the contractor's identification, thereby narrowing down the artist’s identity? Roy Scarfo maybe? Although the mountains would seem to suggest otherwise. Convair/GD, John Sentovic? Nah. John Gorsuch? Ugh. USAF LUNEX?
Finally, check this out, same fellows...in a dramatically different setting...so cool:
Flickr: Explore! (Yet another hyperlink change. Thank you Flickr! )
dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2015/06/
Credit: John Sisson/Dreams of Space - Books and Ephemera blogspot.
For whatever, if anything, it's worth, I HIGHLY recommend taking a closer look at Mr. Sisson's site. It's always a pleasure to look through it. Amazing photographs featured and so obviously thoughtfully presented.
Thank you Mr. Sisson!
fut_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1963, moon base)
"One Concept of a Moon Base...such a facility lies far in the future"
Much much farther than we ever imagined.
There is NO SUCH THING as an excess of vintage moon base artist’s concepts, hence this posting.
Seriously, look at the exquisite detail throughout. For one, being bespectacled myself, appreciation for the depiction of the (likely) brilliant geologist or astrophysicist wearing glasses, with staff?/penetrometer?/drill?/sample collector? in hand.
And is that a Space Force shoulder patch?
The tripod-mounted camera? Television? Film? Note the crank. For film rewind, once the roll has been exposed?
Finally, for the geologists, check out those substantial talus slopes, center & right.
It's got it all!
Note the lunar lander ascending in the distance to the left. The vehicle configuration depicted might be a clue as to the contractor's identification, thereby narrowing down the artist’s identity? Roy Scarfo maybe? Although the mountains would seem to suggest otherwise. Convair/GD, John Sentovic? Nah. John Gorsuch? Ugh. USAF LUNEX?
Finally, check this out, same fellows...in a dramatically different setting...so cool:
Flickr: Explore! (Yet another hyperlink change. Thank you Flickr! )
dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2015/06/
Credit: John Sisson/Dreams of Space - Books and Ephemera blogspot.
For whatever, if anything, it's worth, I HIGHLY recommend taking a closer look at Mr. Sisson's site. It's always a pleasure to look through it. Amazing photographs featured and so obviously thoughtfully presented.
Thank you Mr. Sisson!