fut-lnr_v_bw_o_n (1958, Martin Co. (Info. Svcs.) photo no. 8P-62876)
“An unmanned probe fires sampling rockets at the Moon's surface to test its structure and composition. Note the antennae for sending data back to Earth. In the background another probe takes off after having made a soft landing on the Moon's surface. (Martin Information Services)”
Thanks to Leo Boudreau, I assume the above to be a quote/extract from “Rocket to the Moon”, 1958, by Erik Bergaust & Seabrook Hull.
Along with Mr. Boudreau’s excellent synopsis:
“The book presents the best information, ideas and assumptions on the conquest of the moon as of 1958. The authors, who were experts on missiles and space flight, tell how the moon would be approached, first with instrumented probes and then with man himself as a payload. Fascinating conjectures, based on the latest scientific findings, show what life on the moon might be like, how men would build a base there, how they would explore the moon, and how they would push on from there to further explorations of outer space.”
All of the above is at Mr. Boudreau’s linked image below!
Lastly, the artist is the truly enigmatic Nick Stanilla…there’s literally NOTHING of/on his life. What little I came across was indirectly in searching on “Stoiko – Cross”, which seems to have been a publishing(?)/writing(?) collaborative comprised of Michael Stoiko and a Mr. Cross. There’s also nil on Mr. Cross and/or the collaboration.
Again, at least Mr. Stanilla came up (indirectly), as having provided his talent to a 1959 Stoiko-written work, co-authored with Donald Cox, entitled “Man . . . in the Universe”.
What appears to be a delightful review of the book, in the “Journal of the Franklin Institute”, 1959, Vol. 268, Issue 2 reads as follows:
“There are many who would like to learn a good bit more concerning the solar system and the universe beyond. In most cases when we look for something like this, it is found wrapped up in such a forbidding array of mathematical symbolism and abstruse figures that discouragement is instantaneous. There should be other books—primers—which forego the formalism of the textbook and try only to be descriptive. Only occasionally will such a book appear. “Man . . . in the Universe” is an excellent example of such a primer.
This is one of the most attractive little books dealing with the solar system with a space travel flavor. The authors are prominent men in their field who have combined skills to produce a most readable and informative book. Each page of text is accompanied by a brilliant picture superbly rendered by an accepted master of the space age art, Nick Stanilla. The combination of text and art is precisely the right mixture for the busy life we lead today. For a true capsule treatment of the solar system and other celestial objects, this book is recommended.”
Above at/from:
af.booksc.eu/book/2112642/a60e3f
Credit: Z-library website
Another excellent collaborative of the three is “SPACEPOWER: What It Means To You”, also from 1958, in which Mr. Stanilla’s wonderfully rich “retro-futuristic” style is fully on display.
A bittersweet partial “WIN” I suppose.
fut-lnr_v_bw_o_n (1958, Martin Co. (Info. Svcs.) photo no. 8P-62876)
“An unmanned probe fires sampling rockets at the Moon's surface to test its structure and composition. Note the antennae for sending data back to Earth. In the background another probe takes off after having made a soft landing on the Moon's surface. (Martin Information Services)”
Thanks to Leo Boudreau, I assume the above to be a quote/extract from “Rocket to the Moon”, 1958, by Erik Bergaust & Seabrook Hull.
Along with Mr. Boudreau’s excellent synopsis:
“The book presents the best information, ideas and assumptions on the conquest of the moon as of 1958. The authors, who were experts on missiles and space flight, tell how the moon would be approached, first with instrumented probes and then with man himself as a payload. Fascinating conjectures, based on the latest scientific findings, show what life on the moon might be like, how men would build a base there, how they would explore the moon, and how they would push on from there to further explorations of outer space.”
All of the above is at Mr. Boudreau’s linked image below!
Lastly, the artist is the truly enigmatic Nick Stanilla…there’s literally NOTHING of/on his life. What little I came across was indirectly in searching on “Stoiko – Cross”, which seems to have been a publishing(?)/writing(?) collaborative comprised of Michael Stoiko and a Mr. Cross. There’s also nil on Mr. Cross and/or the collaboration.
Again, at least Mr. Stanilla came up (indirectly), as having provided his talent to a 1959 Stoiko-written work, co-authored with Donald Cox, entitled “Man . . . in the Universe”.
What appears to be a delightful review of the book, in the “Journal of the Franklin Institute”, 1959, Vol. 268, Issue 2 reads as follows:
“There are many who would like to learn a good bit more concerning the solar system and the universe beyond. In most cases when we look for something like this, it is found wrapped up in such a forbidding array of mathematical symbolism and abstruse figures that discouragement is instantaneous. There should be other books—primers—which forego the formalism of the textbook and try only to be descriptive. Only occasionally will such a book appear. “Man . . . in the Universe” is an excellent example of such a primer.
This is one of the most attractive little books dealing with the solar system with a space travel flavor. The authors are prominent men in their field who have combined skills to produce a most readable and informative book. Each page of text is accompanied by a brilliant picture superbly rendered by an accepted master of the space age art, Nick Stanilla. The combination of text and art is precisely the right mixture for the busy life we lead today. For a true capsule treatment of the solar system and other celestial objects, this book is recommended.”
Above at/from:
af.booksc.eu/book/2112642/a60e3f
Credit: Z-library website
Another excellent collaborative of the three is “SPACEPOWER: What It Means To You”, also from 1958, in which Mr. Stanilla’s wonderfully rich “retro-futuristic” style is fully on display.
A bittersweet partial “WIN” I suppose.