fut-spafac_v_c_o_TPMBK (ca. 1982, unnumbered, lg frmt, verso hand-annotated 'A-7, FIG. 14; B-2, FIG 2 & SPACE PROCESSING')
“SPACE PROCESSING”
And there’s the following:
Thanks to the amazing work by G at his “Numbers Station” blog:
e05.code.blog/2021/07/19/construction-in-space/
ALONG with his conscientious & considerate linkage to the source, at:
archive.org/details/nasa-spinoff-1982/page/n14/mode/1up
Credit: user ‘chris85’/Internet Archive website
…contained within “NASA Spinoff 1982”, under the “Space Construction” section, on page 15, the following description pertaining to the image:
“The mobile work station is one example of a number of study and technology development projects aimed at exploiting the Space Transportation System’s capability for construction work. In one approach, structural components would be pre-assembled on Earth, collapsed into compact packages for Shuttle delivery, then expanded to original form in orbit. For erection of habitable structures, a technique being studied involves Shuttle delivery of fully-equipped modules which would be docked together to form a space station. A third approach involves in-space fabrication and joining of lightweight beams. The artist’s conception below depicts a space facility assembled by these techniques.”
10.25” x 13.5”, most likely on “THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK” photographic paper.
The photograph looks to have possibly been framed at one time. The covering on the verso has the look & feel of the peelable backing of vintage decals. I didn't check to see if it could be peeled off though.
Unfortunately, no signature is visible. The unfinished/brushstroke periphery look was sometimes used by Jack Olson. Although the clouds look like maybe Ted Brown, Henry Lozano, even M. Alvarez or Donald Bester? Whoever it is, it’s beautifully rendered.
fut-spafac_v_c_o_TPMBK (ca. 1982, unnumbered, lg frmt, verso hand-annotated 'A-7, FIG. 14; B-2, FIG 2 & SPACE PROCESSING')
“SPACE PROCESSING”
And there’s the following:
Thanks to the amazing work by G at his “Numbers Station” blog:
e05.code.blog/2021/07/19/construction-in-space/
ALONG with his conscientious & considerate linkage to the source, at:
archive.org/details/nasa-spinoff-1982/page/n14/mode/1up
Credit: user ‘chris85’/Internet Archive website
…contained within “NASA Spinoff 1982”, under the “Space Construction” section, on page 15, the following description pertaining to the image:
“The mobile work station is one example of a number of study and technology development projects aimed at exploiting the Space Transportation System’s capability for construction work. In one approach, structural components would be pre-assembled on Earth, collapsed into compact packages for Shuttle delivery, then expanded to original form in orbit. For erection of habitable structures, a technique being studied involves Shuttle delivery of fully-equipped modules which would be docked together to form a space station. A third approach involves in-space fabrication and joining of lightweight beams. The artist’s conception below depicts a space facility assembled by these techniques.”
10.25” x 13.5”, most likely on “THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK” photographic paper.
The photograph looks to have possibly been framed at one time. The covering on the verso has the look & feel of the peelable backing of vintage decals. I didn't check to see if it could be peeled off though.
Unfortunately, no signature is visible. The unfinished/brushstroke periphery look was sometimes used by Jack Olson. Although the clouds look like maybe Ted Brown, Henry Lozano, even M. Alvarez or Donald Bester? Whoever it is, it’s beautifully rendered.