fut-lnr_v_bw_o_AKP (1965, unidentified prob. ctr photo)
A wonderful artist’s depiction of what look like inflatable & interconnected (I think) structures/habitats(?) on the lunar surface. Actually, everything…other than the tractors & astronauts look to be inflated. To support such, note also the drape-like end closure, pulled back/up & fastened/ ‘pinned’ to allow egress of the tractor that the astronaut is about to ingress. The whole scene has a fun ‘bounce house’ look to it, capped off by those fanciful “stalagmitic” crater central peaks & ‘spires’. However, the single track design of tractors would seem to defy the laws of physics. 😉 Some sort of BB-8 thing maybe?
Excellent work by yet another exasperatingly obscure artist…”Calib”, “Aslib”, “Culib”, “Adib”??? It’s written in decent cursive, yet I still can’t make it out. Damnit though, it’s from 1965!
Whoever he/she is, seems to have been influenced by “Forbidden Planet” and…although chronologically a little too early, the depictions of the mysterious “Blair Cuspids”. Anyone remember the “stir” regarding them? I didn’t think so:
wearethemutants.com/2017/07/19/mysterious-monuments-on-th...
Credit: “WE ARE THE MUTANTS” website
I like the name; I think this site merits further perusal.
And finally, to complete the consternation, the ‘placards’, affixed to the left-hand end ‘cells’ of each structure. Are they manufacturer logos? If so, actual or fictional? A&D”? AED? An idle mind wants to know.
www.technologyreview.com/2007/11/27/222995/an-inflatable-...
Credit: “MIT Technology Review” website
fut-lnr_v_bw_o_AKP (1965, unidentified prob. ctr photo)
A wonderful artist’s depiction of what look like inflatable & interconnected (I think) structures/habitats(?) on the lunar surface. Actually, everything…other than the tractors & astronauts look to be inflated. To support such, note also the drape-like end closure, pulled back/up & fastened/ ‘pinned’ to allow egress of the tractor that the astronaut is about to ingress. The whole scene has a fun ‘bounce house’ look to it, capped off by those fanciful “stalagmitic” crater central peaks & ‘spires’. However, the single track design of tractors would seem to defy the laws of physics. 😉 Some sort of BB-8 thing maybe?
Excellent work by yet another exasperatingly obscure artist…”Calib”, “Aslib”, “Culib”, “Adib”??? It’s written in decent cursive, yet I still can’t make it out. Damnit though, it’s from 1965!
Whoever he/she is, seems to have been influenced by “Forbidden Planet” and…although chronologically a little too early, the depictions of the mysterious “Blair Cuspids”. Anyone remember the “stir” regarding them? I didn’t think so:
wearethemutants.com/2017/07/19/mysterious-monuments-on-th...
Credit: “WE ARE THE MUTANTS” website
I like the name; I think this site merits further perusal.
And finally, to complete the consternation, the ‘placards’, affixed to the left-hand end ‘cells’ of each structure. Are they manufacturer logos? If so, actual or fictional? A&D”? AED? An idle mind wants to know.
www.technologyreview.com/2007/11/27/222995/an-inflatable-...
Credit: “MIT Technology Review” website