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Under the Blue Planet
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Across the Infinite Universe
Planet Dokeia
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Sleepless Nights
Interplanetary Travel
Youtube: The Moon Meditation
4K | Plutonia - Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Just a Dream
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
Today, I had a dream while I was traveling with my spaceship towards the planet I will arrive at in the deep and dark space. In my dream, I was living on planet earth. It was as if I had never been to space. I had a simple, ordinary life. I had a house with a garden and a few cats. I was happy. At least I looked happy. As I was walking down the street, there were people who saw me and greeted me with a smile. I could smell the flowers that had just bloomed in the gardens of people's homes. I was taking a pleasant walk on the road surrounded by trees, accompanied by a gentle breeze, listening to the chirping of the birds. This beautiful walk was accompanied by calm music in my mind. And then I find myself on the main street of the small town I live in. The weather is clear. The sun is coming in through the shop windows. There is a peaceful air. I'm walking slowly on the sidewalk. And then, as I pass in front of a shop, I see the waitress serving the customers inside the shop with her unique smile. She is a young and very beautiful girl. The sunlight hitting her white skin makes her look gorgeous. I can't take my eyes off her for a second. She is so beautiful that when I see her, a smile forms on my face. My heart starts beating faster. A sense of peace begins to fill me. Everything goes quiet all of a sudden. After the young girl leaves the food in her tray on the table of the customers she serves, she takes the tray under her seat and moves towards the kitchen counter. After placing the plates full of food on the counter on her empty tray, she moves towards the tables again. We make eye contact after serving customers their meals. She looks at me and greets me after making that cute smile. I can tell you that at that moment my excitement was at its peak.
I hesitate to go inside the shop. Was this a casual greeting to every customer? Or was it a greeting to someone familiar? I guess I'd have to go inside the shop to find out. I slowly push the wood-framed glass door of the shop and enter without trying to attract too much attention. As I open the door, I hear the doorbell, indicating that a customer has entered. I guess it's impossible to enter this shop without attracting attention. When I enter the shop, a small table for one person, right in front of the shop window, catches my eye. The wooden and aged chair looks as if it is waiting for me. I slowly make my way towards this inviting table. When I arrived at the table, a voice from behind me called out to me in a sweet tone, "Welcome". When I turned around, he was standing right in front of me with his lovely smile. “How are you?” he asked me without hesitation. At that moment, I realized that we had met before. But when and where we met was not in my mind. I was stunned to see him in front of me. I paused for a moment. Then I answered his question by saying "I'm fine" "how are you". "I'm fine. Breakfast?" she replied to me. “Yes,” I said, shaking my head. "Okay, like always right? I'll get it right away." He left me saying. I watched him walk away from me for a while. Then I turned to my desk and sat down in my old wooden chair. I started to talk to myself, "We're getting to know you". "But when and where did we meet?" I asked myself. I could never remember. On the one hand, I was very happy with this situation. We were meeting him. Maybe we were close friends. Maybe we were lovers. Maybe I was one of the customers who came to the shop where he worked every day. A lot of sentences starting with maybe had formed in my head. I would have preferred the waitress to be my girlfriend.
While I wait for her to bring my food, I take a look at the shop. A nice town restaurant with a quiet atmosphere. A song from the nineties is playing inside. More than half of the tables are full of customers. I think this little restaurant must have good food. After a while, I realize that the waitress is coming towards me. I guess the food in your tray must be mine. Just as I anticipated. When she comes to my table, she asks, “Did I make you wait too long? You brought me my breakfast before I could even observe the whole shop," I replied. She started putting the food in her tray on my table. An omelet, some quince jam, a piece of egg bread, cheese and a few olives. And a piece of hot tea.
While I was having my breakfast, she continued to serve other customers with her beautiful smile. I still couldn't take my eyes off her. She was a very beautiful girl. I think I was in love with her. When I was halfway through my breakfast, she suddenly appeared next to me. "What are you doing tonight?" she asked me. This was an unexpected question. “Nothing,” I replied to the girl. "What do you want to do? Where do you want to go in the evening?" I ask him. "Maybe we can take some things with us and drive up the hill and watch the stars? What do you say?" she asks me. "Sure, it does. Great idea." I answer. I really think it's a great idea. I wake up as the girl walks away from my desk. I was all alone in my spaceship. I started to feel bored and the urge to cry started to form inside me. I wanted to close my eyes again and go back to that town where I was happy. I was having a hard time keeping myself from crying. Those beautiful moments of my life were suddenly gone. I did not expect a dream to affect me so much. I was very curious about the continuation of the dream that I had seen. What did I do while waiting for nightfall? What did we do with that pretty girl when we got to the hill? Will I ever see her again in my dreams?
Would I be able to live the life on earth only in my dreams?
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
The Last Discovery
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
I think I'm slowly losing my purpose on this journey. My desire to discover new, habitable planets began to give way to earthly desires. I cannot overcome my worldly desires. It's unbelievable that I've been alone for so long. It seems to me that the human soul and body are not programmed for living alone. I think I'm experiencing the consequences of this situation. The biggest secret to living alone is not to think. When you don't think and don't dream, loneliness becomes a situation that can be experienced. You have to erase the memories from your mind. And you should stop daydreaming. When you start thinking about your memories, you start dreaming too. And then the hidden feelings inside you start to come to life again. You want to make friends with people again. You would like to get together with all your friends again. You want to go out with your friends, have fun, dance and go to the sea. You want to chat with your best friend until the morning by walking on the grass barefoot. And, you want to fall in love again. You want to spend hours looking into the eyes of the person you love. You want to walk for miles without ever leaving that warm hand of yours. You want to talk until the morning to hear that pleasant tone of voice. You want to hug tightly so you can breathe in the scent of your skin. As long as you are on planet Earth, you have a chance to experience all of this. You only need to take one step. But when, like me, you are alone in your spaceship in the depths of dark space, quite far from planet earth, there is nothing you can do. All I can do is remember my memories and dream. This situation gives me a lot of emotional pain. I still have hope of returning to Earth. But this seems to be very difficult for me. Sometimes I just want to stop thinking. But I just can't manage to do that. I made many planetary discoveries in this space journey I set out to find habitable planets. I even found traces of a lost civilization. But at the end of my whole journey, the biggest discovery I made was about myself. It took me years to discover my loneliness. Maybe I'm at a point of no return. I don't know.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Lost Human Emotions
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
It was years ago. I would be far from all my confusion as I embark on this deep space travel. I knew that for this, I had to go far away from my home, that is, from the world. That's one of the reasons I agreed to go on this near-impossible deep space voyage. To be away from all my vital feelings. Thus, I would think less and get rid of my emotional depression. Another reason is my interest in deep space. My interest in space since I was a child encouraged me to go on this interplanetary trip. As I moved away from the world, a different peace came over me. As he progressed through space, this sense of peace grew more and more. I began to feel freed from many of my human emotions. Each time I discovered a planet suitable for new life, I felt safe and peaceful on these planets. It was as if it was the human factor that disturbed my peace. As I got away from people, I started to find peace. Or so it seemed to me. Maybe the only thing I could feel was the feeling of peace because I couldn't experience human emotions. Perhaps I was perceiving my insensitivity as peace. I do not know. This was how everything was in the first years of my interplanetary travel. There was a sense of wonder and an unexplainable peace inside me. However, in the last year, the situation has changed a lot. There was a reawakening in my human feelings. Some human feelings that I'm starting to feel again. And I don't know what to do about this situation. I even considered ending my interplanetary journey several times. I wanted to return to the world. And my desire to return to planet earth, my home, increased exponentially every day. In fact, I have more than fulfilled my mission in space. My purpose in going on space travel was to find new planets suitable for life for humans. And I succeeded. I have discovered many planets suitable for life for humans. However, I have not encountered any civilization on the planets. This made me go after the lost civilization that had lived on these planets before but for some reason left their planet. I don't want to go home without finding them. I fear that the disaster that befell them will also befall the human civilization, which will begin to live on planets suitable for life that I have discovered in the future. For this and to find answers to all the questions in my mind, I am trying to find the lost plutonian civilization. Returning to planet earth without finding them could spell an end to human civilization in the future. I can not allow this.
Camera: Panasonic
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
In this ca. 1988 Martin Marietta artist’s concept, two teams of Astronauts have commenced human exploration of Mars. One team is seen embarking via a pressurized rover towing a supply/provisions?, instrumentation/experiment laden?, power-generating? trailer. In the foreground, two Astronauts are exploring the immediate vicinity of the landing site by foot. A communications relay tower has been erected to facility long distance surface communications & I assume contact with earth? The tower also appears to have meteorological instrumentation…maybe.
Although I’ve found no documentation (with similar imagery) pertaining to this specific aspect of such a proposed mission, with minor variations, the lander looks much like the Mars Descent/Ascent Vehicle (MDAV) in other Martin Marietta Mars concepts I’ve recently posted. And if I’m interpreting the photo ID correctly, this would then be from 1988, thus viable as being related. The others concepts are subsequent and may account for the design variation/evolution. IDK, I’m winging it.
That magnitude of relief, talus slopes, exposed strata, etc…gotta be Valles Marineris…like, in it. Right? Rhetorical.
Whatever it is/is called, it's like an 'open-air' Mars Excursion Module (MEM) and the following addresses/explains how it got there…I think:
“A variety of Artificial Gravity/Mars Transfer Vehicle (AG/MTV) concepts were developed by the Martin Marietta Astronautics Group for NASA’s Mars Exploration Case Studies in 1988 to 1989. Each of these concepts used a large diameter (~39 to 46 m) aerobrake (AB) with a low lift to drag (L/D) ratio of ~0.2 for Mars Orbit Capture (MOC). These large ABs required assembly in LEO before being outfitted with habitation, auxiliary Photo-Voltaic Array (PVA) power and chemical propulsion system elements within their protective envelope. By rotating the AB about its central axis at different spin rates and mounting the habitat modules near the outer perimeter of the AB to increase the rotation radius, a range of centrifugal forces can be generated for the crew during the transit out to Mars and back…
However, initial concepts had several drawbacks, to include being very large, requiring significant orbital assembly for the AB and overall vehicle, with large Initial Mass in Low Earth Orbit (IMLEO) requirements. Additionally, problems of the five different concepts developed ranged from incompatible internal arrangements of varying habitation modules, the required movement of major pressurized mechanical joints, large propellant consumption to start/stop a tethered combination along with associated dynamic control problems & possible critical mechanical failures, even the possibility of crew isolation from systems enclosed within the AB e.g., Mars Descent/Ascent Vehicle (MDAV).
To avoid the deficiencies of those concepts, Martin Marietta proposed ‘Concept 6’, an AG/MTV design that used chemical propulsion and carried twin cylindrical Space Station Freedom (SSF) habitation modules whose long axes were oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal spin axis of the MTV—referred to as the Dumbbell B configuration. The hab modules were connected to a central logistics and docking hub by two pressurized tunnels each ~12.5 m long. Each hab module—designed to accommodate two to three crewmembers—had excess capacity so that either could serve as a safe-haven for the entire crew in case of an emergency. Attached to the Sun-facing side of each tunnel and hab module were ~30 and 75 m2, respectively, of PVAs producing ~26 kWₑ of electrical power for the spacecraft’s various systems. Once fully assembled, the rotation radius from the center of the logistics module to the floor of each hab module was ~17 m allowing centrifugal acceleration levels ranging from 0.38-g to 0.68-g for vehicle spin rates of 4.5 to 6 rpm. At a slightly higher spin rate of 7.25 rpm, 1-g could be achieved. The pressurized logistics hub also provided a shirt-sleeve environment and anytime crew access to the MDAV docked to the front of the vehicle.
The aft end Mars orbit capture stage (MOCS) and forward Trans-Earth Injection Stages (TEIS) used four
~25 thousand pound thrust liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen (LOX/LH₂) RL10B-2 engines with an Iₛₚ of ~460 s. The MOCS also functioned as the TMI stage using propellant supplied from six surrounding drop tanks jettisoned in pairs as they are drained. The vehicle IMLEO at TMI was ~710.8 t.”
The above, at/per:
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20160014801/downloads/2016001...
The second paragraph consists of my paraphrasing, the rest is direct copy/paste.
Yet another spectacular work by Martin Marietta artist Robert S. Murray. A WIN:
www.paintingsbyrobertsmurray.com/about-me.html
Credit: “Paintings by Robert S. Murray” website
midcurrent.com/art/robert-s-murray/
Credit: “MIDCURRENT” website
A segment of the image:
twitter.com/humanoidhistory/status/1399482585827446790?la...
Credit: Humanoid History/Twitter
Back of Time
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
Sometimes we lag behind in life. Now we have a concept that is difficult to catch up with. This concept is time. The concept we call time never stops. It always goes on. When we can't keep up with the times, everything starts to stay ahead. We, on the other hand, lag behind time and life. Real time begins to move forward without us. The phenomenon we call life continues as if we do not exist. We begin to question whether we exist. We keep asking ourselves questions that have no answers. And we will never have answers to all these questions. We missed the time. And, the loneliness of those behind the times begins to take over the whole body.
This is the other case I've come to realize in this long time spent in space. I am far behind the times and the life I lived. While time and life were progressing with all their fluency, I was getting more lonely and more withdrawn in this void where there was no time. Now I was faced with an insurmountable situation. I felt as if I had gone through annihilation. It's like everything has disappeared and I'm the only one left. The reality was just the opposite. I was the only one who experienced that disaster and destruction. I wasn't there. I was gone.
The photo series "My Interplanetary Memories", which includes my memories from this interplanetary space travel, was a project that made me question my life. Watching the progress of life in front of my eyes and not being in that life began to hurt me deeply. Sometimes I was in unbearable pain because of it. Still, that didn't stop me from dreaming. Everything was fine in my dream world. In my dream world, there was no concept of time. And everything was going as it should. Dreaming relieved my pain. It helped me continue my journey. I needed my dreams. That's why I started to cling to my dreams even tighter. But this situation caused me to experience greater pain when I returned to real life. Maybe I was doing it wrong. I had to stop daydreaming and let the pain of reality take over me and my soul. So I could live in my dream world forever.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Lost Space Traveler
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
That day, I was enjoying this unique view alone, far from my home. Would a human colony settle in the future on the planet that is suitable for this life that I discovered and see these unique landscapes that I saw and fascinated? Or would I be the only person to see these magnificent sights? Even today, I am amazed at not being able to encounter a civilization on that planet that I discovered and which is very suitable for life. It scares me more and more not to encounter any civilizations on all the habitable planets I have discovered and visited. The civilizations that once lived on these planets left everything behind and left the planet they lived on. What was it that bothered them enough to leave their planet? Would it one day make me a lost space traveler too? What could I do alone in the face of this power that huge civilizations are helpless? In the face of these questions, my fear turned into curiosity. My curiosity encouraged me in the face of this space adventure. I was traveling through deep space to find that mysterious terrifying power and lost civilizations. What awaited me at the end of this space travel? Would I be a lost space traveler? Or would I have perished?
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Silent Worlds
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
The silence on the planets I visited was impressive enough to make one believe he was deaf. Sometimes I would test my ears by rubbing the instruments in my hand against each other. So I could understand that there was no problem in my ears. The main reason for the silence on these planets, which are quite suitable for life, was the absence of any carbon-based life forms on these planets. Perhaps there is a sound-absorbing power on all these planets. I do not know. It sure wasn't normal. In the face of this silent anomaly, I sometimes felt completely numb. It was like all my nerves had been taken away. A peace that I could not describe and that I had never experienced before, surrounded my body in the face of this silence. Sometimes I felt like a prisoner of this quiet peace. It was like he had taken over me. I didn't even want to move. It was a silence that hindered my scientific research on the planet. Before the silence completely took over my body, I was unpacking old pieces from my music archive I had put on my spacecraft as I left Earth. So I could go back to normal. I was able to continue my scientific research easily thanks to music. Otherwise, it was like I was turning into a dead body in the face of this silence.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Looking west from Saguache County Road LL56 from Villa Grove to Bonanza.
Literally sunlight illuminating stardust floating in interplanetary space... Why aren't more people into going out and seeing this with their own eyes?!?!?!!!
This is a 2-image blend.
Sky: 30s, f/1.8, ISO 3200
Landscape: 300s, f/1.8, ISO 3200 (pulled by -0.2EV with contrast and dark curves adjustments to make it appear more natural)
Rebirth
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
A deep silence remained from the day. I say deep because it was a silence that got deeper as time progressed. I found myself in the presence of this ever-deepening silence. It was as if my body, which had become silent as time passed, turned into a dead body. It was as if my soul had left my body, but my body had continued to live biologically. I was not feeling anything emotional. Losing my senses allowed me to carry out my space mission without thinking about the possibility of returning for a long time. Thanks to my loss of human feelings, I have discovered many planets suitable for human life. I had been successful in my space mission. So, have I been successful in my own life? I'm alone in the dark space of space. Many people say that a real success is to have a happy family. According to this situation, we cannot say that I am a successful person. The only thing I succeeded in was finding the habitable planets I needed to find on my space travel. I guess I've had a pretty unsuccessful life as a person. My loneliness is the biggest proof of this. After my age, it is very unlikely that I will return to the world and start life again. Even if I could go back to earth, it seems too far away for me to make new friends, fall in love again, and start a family. Maybe I should go off course, disrupt all of my spacecraft's electronics and get lost forever in the deep darkness of space. I must create my own ending or beginning.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
A Comet's Journey into Deep Space
Planet Impero
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Dream or Reality
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
That day, when I saw this giant planet right in front of me, I had a huge feeling of emptiness inside me. In the face of this sight, a feeling of loneliness began to grow inside me. While discovering giant planets suitable for life in the depths of endless space, I was also discovering my own loneliness. In time, I realize that while searching for life forms on these giant planets suitable for life, I am also trying to find myself. Maybe I'm a space traveler on a journey to the depths of space to find my lost life. This is a journey to space, which is very difficult to return, maybe to find myself again and come back to life. I don't know. I can't understand why my past life has been keeping me so busy lately. Maybe it is against human nature to be alone for such a long time. I stop thinking about my past memories as the giant gas planet with rings soars through the sky. I'm starting to dream. This is the dream of a new life. I dream of a new life for myself. Thus, I thought I could suppress the emotions that were interfering with my scientific research. This worked for a while. My dreams were comforting and satisfying. I was able to experience the emotions that I can only experience on planet earth, on these other planets with the dreams I had. I was now able to experience all the emotions that I felt worn out and missing. However, the dreams I had had started to hurt me more after a while. I didn't even notice the passing time. I was so caught up in my fantasy world that I could no longer distinguish between reality and fantasy. I was dreaming so realistically that when I came back to reality, I was incredibly unhappy and hopeless. For a long time, daydreaming allowed me to continue my explorations in space. But now the situation has changed a lot. My dream world that I had created caused me a great lost time. I started daydreaming in front of this giant gas planet landscape. And that would come back to me as huge emotional pain. Would I solve my problems by making new dreams? Or would I get rid of all my problems by facing the truth? Over time, I began to ask myself more and more questions. And I couldn't find an answer to any of my questions. I was nearing the end of a situation I couldn't get out of. I don't know what awaits me there. I think I could hold out for a while longer. Maybe it's time for me to explore a new planet.
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS80
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Where Life Begins
Planet Dokeia
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Dream On
Planet Impero
Interplanetary Travel
Why do I feel like I'm in a dream?
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Nearby Planets
Interplanetary Travel
Youtube: The Moon Meditation
4K | Plutonia - Interplanetary Travel (Tunisia 🇹🇳)
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Hi everyone! To celebrate Febrovery, I decided to revamp the 1988 Futuron set 6925, Interplanetary Rover. Hope you like it!
On My Own
Planet Dokeia
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Samsung Galaxy S8
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Near Planet
Planet Dokeia
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Samsung Galaxy S8
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
“This photograph of the southern hemisphere of Jupiter was obtained by Voyager 2 on June 25, 1979, at a distance of 12 million kilometers (8 million miles). The Voyager spacecraft is rapidly nearing the giant planet, with closest approach to occur at 4:23 pm PDT on July 9. Seen in front of the turbulent clouds of the planet is Io, the innermost of the large Galilean satellites of Jupiter. Io is the size of our moon. Voyager discovered in early March that Io is the most volcanically active planetary body known in the solar system, with continuous eruptions much larger than any that take place on the Earth. The red, orange, and yellow colors of Io are thought to be deposits of sulfur and sulfur compounds produced in these eruptions. The smallest features in either Jupiter or Io that can be distinguished in this picture are about 200 kilometers (125 miles) across; this resolution, it is not yet possible to identify individual volcanic eruptions. Monitoring of the erupture activity of Io by Voyager 2 will begin about July 5 and will extend past the encounter July 9. The Voyager Project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.”
Impeccable provenance, the estate of Eric Burgess.
Above, and color version at:
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00371
Credit: JPL Photojournal website
Silence Of Sunset
Planet Dokeia
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Samsung Galaxy S8
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
A gorgeous model of a version of the interplanetary, nuclear-pulse Project Orion spacecraft.
Just me I know & irrelevant...to anything; however, I find the presence of the date/photo ID number to be perplexing, with regard to the subject, that is. Its format & placement, even the font used, is that of official North American Aviation (NAA)/North American Rockwell (NR/NAR) photographs of the time. If so, the first grouping of numerals might even be missing the normally trailing "8".
Orion - to the best of my knowledge - was primarily, if not exclusively, a General Dynamics (GD)/General Atomic Div. effort/proposal, and the USAF. GD never became affiliated with, nor consumed by NR/NAR. Further, Orion was cancelled as of 1964/65.
If I’m correct, why would NR/NAR reissue what I assume to originally be a GD photo, from ca. 1960-64? The program itself was never resurrected. And if not a reissue, and indeed by NR/NAR, in 1969…why?
Not surprisingly, there’s no shortage of material pertaining to Project Orion.
e05.code.blog/2022/03/28/0025-bx094-fd001_020/
Credit: The Superlative “Station E05” blog
And:
LOTS of FANTASTIC stuff here, specifically page 2 in this instance:
edan.si.edu/slideshow/viewer/?eadrefid=NASM.2003.0025_ref...
ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?max_w=90&id=NASM-NASM....
ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?max_w=90&id=NASM-NASM....
ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?max_w=90&id=NASM-NASM....
All above credit: Smithsonian Institution/Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives (SOVA) website
Also:
www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/enginelist3.php#boo...
www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/images/realdesigns/...
Both above credit: ATOMIC ROCKETS website
A model of a different and the most prevalent variant in diagrams & literature, with the forward-located toroidal “crew/personnel accommodations” module/station:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Model_of_proposed_Orion_N...
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Other than the photos I’ve linked to above of what is likely the same model, my rather extensive searching hasn’t yielded nothing depicting/referencing the forward, transverse-mounted presumable crew/personnel module. Was it to possibly be used in an artificial gravity-inducing capacity? By rotation of the entire spacecraft along the central axis? I don’t see a separation plane between it and the "payload spine" of the vehicle - permitting independent rotation - which I naively/ignorantly would’ve expected.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
There is this...which bears some outward resemblance...however, these are "deployable" modules, that apparently pivot outward - à la "Pilgrim Observer", which certainly doesn't seem to be the case with the model:
edan.si.edu/slideshow/viewer/?eadrefid=NASM.2003.0025_ref939
Credit: Smithsonian Institution/Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives (SOVA) website
Amusingly/Interestingly, artificial gravity for the more prevalently rendered design was to be achieved by the “tumbling pigeon”/”baton” mode of rotation, with the spacecraft basically tumbling end-over-end…not during periods of active nuclear pulsing…of course.
newatlas.com/orion-project-atom-bomb-spaceship/49454/
Credit: “New Atlas” website
web.archive.org/web/20070704104944/http://ntrs.nasa.gov/a...
Credit: The WONDERFUL Internet Archive/Wayback Machine website
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19760065935/downloads/1976006...
Finally...note the repeated nuclear detonation "weathering" of the bottom of the pusher plate.
I want one…IT. I hope it somehow survived.
A Deep Sleep Under a Peculiar Galaxy
Planet Dokeia
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Samsung Galaxy S8
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Celestial Dreams
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Strange New Worlds
Interplanetary Travel
Youtube: The Moon Meditation
4K | Plutonia - Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Disappear
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
Every day that I wake up on other planets meant the beginning of a new unknown for me. Every sunset meant the start of a new sky feast. I felt very lucky sometimes. It was indeed a great chance for me to witness these unique space landscapes. It took my breath away from these magnificent sights. I began to look forward to the sunsets. On some planets, the day could last quite long. It took me a long time to get used to these conditions. In fact, I can't say that I'm still fully used to this situation. The solstice time of each planet was different, after all. Considering the time I've spent in dark space, I can't say I worry much about the long solstices on the planets I've visited. I miss the geographies illuminated by sunlight and stepping on the ground during the time I spend in the vacuum of space. Therefore, the different solstice times of the planets I visited were not such a problem for me to worry about. It's just that long time spent in the sun can sometimes damage my skin. I could have devices that break down due to overheating. Sleeping under a bright sky was a very different experience for me. This challenged me at first, as human biology is accustomed to sleeping in the dark. While I was in the world, I did not see much benefit, even though I practiced sleeping during the day. This situation caused my sleep pattern to be disrupted. I was awake when I needed to sleep, and sleeping when I needed to be awake. I was trying to establish an order for myself in the cosmic life. And I had more than enough time for that. However, in all my time spent in space, I have never been able to form an order. Each new planet meant a new order. It was necessary to establish that order, and then to keep up with that order. And I was starting to feel quite overwhelmed by this situation. I realized that I was overwhelmed by this situation when I started doing a lot of new and unnecessary research in order not to leave the planet I last visited. I was constantly traveling around the planet collecting rock, soil, and biological samples from different parts of the planet. However, I had already completed my work on the planet. I was wasting my time in vain collecting the same pieces of rock and earth. In fact, all I wanted was not to visit another planet. So I wouldn't have to make a new start. I would feel as if I had entered a settled life. That would have made me happy. At least I thought I would be happy. I just wanted a place I could call home. But the extra time I've spent on the planet has made me realize how lonely I am. The realization of my loneliness has caused the mental depression I have been experiencing lately. While I was on planet Earth, maybe I should never have deviated from the plan prepared for me. Then maybe I would never have realized my loneliness. I do not know. I don't know anything about myself right now. And this obscurity pushes me into even deeper spiritual problems. I can feel this. I have so many maybe in my head. I don't want to add another sentence that starts with maybe.
I just want to end. So.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Fog Signal
Planet Dokeia
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Samsung Galaxy S8
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Moon of Impero
Planet Impero
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
A Sunrise Eclipse
Planet Dokeia
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Uncertainty
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
I think I'm at the most uncertain point of my journey. I'm in the place where decision making is the hardest, even near impossible. Without knowing what to do, I continue my journey meaninglessly. Why was it so hard for me to come to a decision? Going back and forth between the two choices made me very tired. I have thoughts in my mind that hinder my decision. And these thoughts are the biggest obstacle in my decision making. I have never experienced such a difficult situation before. And I'm the one who got myself into this situation. This is a situation my mind and emotions have made me experience. I'm still looking for a sign so I can choose one of the two options I have in mind. The radio signal I received from the planet Plutonia was the first signal I needed to make a choice. However, my desire to return to planet earth was increasing more and more. And I was waiting for a sign for it. In fact, all the signs were in me to return to earth. My rekindled feelings were the biggest sign of that. And this was much greater than the signal I received from the planet plutonia. Maybe it's time for me to take a step.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
The Eye of The Planet
Planet Dokeia
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i & Samsung Galaxy S8
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
A Sea of Clouds
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
A sea of white clouds was in front of me that day. While my eyes were watching this unique view, my mind started to remember the past. This was the first time my mind took me back to my past. And what caused this was the unique white color of the clouds standing in front of me. The white color reminded me of my lover. In front of this sea of white clouds, the only thing that came to my mind was that white skin of my lover. A smile formed on my face when I remembered my girlfriend's beautiful skin. I went back to those years when I fell in love. And I started to remember more. I remembered my girlfriend's smile, her hair, the beautiful tone of her voice, and the scent of her skin that I admired. My mind was like taking me back in time. At first, this made me happy. It was good for me to remember the past, those good memories. It made me forget my loneliness a little bit. However, after a while, this situation began to cause fractures in my soul. My longing has increased. I couldn't help but think about my past. I began to question myself and my space travel. I even thought of ending my space travel many times. Why was I thinking all this? My past was taking over me. I was starting to get stuck in my past. When I end my space travel and return to planet Earth, nothing will ever be the same as in the past. My friends, my lover, my family... None of them existed anymore. I would be even more alone in the world. A greater solitude awaited me there. But I still couldn't help but think. Could I start all over again when I returned to Earth? Could I make friends again? Could I fall in love again? These were the questions that gave me hope. The hope I need to be able to come back to life was hidden in the answers I would give to these questions. However, I never gave an answer to these questions. I continued my journey through dark space. I was now farther from Earth and almost irreversible. Maybe this was the right place for me. Depths of space. Still, I couldn't help but think about my past. Even though I was so far from the world, the good memories of the past continued to occupy my mind. Remembering those beautiful memories I had on planet Earth made me happy in this huge vacuum of space. As time progressed, this put me in my current mood. My mind was starting to confuse reality with fantasy. My dreams were traveling with me in dark space. And this situation became unstoppable for me. This space travel has now turned into a mind war for me. It's a war where I try to separate my real and imaginary worlds. And I was alone in this war.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
My Interplanetary Memories
Planet Dokeia
Interplanetary Travel
Hello everyone again from outer space.
I am pleased to present to you a project that came to my mind while traveling in outer space. In this new photo series, I'm going to share with you some photos from my past interplanetary travels that I haven't published. Many of these will be photos you will see for the first time. You will see some photos in their raw form for the first time. This new photo series will take me and you to the past. Maybe we can even go back to when I took my first interplanetary voyage. I hope this new project, which I named "My Interplanetary Memories", has excited you as much as it did me. I don't know yet how many photos I will post in this new photo series. I plan to share as many photos as I can post until we reach the new planet. From the first day of my interplanetary travel, I have accumulated many memories. I was always alone in these memories. I became aware of you as I shared photos from my travels. You started to follow me and share my memories. With this new project, we will actually be returning to our own memories, not to my own memories. You will find yourself there too. I hope this new series will make you as happy as it makes me happy.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
over and over
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
Yet another lost day. I say lost day, because all my research to find life had yielded no results that day when I took the photo. Not only was it a lost day for my scientific research, it was a lost day for myself as well. I had just lost another day to live on planet Earth. I was losing all the memories I could have lived on these planets that I had visited and where I had not encountered any life form. There was no reason to make me feel alive. In the face of this situation, I found myself more and more distant from my feelings on every planet I visited. I felt more alone now. As my sense of loneliness increased, I was clinging to the memories of my past in the world. This, in turn, increased my longing for my life on earth. I was starting to miss the time I spent with my friends. I miss walking with my girlfriend. I missed people who had smiles on their faces when they saw me. I could only live them in my memories. Without feeling, without touching. It's like a series that doesn't have new episodes and is constantly repetitive. I was thinking about the same memories over and over. As my time in space progressed, I thought more about the memories I had on earth. This has been taking up a lot of my time lately. Sometimes, I even had to postpone the scientific research I needed to do on the planets I visited for that reason alone. Sometimes I was asking myself questions. Is there anyone who misses me? Anyone wondering where I am? Is there anyone who constantly remembers the memories they had with me and remembers me? Does anyone remember me? Or does no one even realize that I have disappeared? Why am I asking myself all this? What I have to do is find a planet with life. Only this. My feelings shouldn't have outweighed my duty. When I first went into space, I had no emotional problems. Now, I am making an intense effort to suppress my vital emotions. Needless to say, I was successful in this. Somehow I have to make my choice. Would I go back to the world and start from scratch? Or would I continue to search for new planets suitable for life in the vacuum of space? Will I continue to be alone? Or would I return to planet earth to put an end to my loneliness?
Maybe I was nearing the end...
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Located on the opposite side of the Red Planet, Orion Station is a hub for interplanetary meetings among Martians. Three portal structures connect to this command meeting station, floating over a surprisingly lush understory, at least for the Martian wasteland anyway. Colonies of Martians such as the Antares, the Centarui, and the Vega meet at this hub to hold council with the intelligence of Reigel and his aid, Arcturus.
A homage to the 2001 Life on Mars Lego theme, inspired the color Sand Purple. A fun theme that explored the peaceful interaction between human and alien life on Mars' surface. If any LEGO space theme were to make a return, I hope it carries heavy influence from the peaceful line.
Not only does Orion Station feature a communal hub for Martian life, it sits atop a site of ancient necessity visited frequently by the patrons. Here a sect of the Vega clan enjoy the fascinations of their ancient world. Not being known for their intellect, this sect solely ponders why this rock head is so big.
The Martian colony of the Centarui are best known for the bravery through protection of the other groups. A simple and respectable group, they choose to care for others over their themselves in a form of protection while showing no aggression to new comers unless absolutely necessary.
Each solstice a communal celebration is held at Orion Station. Martians share different cultures and ideas from each of their sects, and enjoy the beautiful, even though largely barren, landscape beneath the hub.
Princess Cassiopeia is surprised by Hoodlum Altair! Rascally Altair is up to no good as usual...
(I really don't know anything about the Life on Mars story or lore if there even was any, its been fun making up stuff though. The lime green guy named Altair just has a goofy hair pattern, never was a fun of that head as much as the others. And the other old purple Martian, Cassiopeia, is fantastic in that color.)
Local Mizar colonists point and laugh as an Earthling rover studies rocks! Silly rover, that rock is the same as the other ones.
Pale Moon in a Grey Sky
Planet Impero
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Preparing for Deep Space Travel
Interplanetary Travel
The high mountains greatly prevented me from traveling within the planet. That's why I couldn't go very far on the planet. At the furthest point I could go, high and rocky mountains appeared before me again. It was very difficult for me to travel through the valleys formed between the mountains. I collected various rock, soil, water and plant samples from this planet, just like on other planets. Gravity and oxygen ratio are quite suitable for human life. However, different day and night generations can be disturbing for human psychology. I've detected abrupt changes in the planet's rotation speed. This means that the planet's night and day zones are constantly changing. It is an unusual and disturbing situation for me. One day, the night may last 16 world hours, while another night may only last 6 world hours. During the day, the sky color is the same as that of the earth. There is very little clouding. I did not encounter any rain. All I saw was a rain of stardust. And it was an extraordinary experience for me. It was an experience I had never witnessed before. A shower of blue stardust. It must have belonged to a star swallowed by a black hole. Such dense stardust must have been the remnants of the star torn apart by a black hole. There could be no other explanation for this. Ever since I came to the planet, I realized that a black hole is very close to the planet. This black hole had completely shattered a star and turned it into dust. It was a fascinating and at the same time frightening sight for me. As much as I can, I tried to reflect the sights I witnessed to you. I hope I was successful. Thank you so much for not leaving me alone during my time on this planet. Your support for me helps me go further and explore more planets in my space travel. Very soon I will leave this mysterious planet. I will continue my interplanetary journey from where I left off. After sharing the last two photos from this planet for you, I will start my interplanetary travel in outer space with my spaceship. Keep following me.
Youtube: The Moon Meditation
4K | Plutonia - Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
seen as we drove through Gastown.
listening to Klaatu -
"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" - 1976
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNBV5hofD_U&list=PL8q8S7uOH3d...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calling_Occupants_of_Interplanetary...
This 180 degree panorama was made using Hugin (freeware) to combine 10 vertical shots. I tried this panorama earlier with images taken using the 14mm Rokinon manual lens. These images here were taken the same night using my 16-35 Canon lens. I like the end result here better, but I think that's because I've learned a bit more about how to process such images. The yellow glow on the horizon is a town 85 km away. Probably it's the airport lights illuminating low clouds or ice crystals. The larger white area beneath the arch of the Milky Way is zodiacal light, a natural phenomenon when the sun's light illuminates interplanetary dust particles.
Lost Time
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
The time we spend in life is not long enough to make us who we are. The anxiety we feel about the shortness of life causes us to feel fear and worry about the end that awaits us. This fear stems from the feeling of not living life well enough. However, when we live our lives the way we want, the period called life has no meaning. The concept of time is starting to become meaningless. The feeling of anxiety and worry leaves its place to the feeling of happiness.
There is no such thing as the concept of time in this dark and endless vacuum of space. The concept we call time comes into play again on the planets I've visited. Of course, this is much different and complicated than the perception of time on Earth. During my time on the planets, I thought about the different fluidity of time. How should I calculate the time from now on? Sometimes while living a faster time, sometimes I found myself in a time concept that almost never progressed. How did these different concepts of time affect my life? Was it because I lost my sense of anxiety and fear, that I had erased the perception of time from my mind? Time triggered feelings of fear and anxiety. A timeless universe would remove all this fear and anxiety. The lack of time also eliminated the fear of losing it. The greatest fear that the concept of time made people experience was the worry of losing and being lost. Fear of losing a loved one. Fear of losing life. The fear we feel when we can't keep up with the speed of time, not living long enough.
During my time in outer space and on planets where there is no life form, the only thing I felt about myself was being alone. When I thought about my life on Earth, I realized that all my experiences continue to be lived as memories within the concept we call time. What follows is a great loneliness. Maybe it was because I was too lonely in my desire to find Plutonians so much. When I found them, I would also be able to regain my lost feelings. My desire to find the lost Plutonian civilization got in the way of the Interplanetary Travel project. When I found the lost civilization, I would be able to come back to life. I would be able to rekindle my life and my emotions. Maybe I just want to come back to life. I need a real life form in this.
I don't know what will happen when I go back to real time. I'm stuck in the universe I'm in right now. My thoughts slow me down. Sometimes I play dream or reality game. This is a game I can play by myself. When I say dream, my existing emotional pain increases. When I chose the truth, I had new emotional pains. In the face of these increasing emotional pains, I found myself more focused on this interplanetary journey I had taken. I think this situation has turned into a vicious circle for me. While I did not lose life in my dream world, in the real world I was losing everything one by one. Maybe all I need to do is stop thinking.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Inside the Deep Rift
Planet Dokeia
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Samsung Galaxy S8
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
A Deep Sleep Under the Rings of a Giant Planet
Interplanetary Travel
Youtube: The Moon Meditation
4K | Plutonia - Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Under the Giant Galaxy
Planet Impero
Interplanetary Travel
Sleeping under a giant galaxy was enough to make me forget that I was alone in the universe.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Stars of Night
Interplanetary Travel
Youtube: The Moon Meditation
4K | Plutonia - Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Unresolved Message
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
As I track down the lost civilization of Plutonia, I feel like the protagonist of a sci-fi and sleuthing novel. A special sleuth on the trail of a lost civilization and tasked with finding them. Nor did I have a single piece of evidence that I would find the Plutonians. However, I had abandoned my main mission for a while in order to find them. This was my new assignment. The only result I reached in my research to find the Plutonians was a radio signal with the same frequencies from different planets. This radio signal was like morse code transmitted at different intervals and at different speeds. However, I had not yet deciphered the meaning of this radio signal. All I could reach was the location where the signal came from. Every time I visited the planet where these radio signals came from, all I came across was a new abandoned planet. After a while, I realize that I'm starting to see myself as part of this lost civilization. It was like I was the only one left from a lost civilization. And, in a way, my search for the lost civilization seemed to have turned into my search for my new home. I think the idea that little by little I would not be able to return to my own home was taking over me completely. This pushed me to seek a new living space. I was looking for my new home, far from home.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Deepest Image of Universe Yet
Planet Impero
Interplanetary Travel
I fall asleep enchanted by the immense landscape of a distant universe. There are no words to describe the deep peace I felt in front of this view. In front of this magnificent view, I forget that I am even alive. It's like I'm not alive. It's like there's no time. I am in deep silence.
These are my last days on this planet that I'm exploring. I started making preparations for my next space trip. Soon I will be traveling through deep space again to discover a new planet and find the plunonians.
Keep following me.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Earth Rising over the Aşot
My Interplanetary Memories
Interplanetary Travel
Chasing after a lost civilization. Maybe it was the wrong decision. Perhaps I would never find the lost Plutonian civilization. On every planet they left, they certainly didn't leave any message behind. It was as if they didn't want to be found. Something must have caused them to leave the planet they lived on. Something they fear. And, there must be a fear that haunts them on every planet they go to. On every planet they went to, something had to find them and push them to leave the planet again. What could have caused a civilization to constantly flee? Was something terrifying enough to cause a civilization to abandon their planet, was it dangerous for me too? Was I supposed to be afraid? On the planets I visited to find the lost Plutonian civilization, when would I encounter what terrified them? What could I do alone in the face of this fear in which a civilization is helpless? I would be able to get the answers to all these questions when I found the lost civilization or that thing they feared.
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)