Date: 22/03/2017 04:50:18
From: Bubblecar
ID: 1041294
Subject: Space Colony Art from the 1970s

Three space colony summer studies were conducted at NASA Ames in the 1970s. A number of artistic renderings of the concepts were made. These have been scanned and are available here as small, medium, large, and publication quality jpeg images. Scans by David Brandt-Erichsen.

Includes toroidal and cylindrical colonies and Bernal Spheres.

Full gallery:

https://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/70sArtHiRes/70sArt/art.html

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Date: 22/03/2017 07:47:06
From: dv
ID: 1041322
Subject: re: Space Colony Art from the 1970s

Those pics don’t work for me

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Date: 22/03/2017 07:48:27
From: Bubblecar
ID: 1041324
Subject: re: Space Colony Art from the 1970s

dv said:


Those pics don’t work for me

What do you mean?

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Date: 22/03/2017 07:50:45
From: dv
ID: 1041327
Subject: re: Space Colony Art from the 1970s

Bubblecar said:


dv said:

Those pics don’t work for me

What do you mean?

You placed two images in the OP. I am not able to see them: that is, they show the little square that in my browser indicates that the image file has not been found.

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Date: 22/03/2017 07:52:32
From: Bubblecar
ID: 1041329
Subject: re: Space Colony Art from the 1970s

dv said:


You placed two images in the OP. I am not able to see them: that is, they show the little square that in my browser indicates that the image file has not been found.

What browser are you using? They work in Chrome.

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Date: 22/03/2017 07:54:44
From: dv
ID: 1041330
Subject: re: Space Colony Art from the 1970s

Bubblecar said:


dv said:

You placed two images in the OP. I am not able to see them: that is, they show the little square that in my browser indicates that the image file has not been found.

What browser are you using? They work in Chrome.

Chrome.

How about all y’all others?

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Date: 22/03/2017 07:55:03
From: ChrispenEvan
ID: 1041332
Subject: re: Space Colony Art from the 1970s

work in opera.

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Date: 22/03/2017 07:56:40
From: Bubblecar
ID: 1041334
Subject: re: Space Colony Art from the 1970s

Just to check, I’ve deleted today’s history and files from Chrome and opened this thread again, and the pics are still there.

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Date: 22/03/2017 07:56:50
From: dv
ID: 1041335
Subject: re: Space Colony Art from the 1970s

Belay my complaints, I had my security on too tight.

I do think it is somewhat quaint that they thought a space station would be made to resemble earth internally, with green hillocks and detached housing, rather than being ultra efficient and cramped.

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Date: 22/03/2017 07:59:21
From: Bubblecar
ID: 1041338
Subject: re: Space Colony Art from the 1970s

dv said:


Belay my complaints, I had my security on too tight.

I do think it is somewhat quaint that they thought a space station would be made to resemble earth internally, with green hillocks and detached housing, rather than being ultra efficient and cramped.

Yes it’s quite charming. Most of the colonies in the gallery look like middle-class 1970s US suburbs, or country areas complete with nice old farmhouses etc.

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Date: 22/03/2017 08:03:47
From: Bubblecar
ID: 1041341
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Date: 22/03/2017 08:15:38
From: Witty Rejoinder
ID: 1041345
Subject: re: Space Colony Art from the 1970s

ChrispenEvan said:


work in opera.

Not here.

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Date: 22/03/2017 08:20:06
From: sibeen
ID: 1041348
Subject: re: Space Colony Art from the 1970s

ChrispenEvan said:


work in opera.

I don’t really have the voice for it.

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Date: 22/03/2017 15:06:45
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1041461
Subject: re: Space Colony Art from the 1970s

dv said:


Those pics don’t work for me

Pictures and website both fail for me. Can’t see a thing. Chrome browser says “privacy error” and crosses the s off the https. It won’t connect if I change https to http, either.

Perhaps try
http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/space-colony-art-from-the-1970s
http://www.nss.org/settlement/nasa/70sArt/

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Date: 22/03/2017 15:11:59
From: Witty Rejoinder
ID: 1041464
Subject: re: Space Colony Art from the 1970s

Pics work for me now.

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