Thursday, July 21, 2011

What the Future Once Looked Like

It's not exactly within the purview of this blog, but in honor of STS135 (aka, the final mission of Atlantis and of the shuttle program) I thought I'd take a detour into vintage science fiction images. It's a lot of fun to look at what people thought the space age would look like before they had ... well, any damn clue what the space age would look like:


I love how there's no insulation on the space suits, and no radiation shielding on the suits or the helmets. Then there are the thrusters active on the manned maneuvering units, even though the astronauts appear to be floating at rest while holding onto tethers. Or whatever those things are.

And here, ladies and gentleman, we have the Control Cabin of an Actual Space Rocket!  It's called a "space rocket" because it's so spacious.  It's a 3 bedroom, 2 bath unit with a combined live-work area that's perfect for the growing space family.  Just for comparison, here's an actual Apollo Command Module, with a crew area of 218 cubic feet:

Apollo 10 Command Module 2
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