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 Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 1:13 am Post subject: FWD: Ah, the days of Retro Space... |
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Bill Higgins
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:22 am Post subject: Re: FWD: Ah, the days of Retro Space... |
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On Sat, 21 Apr 2007, OM wrote:
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http://www.plan59.com/av/av452.htm
...Whoops! Found a few more:
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A treasure trove. Thanks.
(Surprise you didn't include the biscuits in
<http://www.plan59.com/av/av033.htm>, though.)
Many are credited (Frank Tinsley! Bob McCall!) but the uncredited ones
offer an opportunity to play Guess-The-Artist.
I'm going to claim that <http://www.plan59.com/av/av003.htm> is
Ed Valigursky.
Don't know who painted "Salute to Memphis... and Its Post-War Future"
<http://www.plan59.com/av/av251.htm>, but it could be a prophecy of FedEx.
Another surprise: a photo of the young Pat Flannery in
<http://www.plan59.com/av/av278.htm>.
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http://www.plan59.com/av/av185.htm
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A really, really nice Zeppelin painting.
Any day now, a small team of undergraduate engineers with access to
rapid-prototyping equipment could tackle it.
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Fermilab | Buck Rogers, motion picture space queens, and box-top
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Internet: | of Martians, space ships, galactic empires, and robots
higgins@fnal.gov | which Gernsback troweled into his early magazines."
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Norman Yarvin
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:38 pm Post subject: Re: FWD: Ah, the days of Retro Space... |
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In article <bqvk23tq9ea4prip4uq16vgumgin8ofq6g@4ax.com>,
OM <om@all_trolls_must_DIE.com> wrote:
It's been done, albeit on a smaller scale:
http://www.usbgeek.com/prod_detail.php?prod_id=0561
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mike flugennock
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject: Re: FWD: Ah, the days of Retro Space... |
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OM wrote:
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I like how the background includes a swath of Milky Way, the Moon, what
looks like an unnamed nearby planet/oid -- and the Atlas still has a
regular warhead mounted on it. Were they planning on nuking that little
planetoid about 3o'clock to the nose?
I still dig that painting of the TitanIII/DynaSoar lifting off. Now,
_those_ were some goddamn' _fins_.
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Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!"
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mike flugennock
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:46 pm Post subject: Re: FWD: Ah, the days of Retro Space... |
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OM wrote:
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http://www.plan59.com/av/av452.htm
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I kinda dig this one:
http://www.plan59.com/av/av451.htm
....except, perhaps, for the sleek aerodynamic lawn mower. I can imagine
an adolescent Elroy Jetson cursing as he tries to start it. I can't
believe they're still using the old rip-pull cord to ignite the
antimatter pile in that thing.
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"Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few:
Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!"
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mike flugennock
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:48 pm Post subject: Re: FWD: Ah, the days of Retro Space... |
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OM wrote:
That's not space-related. That's just weird. That may have been painted
by some old Indian at the peak of his peyote vision quest.
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"Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few:
Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!"
--grateful dead.
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mike flugennock
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject: Re: FWD: Ah, the days of Retro Space... |
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OM wrote:
Oh, f'cripesake. Here, the Earth is about to be engulfed and consumed by
some hostile alien energy-life, and all our best and brightest can think
is "Save the pens! SAVE THE PENS!"
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"Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few:
Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!"
--grateful dead.
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mike flugennock
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject: Re: FWD: Ah, the days of Retro Space... |
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OM wrote:
Wasn't something very much like this actually proposed a time or two,
except without the calliope rocket launchers on the tail?
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"Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few:
Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!"
--grateful dead.
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mike flugennock
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject: Re: FWD: Ah, the days of Retro Space... |
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OM wrote:
Actually, those are _not_ Solar Wind Ships; those are R'n'D Budget
Sinkholes From Hell.
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"Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few:
Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!"
--grateful dead.
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mike flugennock
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject: Re: FWD: Ah, the days of Retro Space... |
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OM wrote:
Whoa, sweet airbrush work. This scene looks kinda like one of those new
tract developments going up all over Chryse Planitia right now.
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"Though I could not caution all, I yet may warn a few:
Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!"
--grateful dead.
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mike flugennock
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject: Re: FWD: Ah, the days of Retro Space... |
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OM wrote:
A thousand detonations at a rate of one per second until it
_leaves_Earth's_atmosphere_?
Uhh, huh.
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Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!"
--grateful dead.
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OM
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject: Re: FWD: Ah, the days of Retro Space... |
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:49:50 -0400, mike flugennock
<flvg3nn0zk@stinkers.org> wrote:
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http://www.plan59.com/av/av051.htm
Oh, f'cripesake. Here, the Earth is about to be engulfed and consumed by
some hostile alien energy-life, and all our best and brightest can think
is "Save the pens! SAVE THE PENS!"
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....Yeah, but what's really interesting is the launch point. Note the
location *and* the direction of launch.
OM
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:25 pm Post subject: Re: FWD: Ah, the days of Retro Space... |
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:48:24 -0400, mike flugennock
<flvg3nn0zk@stinkers.org> wrote:
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http://www.plan59.com/av/av042.htm
That's not space-related. That's just weird. That may have been painted
by some old Indian at the peak of his peyote vision quest.
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....On the contrary. Look who did the art.
OM
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Rick Jones
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:28 pm Post subject: Re: FWD: Ah, the days of Retro Space... |
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mike flugennock <flvg3nn0zk@stinkers.org> wrote:
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http://www.plan59.com/av/av051.htm
Oh, f'cripesake. Here, the Earth is about to be engulfed and consumed by
some hostile alien energy-life, and all our best and brightest can think
is "Save the pens! SAVE THE PENS!"
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Well, all the foliage on the planet has already turned red, so we're
probably toast anyway :)
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Looks like a nearly-polar orbit launching from...what, northern
Louisiana? Kentucky? Arkansas, maybe?
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Looks too far East to be Arkansas. If it isn't Northern Louisiana it
might be Western Tennesee or SouthWestern Kentucky. Perhaps they were
launched with a mixure of LOX and Moonshine...
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