It would be thrilling if the current state of our space exploration was on a level suggested by these posters. Are we sending people to farm Martian soil or explore the Martian terrain anytime soon? Obviously not. So, honest question: what is the point of these posters?
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#22Is there any similar pre-lunar landing artwork? The only one I can think of is this 1955 presentation by Wernher von Braun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fautyLuuvo
Probably not what you're looking for, and only in a kind of similar vein, but the first thing that came to mind was the 1962 Mars Attacks trading cards. They provided a twisted version of what Mars might be like if it were inhabited by aliens who wanted to invade and feature soldiers fighting martians and (if I remember correctly) eventually people going to Mars to fight them.
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#23That font size!
The characters are like half an inch high each on my iPad Pro. Auto-detecting mobile Safari and forcing a mobile view without any way to switch to something more reasonable perhaps wasn't the best design choice.
The posters are cool tho.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
> You must be young and thinking about health never entered your mind to apply for the job. None of the current ISS crew are young; I suspect they just assess the risks differently.
They didn't apply to go to Mars - which is the subject. Although you are right, there will be no shortage of volunteers, there never was for risky exploration. By the way, congratulations - of all the many things I wrote you managed to find the thing the (subjective) hair in the soup. If you have a different opinion about those risks, am I trying to argue you out of it? Instead, I give you (IMHO) some really good poi…
> EDIT: Wow, several downvotes already. Sorry for pointing out the negatives, but downvoting does not solve those problems.
It's the tone, not the content, that is earning the downvotes. I suspect if you left out the second paragraph (and the edit), you'd seem less prickly.
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#25If you dig these posters, you'll like these from Chop Shop: http://www.chopshopstore.com/collections/space-exploration-t...
They partnered with The Planetary Society a while ago to make retro-style posters for both historic and present day robotic spacecraft.
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#26It would be thrilling if the current state of our space exploration was on a level suggested by these posters. Are we sending people to farm Martian soil or explore the Martian terrain anytime soon? Obviously not. So, honest question: what is the point of these posters?
Inspire
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#27Similar posters from SpaceX with a tourism theme:
https://shop.spacex.com/accessories/mars-phobos-deimos-poste... https://shop.spacex.com/accessories/mars-olympus-mons-poster... https://shop.spacex.com/accessories/mars-valles-marineris-po...
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
They didn't apply to go to Mars - which is the subject. Although you are right, there will be no shortage of volunteers, there never was for risky exploration. By the way, congratulations - of all the many things I wrote you managed to find the thing the (subjective) hair in the soup. If you have a different opinion about those risks, am I trying to argue you out of it? Instead, I give you (IMHO) some really good poi…
> EDIT: Wow, several downvotes already. Sorry for pointing out the negatives, but downvoting does not solve those problems. It's the tone, not the content, that is earning the downvotes. I suspect if you left out the second paragraph (and the edit), you'd seem less prickly.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Everyone dies, including those who do nothing. * Grandchild-A: "My grandmother died on a mission to Mars." * Grandchild-B: "My grandmother died writing a book on how space will kill you."
Grandchild-C: Not born because grandmother couldn't reproduce due to early death.
Great...Grandchild-N: Never born because humanity never left Earth.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Everyone dies, including those who do nothing. * Grandchild-A: "My grandmother died on a mission to Mars." * Grandchild-B: "My grandmother died writing a book on how space will kill you."
Grandchild-C: Not born because grandmother couldn't reproduce due to early death.
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