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That are some beautfiful posters, but the download links for the high resolution versions lead to a 404 error page, like this one: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/visions-of-the-future/tif/enceladus...
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/visions-of-the-future
from 2016
The CNES (French national center for space studies) had done similar 'vintage' ones a while ago https://reves-d-espace.com/affiches-spatiales-pour-decorer-v... (unfortunately not available in the original site anymore)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16Hcdw4lER8t63YgDGm9W...
They look like propaganda posters from after WWII.
That is the design intent. They are modeled after WPA posters from the 1930s-40s. "Propaganda" has negative connotations today, because it has been used as a manipulative tool. But that was not always the case. WPA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration
Beautiful posters. I’m baffled as to why anyone would want to spend time on planets that don’t naturally support life for humans. What is the appeal of nothingness. Just go put on a special suit and hang out in a desert on earth. At least there you might even see bugs or snakes, etc. but another planet with nothing but rocks (minerals, whatever)…how is this appealing. The biodiversity on earth is incredible and is be…
Some love the desert, some love the ocean, some love mountains, some love canyons, some love caves, some love volcanos, some love cities. Not everyone always wants to be in the rainforest or a coral reef or some pastoralist backdrop. Whenever this comes up, it’s weird to me that people seem to not understand that different people have a wide variety of interests and tastes. Also, some people like making the barren in…
:-)
Beautiful posters. I’m baffled as to why anyone would want to spend time on planets that don’t naturally support life for humans. What is the appeal of nothingness. Just go put on a special suit and hang out in a desert on earth. At least there you might even see bugs or snakes, etc. but another planet with nothing but rocks (minerals, whatever)…how is this appealing. The biodiversity on earth is incredible and is be…
are you saying an environment is only appreciable if it's a biosphere? why? that seems utterly arbitrary. i'd quite enjoy bouncing around in 1/4 gravity, or sailing over lakes of hydrocarbons if i could. sure it's equally arbitrary, but it would be more novel than any environment on earth. what does selfishness have to do with it?
Beautiful posters. I’m baffled as to why anyone would want to spend time on planets that don’t naturally support life for humans. What is the appeal of nothingness. Just go put on a special suit and hang out in a desert on earth. At least there you might even see bugs or snakes, etc. but another planet with nothing but rocks (minerals, whatever)…how is this appealing. The biodiversity on earth is incredible and is be…
Space enthusiasts don’t want “nothing,” they want this: https://vimeo.com/108650530
I've seen this before, and couldn't get over it then.