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Interesting background and peripheral info, especially regarding the artist - Rick Guidice - at:
www.sciencefriday.com/articles/this-70s-artist-painted-ou...
www.numulosgatos.org/exhibitions-2/2015/9/17/rick-guidice...
Also, interesting:
space.nss.org/settlement/MikeCombs/SCTHF.html
Credit: National Space Society website
Interesting background and peripheral info, especially regarding the artist - Rick Guidice - at:
www.sciencefriday.com/articles/this-70s-artist-painted-ou...
www.numulosgatos.org/exhibitions-2/2015/9/17/rick-guidice...
Endcap view with suspension bridge.
Wonderful reference to this particular work by the Artist himself, Donald E. Davis:
"Here is what is probably my most widely seen pre digital painting, my 'Bay Area' derived interior for a giant cylindrical habitat design. It was painted this way under the direction of space colonization popularizer Gerard O'Neill himself, who related a recent impression of the vantage point from Sausalito being an excellent scale reference for a possible setting inside a later model cylindrical colony. When this painting appeared on the cover of the 'Co-Evolution Quarterly' 1975 book 'Space Settlements' editor Stewart Brand wrote in the caption "The painting of the interior of a "Model III" cylindrical Space Colony by Don Davis appears on the cover of Space Colonies. It has inspired more belief and roused more ire than any other artifact associated with Space Colonies so far. The man-made idyll is too man-made, too idylliic or too ecologically unlikely - say the ired. It's a general representation of the natural scale of life attainable in a large rotating environment - say the inspired. Either way, it makes people jump." I deliberately wanted to imply the challenge of trying to transplant a workable ecosysyem to a giant terrarium in Space. Most other depictions are dreary mega-shopping mall like structures filling the available volume. I still consider the Space Colony option a more realistic means for establishing large population bases off the Earth rather then any Terraforming schemes, except perhaps hollowing out solid asteroids if there are any."
At - along with a plethora of rich and amazing information (AND images) on/from Mr. Davis' career:
www.donaldedavis.com/PARTS/SHORTBIO.html
Seriously impressive and long lasting contributions!!!
Also at:
settlement.arc.nasa.gov/70sArtHiRes/70sArt/Cylinder_Endca...
“SPACE COLONY----Shown here is the 10,000-inhabitant space colony proposed by the NASA-Ames/Stanford 10-week summer study held at Ames. The approximately 20 professors from major U. S. universities, who did the study, say such a colony might be built with existing technology in 20 years, and might well pay for itself, perhaps with substantial profits. The wheel-like colony would be over a mile in diameter, with an interior diameter of about 200 yards. It would have an Earth-like interior environment and landscape (sunlight, flowers, trees) with interior views of up to a half a mile. The massive exterior of Moon rocks would shield inhabitants from cosmic radiation. Gravity would be provided by centrifugal force from the colony’s 1 rpm rotation. The colony would produce various products from lunar materials under economically advantageous space conditions--such as solar power stations to supply Earth, sister colonies, spacecraft, and electronic components for export to Earth. Unlimited power would be available from the Sun. Metals, glass and other materials would come from the Moon at a fraction of Earth cost. The mirror floating above the colony reflects sunlight into the ring mirrors below, which reflect it through 100-foot strip windows into the colony’s interior for light and agriculture. Above the core sphere are communications spacecraft docking facilities.”
And/or:
"The wheel-like design shown above...might be used for the first space colony. The mirror floating above the colony reflects sunlight into the ring mirrors below, which reflect it through 100-foot strip windows into the colony's interior for light and agriculture. Above the core sphere are communications and spacecraft docking facilities. Long rectangle in foreground is a heat radiator. The facility below the colony is the manufacturing area where lunar ore is melted with solar power. Lower central sphere is the original "construction shack" for the colony.""
Found at:
space.nss.org/settlement/MikeCombs/SCTHF.html
Credit: National Space Society website
Title: Space Colony
Catalog #: 08_01613
Date: 1976
Additional Information: Concept of interior
Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
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Sean McDermott St. Youth Lord Mayor Gerard O'Neill pictured on the street with brothers, Alan (lt) and Eric O'Keeffe, yesterday
