I suspect people who say Earth is flat are more interested in and motivated by socio-political factors than by science, but I do wonder how they explain simple phenomenon such as this? From the 1972 Hammond's Space Atlas.
(Of course in historic terms, it's only relatively recently that humans agreed on a Solar system...)
Someone described the Moon shot almost fifty years ago, in July 20, 1969, as being like sending astronauts to space in a souped-up Chevy, the science was so rudimentary.
I remember the assumption that far-flung human space exploration would keep on going. I only realized it was an assumption when it stopped. Of course we have other spacey things--the ISS, and satellites for telecommunications that were almost unimaginable.
The book imagines "Special nylon fiber strips"--hey, that's Velcro. It was invented in the 1950s.
It's easy to scoff at the original Star Trek for being square and dated, but in 1966 the show imagined a starship staffed with a fuller spectrum of humans (and other intelligent species) than this science book could.
Someone described the Moon shot almost fifty years ago, in July 20, 1969, as being like sending astronauts to space in a souped-up Chevy, the science was so rudimentary.
I remember the assumption that far-flung human space exploration would keep on going. I only realized it was an assumption when it stopped. Of course we have other spacey things--the ISS, and satellites for telecommunications that were almost unimaginable.
The book imagines "Special nylon fiber strips"--hey, that's Velcro. It was invented in the 1950s.
It's easy to scoff at the original Star Trek for being square and dated, but in 1966 the show imagined a starship staffed with a fuller spectrum of humans (and other intelligent species) than this science book could.
Oh, sure, Star Trek envisioned women and POC in outer space...but this book envision velco-butt shorts! With white socks! What a uniform!
ReplyDeleteDid you notice on the bottom picture, back left corner of the spacecraft, they appear to be watching a Thin Man movie? At least it looks to me like TV screen with a man in a trenchcoat, a woman in a green dress, and a wire fox terrier! And velco-butt appears to be changing the movie reel, in an annoyed sort of way..."Look, if you don't want to watch The Thin Man, what do you want to watch? And don't say 'Buck Rodgers' again!"
VELCRO BUTTS!!!
ReplyDeleteI know--I laughed at that. Also, Space Slippers!
Huh--I hadn't caught that image on the back screen. YOU SEE DOGS!---and I love your imagined dialogue to go with it! :)