Retro NASA Space Colonies. Art from the 1970s
20/07/2011.
NASA Ames Research Center.
metalocus, PEDRO NAVARRO
metalocus, PEDRO NAVARRO
A couple of space colony summer studies were conducted at NASA Ames in the 1970s. Colonies housing about 10,000 people were designed. A number of artistic renderings of the concepts were made. These have been converted to jpegs and are available as thumbnails, quarter page, full screen and publication quality images. There are 16 images presented below.
Toroidal Colonies. Picture © NASA Ames Research Center.
Toroidal Colonies. Picture © NASA Ames Research Center.
Cylindrical Colonies. Picture © NASA Ames Research Center.
Cylindrical Colonies. Picture © NASA Ames Research Center.
Bernal Spheres. Picture © NASA Ames Research Center.
Bernal Spheres. Picture © NASA Ames Research Center.
Bernal Spheres. Picture © NASA Ames Research Center.
Bernal Spheres. Picture © NASA Ames Research Center.
Bernal Spheres. Picture © NASA Ames Research Center.
Images: Courtesy of NASA’s Space Colony Art from the 1970’s page.
Interior views of, respectively, and cylindrical and toroidal colony, followed by a cutaway of a Bernal Sphere.
