Nostalgia!

[james_davis_nicoll]

Remember L5 colonies? Well,

Three space colony summer studies were conducted at NASA Ames in the 1970s. A number of artistic renderings of the concepts were made. These have been scanned and are available here as small, medium, large, and publication quality jpeg images. Scans by David Brandt-Erichsen.

An example:


I chose this one because as far as I know it contains the only non-white person ever depicted in a space colony illustration from this era.

Comments

[austin-dern.livejournal.com]

I thought it was based on ultra-pure crystal manufacture and the pollutant-free contact welding of metals? Plus, of course, the mighty wealth of ball bearing empires for the improved ball-ness they'd offer.

[neowolf2.livejournal.com]

And let us not forget the large quantities of EPO manufactured in microgravity, so Lance Armstrong could pedal faster.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Also, the L5 colony cycling league wouldn't be bound by petty Earth doping rules.