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

[resonant.livejournal.com]

I wonder if you could reduce the risk of cancer with proper screening of isotopes in your food and surroundings.

[neowolf2.livejournal.com]

I suspect it would be very hard to detect the effect, if any.

[resonant.livejournal.com]

Today, yes. In the future, it might be an economical option, to give you an extra decade before you have to copy your mind into another clone body.