Wednesday, 4 March 2009

Retrofuture Space Flight: 15 Visions Of Future Past


In the hopeful years following the Second World War, armed with new technologies and vivid imaginations, almost anything seemed possible to a society straining to break free from the cycle of earthly strife. Science fiction writers and visionary artists of the aborning Space Age applied their talents to picturing a grand future beyond the wild blue yonder.

Some things they got right - others, not so much. These 15 examples highlight these visions of retrofuturistic space flight and the dreams of what could be.

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