popular culture

this hurt's http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-20845407 So many Artist died this year Moebius, Harry Harrison, Tony Scott and now Gerry Anderson He enlighten my Childhood, with bright beautifully light. He gave me wonderful dreams called: Stingray, Thunderbird, Captain...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18345350 RIP. EDIT: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9314606/Ray-Bradbury-dies-aged-91.html Tributes paid to sci-fi author Ray Bradbury (BBC News) Sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury dies (CNN.com)

There are always tons of spacecraft in the world of science fiction but I am always especially looking out for ones that look plausible and could be built today or in the near future. First are some sketches and designs for various vehicles shown in the Japanese animated series "Gundam" (Set in...

"The Plane Makers" is a British television series between 1963 and 1965. More info about the series at Wikipedia. The "Scott Furlong Predator" is a fictional prototype of a VTOL fighter, built for that TV series. It looks very like the real French VTOL fighters e.g Dassault Balzac V or Mirage...

Production design from the MGM motion picture 2010: The Year We Make Contact by Syd Mead. The film, written and directed by Peter Hyams, is based on the novel 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C Clarke.

I found this picture here http://helgas-galaktische-funkbude.blogspot.com/2009/05/der-russisch-kommunistische-kugelraumer.html See picture all i know is from 1960's but is this Sci-Fi Illustration or "real" Project ?

Does anyone on the forum have an opinion on "The Dream Machines: An Illustrated History of the Spaceship in Art, Science and Literature" by Ron Miller? http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1271-full.html#199354 Thinking of spoiling myself for Christmas, but I don't want any nasty...

Nostalgie look from 80s...numerous Popular Science artists' attempts to imagine real look of ATB. Most charming is impression of B-2 as semi-faceted design - already after DoD disclosure of B-2 drawing in 1988.

Some ideas of what the F-117 might look like from the 1980s Source: Bill Gunston, Warplanes of the Future Salamander 1986

This was a design from the movie "The 6th Day," designed by Rob Cobb. Normally, wouldn't quite fit in here, being sci-fi and all... but according to an interview with Cobb, the US Army expressed interest in the design. So, you never know... This is the master model, nearing completion. Molds...