Every iteration of SpaceX Starship from 2016 to 2019

Finnish 3D artist Kimi Talvitie has created a side by side comparison of every iteration of SpaceX's Starship from its unveiling in September 2016 to the latest design presented on September 2019. More of Kimi's art here.

1. 12m diameter carbon fiber Interplanetary Transport System (September 2016)
2. 9m diameter carbon fiber Big Falcon Rocket (September 2017)
3. 9m diameter carbon fiber TinTin-style Big Falcon Rocket (September 2018)
4. 9m diameter stainless steel TinTin-style Starship (December 2018)
5. 9m diameter stainless steel Starship (September 2019)

Mars colony illustrations by Luis Peres

Nice illustrations of a human colony on Mars by Portuguese fantasy artist Luis Peres for "Generation Mars: Book One - Scratching the Surface" by Douglas Meredith. The goal of this book (published on August 2019) and its upcoming series is to provide younger readers with more serious and realistic science fiction that still tackles the main “what if” quality of the genre. It gives a glimpse into what life on Mars might be like for kids just like them.

The main character, Cas, is the first human child ever born on Mars. Martian kids are living what is, to them, ordinary lives in their underground colony, but for the first time they will be allowed to see and explore the surface of their homeworld. The details of the habitat, its life-support systems, and surface suits are rooted in realistic science and technology, with further details explained in a postscript to the book. Future books of the series will address fundamental issues of survival on Mars: air, shelter, water, food, etc.

SpaceX Starship landing on the Moon - video animation by Hazegrayart

Video animation of SpaceX's Starship traveling to and landing on the Moon by HazeGrayArt who is known for his superb animations of both real and paper rockets, spacecraft and aircraft on his YouTube channel. He has also made animations of the previous iterations of Starship - Tintin-style BFR v2018 and delta-winged BFR v2017 - landing on Mars; and BFR v2017 landing on the Moon.

Mars base concept art for Ad Astra by Jonathan Bach

Concept art of the Martian base in Ad Astra (2019) movie by American film concept artist Jonathan Bach. More of his art here.

Ground level view of the base:

Astronaut looking at Martian colony by Dotted Yeti

Picture of the Day 24/1/2020 - Astronaut looking at a radial Martian colony by Dotted Yeti.

Small garden under a geodesic dome on Mars

Picture of the Day 20/1/2020 - small patch of grass with a pond and a cabin under geodesic dome on Mars from Instagram profile @blender_every_weekday.

Speculative internal structure of SpaceX redesigned Starship by William Falconer-Beach

William Falconer-Beach, a young graphic designer from New Zealand, has made some renders with possible internal structure of SpaceX's redesigned Starship. More of his Starship renders here.

Full stack Starship Super Heavy:

More speculative internal layouts of Starship by SpaceX fans:

• Cutaway diagram of SpaceX's Lunar Starship by Rocket Posters
• SpaceX's Starship interior concept for 100 passengers by Rick Kiessig & Michel Lamontagne
• SpaceX's Starship interior concept by Jim Murphy
• Speculative internal layout of SpaceX's Starship by Michel Lamontagne
• Cutaway diagram of SpaceX's Starship by Julian Schindler
• Cutaway diagram of SpaceX's Big Falcon Ship by Nick Oberg

Large human base on Mars by Manchu (Philippe Bouchet)

Picture of the Day 12/1/2020 - lander landing at a large human base on Mars featuring several residential domes & greenhouses, solar array, tall communications antenna, light reconnaissance plane and enclosed landing pad. It's a concept art by French sci-fi artist Manchu (Philippe Bouchet) from French chapter of The Mars Society (Association Planète Mars).

Closeup of the central part of the base:

Poster of SpaceX Starship entering Mars' atmosphere by Gravitation Innovation

Poster of SpaceX's Starship entering Mars's atmosphere to slow down before landing by Gravitation Innovation.

Painting of Elon Musk on Mars by Conor Walton

Oil painting with Elon Musk, the CEO & lead designer of SpaceX, on Mars by Irish painter Conor Walton. More of his art here.