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Monday, June 8, 2020
Morning at a futuristic city on Mars by Christian Hecker
Picture of the Day 8/6/2020 - wallpaper with a woman waking up in the morning at a futuristic city on terraformed Mars by German digital artist Christian Hecker. More of his art here.
Monday, June 1, 2020
SpaceX Starship on Mars by Dale Rutherford
Monday, May 25, 2020
SpaceX Red Dragon entering Mars' atmosphere by Chris Monson
Saturday, May 16, 2020
SpaceX 18m Starship vs 12m Starship (ITS) vs 9m Starship
Three sizes of SpaceX's Starship side by side by Scottish photographer & designer Dale Rutherford:
- 18m diameter Starship hinted by Elon Musk as the possible next generation Starship (in artist's vision it's not supposed to land on planets so no fins and legs);
- 12m diameter Starship version (ITS) presented in 2016;
- 9m diameter current Starship design.
Friday, May 15, 2020
Elon Musk with his youngest son X Æ A-12 at Mars Base Alpha
“Dad, what was it like to be confined indoors?”
“It doesn't matter son, now we have the whole universe to ourselves”
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk with his youngest son X Æ A-12 at Mars Base Alpha by Indian space artist Eashan Misra in collaboration with Eli Burton, known as Real Life Starman. Note the Tesla Supercharger station on the left side.
“It doesn't matter son, now we have the whole universe to ourselves”
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk with his youngest son X Æ A-12 at Mars Base Alpha by Indian space artist Eashan Misra in collaboration with Eli Burton, known as Real Life Starman. Note the Tesla Supercharger station on the left side.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Boarding SpaceX Starship by Roger Bootsma
Saturday, May 9, 2020
SpaceX Starship on launch pad by Gravitation Innovation
Picture of the Day 9/5/2020 - SpaceX's full stack Starship Super Heavy on launch pad on Earth by Gravitation Innovation.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Two Starmen and a Stardog exploring Mars
Picture of the Day 5/5/2020 - two Starmen and a Stardog exploring Mars by Costa Rican artist Gabriel from Guardianes de Perros.
Saturday, May 2, 2020
Martian colonies in Babylon 5 TV series
Babylon 5 (1994-1998) was a popular sci-fi TV show in mid-1990s. Mars is one of the secondary locations in the show coming into spotlight in the second half of season 4. In the universe of Babylon 5 the rapid colonization and terraformation of Mars starts in mid-22nd century with only limited scientific missions before that. As in almost all fiction about colonization of Mars, eventually there rises a rebellion against Earth's control with an aim for Martian independence. There are around 2 million inhabitants on Mars at the time of events depicted in the show. You can read about Mars in the universe of Babylon 5 here.
Babylon 5 was one of the first TV shows / movies heavily utilizing CGI to depict the exteriors of a human colony on Mars. At the time most filmmakers used miniature sets for that purpose, as in the famous Total Recall (1990). Here is an ultimate collection of CGI scenes set on Mars in Babylon 5; you won't find more comprehensive such collection anywhere in the internet. Take into account the CGI scenes were done in mid-1990s with very limited graphics processing power so the resolution is low.
Babylon 5 was one of the first TV shows / movies heavily utilizing CGI to depict the exteriors of a human colony on Mars. At the time most filmmakers used miniature sets for that purpose, as in the famous Total Recall (1990). Here is an ultimate collection of CGI scenes set on Mars in Babylon 5; you won't find more comprehensive such collection anywhere in the internet. Take into account the CGI scenes were done in mid-1990s with very limited graphics processing power so the resolution is low.
Thursday, April 30, 2020
NASA selects SpaceX's lunar optimized Starship for Artemis program
Today NASA announced that three US companies - SpaceX, Blue Origin & Dynetics - will develop the human landers that will land astronauts on the Moon beginning in 2024 as part of the Artemis program. And SpaceX shared some renders of the "lunar optimized Starship" which is developed "to transport crew between lunar orbit and the surface of the Moon". SpaceX added that "a lunar optimized Starship can fly many times between the surface of the Moon and lunar orbit without flaps or heat shielding required for Earth return. With large habitable and storage volume, Starship is capable of delivering significant amounts of cargo for research and to support robust operations on the lunar surface to enable a sustainable Moon base."
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