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perishthethought piefed.social perishthethought@piefed.social
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Astronauts are shown outside a spacecraft in this fictional illustration from the 1950s.

Astronauts are shown outside a spacecraft in this fictional illustration from the 1950s. This was made by Boeing as a promotional piece.

Taken from the book, "The Art of NASA" by Piers Bizony (2020).

https://books.google.com/books?id=-osAEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

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klu9 piefed.social klu9@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-04
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Some gorgeous illustrations in that book!

I didn't realize US folk in the 1950s knew about Dan Dare
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Dare

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acockworkorange mander.xyz acockworkorange@mander.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-09
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The person in the foreground is untethered. Single-use astronaut, I guess.

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Davel23 fedia.io Davel23@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-03-16
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The person in the foreground is untethered. Single-use astronaut, I guess.

He's got a propulsion unit, he's fine.

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perishthethought Moderator perishthethought@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-07
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The person in the foreground is untethered. Single-use astronaut, I guess.

Single use astronaut

Dibs on that band name. 🙂

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acockworkorange mander.xyz acockworkorange@mander.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-09
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He's got a propulsion unit, he's fine.

Not sure if it's a jetpack or the plume from the ship.

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Davel23 fedia.io Davel23@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-03-16
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Not sure if it's a jetpack or the plume from the ship.

Looks pretty clearly like a jetpack to me, but I can see how there might be a question.

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