“Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.” Neil Armstrong Today, Charley had the floor and talked about the art of space intertwined with his own history as part of the space program at JPL. Below is a picture of Charley as part of the Mariner-Mars Team 50 years ago. In the first part of his talk today, Charley reviewed the names and work of the great science fiction writers as well as the science fiction / space artists before the era of photography. During this time Charley himself created space art that he showed and talked about at our session today. He also discussed his meeting Neil Armstrong and the story behind the picture of man first stepping on the surface of the moon. Below are just some examples of his artistic skills in space art.... Below is a section of a letter Charley wrote to the Pasadena Museum of History describing the interplay of art and science
"....the powerful and enduring back-and-forth interplay between space artists and the space engineers, scientists, and astronauts who have made space travel by robotic machines and by people a reality. Many of these mission and spacecraft builders were originally inspired to choose their careers by reading adventure stories illustrated by journeys to faraway worlds. Their amazing discoveries in turn motivated a new wave of space artists to portray their own unique visions of these worlds, with fine artworks seen in many different public venues. By the late 1960s, the allure of space had exploded upon the larger public scene with such events as the Apollo moon landing, the TV series Star Trek, and the movie classic 2001–A Space Odysseycapturing the public’s imagination and delight." We also discussed the influence of the new era a direct photography of space and the planet surfaces on the art created for science fiction today. Charley promised to present the second half of his talk ....the art produced from the Hubble Telescope and other forms of data collection in todays space explorations. Unfortunately, I cannot enclose his full Powerpoint presentation....too large to include Great meeting with lots of Charley's insights into our space history. Jim Staub added the following... In a similar vein to Mr. Kohlhase's futuristic art I mention a current crop of space related art produced by NASA/JPL. See link below. These posters are hi rez and you are encouraged by our tax funded NASA to print them so long as you're not selling them. Such a deal. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/visions-of-the-future/
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