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Re:Space Colony Art from the 1970s by jotm on Sunday February 10, 2019 @04:48PM (#19130275)
The Russians had good art too: https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-soviet-artists-imagined-communis...

Sadly reality is never that good

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Re:Space Colony Art from the 1970s by philwelch on Sunday February 10, 2019 @05:14PM (#19130441)
I like how they have helicopters on the moon. I guess it might make sense if you're in a dome filled with air.
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Re:Space Colony Art from the 1970s by lthemick on Sunday February 10, 2019 @05:37PM (#19130556)
Probably not, unless those rotors we're spinning really slowly; you wouldn't need nearly as powerful a helicopter in such a weak gravity...
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Re:Space Colony Art from the 1970s by bigodbiel on Sunday February 10, 2019 @05:25PM (#19130492)
the ideologies (suburbia vs manufacturing strongholds) behind both visions is striking
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