This is a gorgeous print showcasing a 1918 artist’s conception of space travel (reminds me of a previous retro future space post).
…the body is like that of a steamship, front-weighted like an airplane, with airelons and control surfaces both fore (like the Wright flyer) and aft (like most airplanes) — and not only did the artist theorize a single spacefaring airship, he or she put together several designs of varying shape, including a space-faring zeppelin in the distance.
Huge wonderful full-size image.
The Infomercantile (via BoingBoing)
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Thanks for tracking the image back to my website: those jerks at BoingBoing attributed two — two! — other websites as their source. I scanned it back in March, from the children’s encyclopedia Our Wonder World.
Beautiful find, Azrael. Here’s hoping you get a deserved traffic bump.
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