23rd National Space Symposium Illustration

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I would like to know what everyone thinks about the illustration behind the General. I have not seen anything like that posted anywhere and they don't look like the pictures that NASA has posted of any lunar base concepts.

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The webpage background is the full version of what is behind General Mosely in the link above. Glass looking domes? Didn't we here about those in another thread? Is this another example of the gov't letting the cat out of the bag? Looks like they are spoon feeding us info again with this illustration. This looks like a video game screenshot not a future military project.

I don't want to jump to conclusions but this one illustration only backs up the claims of glass domes on the moon. Illustrations usually turn out to be pretty close to what is actually manufactured and the gov't likes to keep things secret until they are ready to release it to the public. So what do you all think? Is this really an artists rendition of what is currently happening on the lunar surface or just an illustration of someone's idea?

Originally posted by NJ Mooch
Is this really an artists rendition of what is currently happening on the lunar surface or just an illustration of someone's idea?

Definitely just an artists concept. Glass domes are such an old sci-fi concept. It's hard not to find them in space related artwork. I don't see how this backs up claims of domes on the Moon at all.

A co-worker just sent me the link to this thread and I felt compelled to just clear this up for you.

I am a digital media/web designer with the Space Foundation and the artwork used for the National Space Symposium 07 was merely an artist conception, there is no significance to the glass domes or anything you see in the image.

When we were searching for artwork for the event, we picked that image because it seems almost believeable. We wanted something that looked futuristic but not too far "out there"....something that worked with the tag line for the event - "Toward a New Reality"

The artwork is a 3d image produced by artist Joe Vinton @ futurerealms.com



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On a side note, one of the exhibits this year was a prototype of a proposed habitat for future trips to the moon and it had metal doors, and the walls were made of a nylon/kevlar fabric which was inflated to approx 8 psi to make it rigid. This structure would then be sheilded by a metal or composite dome which would help protect the habitiat from meteors and debrit.

That's funny. The caption says -

"U.S. Air Force illustration/Mike Carabajal"

full image

What excactly does that mean "Toward a New Reality"
Thats the second time in 2 days I have heard 'new reality'

maybe its just me .....ATS does that to ya.