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Offline Weaver

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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #75 on: March 11, 2016, 09:44:48 AM »
Illustration of "today and tomorrow" space hardware in New York Mirror Magazine, April 28, 1963.



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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #76 on: March 11, 2016, 03:41:45 PM »
That would be a nifty poster.

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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #77 on: April 20, 2016, 03:12:01 PM »
Found on FaceBook and tracked the link back to EpicStream.Com - Video Compares The Sizes of Spaceships and Space Stations From Different Mov

Which turns out to be a YouTube video at this link: https://youtu.be/m_Loc7qX7FI


The music is a bit distracting but there is always the volume control... :)
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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #78 on: April 21, 2016, 02:13:21 AM »
Interesting to see the Star Fury alongside the TIE Fighter...gives me ideas.... >:D
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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #79 on: April 21, 2016, 07:12:37 AM »
I tidied up the montage of Rogue Trooper flyers from 2000AD that I did for posting on Twitter:

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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #80 on: April 28, 2016, 03:26:43 AM »




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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #81 on: October 12, 2016, 03:46:38 AM »
Does anyone know if there have ever been any stories, comics, books, whatever, canvassing the idea of Mars as a penal colony? The idea came to me a couple of days ago - use Mars like Australia, with the convicts working to terraform/make the planet habitable.
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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #82 on: October 12, 2016, 04:32:57 AM »
Does anyone know if there have ever been any stories, comics, books, whatever, canvassing the idea of Mars as a penal colony? The idea came to me a couple of days ago - use Mars like Australia, with the convicts working to terraform/make the planet habitable.

Warning if you Google "mars penal colony" ;)
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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #83 on: October 12, 2016, 05:40:31 AM »
Sigh. I should've waited until I got home. I really, really hope the work IT folk don't see that  :-[
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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #84 on: October 12, 2016, 05:59:22 AM »
You were warned...
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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #85 on: January 02, 2017, 08:20:39 PM »
Homeworld Ship size comparison



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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #86 on: January 05, 2017, 04:01:22 AM »
building on the above video's comparing sizes in the HW universe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG3stLXpZ2w&t=1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNpqdFBhgp8
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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #87 on: February 23, 2018, 03:59:00 AM »
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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #88 on: February 23, 2018, 05:05:03 AM »


Wow! The Lockheed Martin X-333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333.
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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #89 on: February 23, 2018, 06:09:09 AM »
And by the look of the corrugated sides, made by Fokker or Junkers.

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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #90 on: February 23, 2018, 06:44:46 AM »
And by the look of the corrugated sides, made by Fokker or Junkers.

 ;D
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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #91 on: March 25, 2018, 11:48:51 AM »
NASA Admits Alcubierre Drive Initiative: Faster Than The Speed Of Light
http://www.thescinewsreporter.com/2018/03/nasa-admits-alcubierre-drive-initiative.html


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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #92 on: December 18, 2018, 11:35:58 PM »
Found this while self-educating about the artist Boris Groh (https://www.artstation.com/borisgroh ).

Walkers and a pair of Gepards, a BMP2 and maybe a T62?
https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/013/761/665/large/boris-groh-97.jpg?1541003367

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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #93 on: December 19, 2018, 12:14:30 AM »
Found this while self-educating about the artist Boris Groh (https://www.artstation.com/borisgroh ).

Walkers and a pair of Gepards, a BMP2 and maybe a T62?
https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/013/761/665/large/boris-groh-97.jpg?1541003367

Very dystopian artwork. :-X

Interesting but, oh so dark! :-\
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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #95 on: January 13, 2019, 02:44:03 AM »
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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #96 on: January 13, 2019, 04:52:25 AM »
Venture Star!  Awesome find Greg!
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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #98 on: January 14, 2019, 10:16:38 AM »
The article was quite well done.  I did leave a comment though about V-S Day which is a pretty good read and mentioned another novel using Sanger's project, Hell's Gate which has it's implausible elements but, in the right hands, would make a great retro-technothriller action movie along the lines of the first "Indiana Jones" movie.

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Re: Random space & Scifi ideas and inspiration
« Reply #99 on: January 14, 2019, 11:52:07 AM »
It does make the point that Germany just couldn’t afford to build such craft.