‘David strives for astronomical accuracy in his work, consulting all of the latest reports and findings and working them into his illustrations. In 1952, when David was 15, there were no rocketships, no space probes, no space telescopes. What little was known about the Moon and other planets was restricted to ground-based astronomy. Nevertheless, David turned out this illustration of a Moon landing for a proposed British Interplanetary Society project.’ ‘The lander is stunningly LEM-like for its time; it would be nearly another 6 years before Sputnick would beep around the world, 17 before Apollo 11. This is also David’s first published work, appearing in a local newspaper along with the title “David Has Some High Ideas.”’ https://discoveryenterprise.wordpress.com/category/british-interplanetary-society/ http://amazingstoriesmag.com/articles/retrospective-david-a-hardy-the-king-of-space-art/
In #FEBRUARY 1952
#Illustration showing the lunar module for the 1950 lunar mission plan of the #BIS - #BritishInterPlanetarySociety - a revision of that of 1939
David A. Hardey, February 1952
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