ToughSFさんのイラストまとめ

If you want to look through some really great #space #art, especially of proposed but unbuilt rocket configurations, check out @sinemi_ Twitter feed and Instagram page:
https://t.co/t9PeX9eKGb
In order:
Shuttle-C
Energia-Polyus
Asymmetrical Zenit
X-15-delta boosting off an XB-70

This is @sinemi_'s extremely serious Jupiter DIRECT upgrade.
28x 5-segment SRBs, 4x SSME-Block-II core stage, 6x RL-10A-4 upper stage.
I calculate that it can place 350 tons in LEO (9.3 km/s dV), or 130 tons onto a lunar transfer trajectory (12.4 km/s dV).

A forest fire aboard a Stanford Torus. Fires are so much more dangerous in space: limited oxygen, confined spaces and every structure is under at least 1 bar of pressure...
#space #art by @Draw_Spaceships for their OSR project.
https://t.co/LnJfppJdj7

NASA's cryobot concept for exploring icy moons with underground oceans.
In addition to a lander, a nuclear drill and an underwater probe, it will release a swarm of cell-phone-size swimmers.
https://t.co/jJZMJQx1L5

It's time to marvel at @SalmonTheKing's "Tunguska Vermillion" space cruiser.
Smart use of liquid droplet 'sails', Curie point 'smokestacks', UREB cannons and nuclear pulse propulsion, it achieves a sailing aesthetic while staying rigorously realistic.
https://t.co/lsxaHxtF67

As global populations grow older, neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's will become even more important.

I was surprised at how much it affects brain tissue:

Some more:

Early concept art for Star Wars clearly shows its 1970s scifi inspirations, themselves based on real world designs.
You can clearly spot the classic spherical Torchship and even an XB-70 Valkyrie expy!
https://t.co/fIWrvJzk1c
https://t.co/XeuoY7AUej

The TransHab concept, the B330 inflatable module and other cutaway references: https://t.co/YwIHNy1jIB

The Saturn V booster recovery helicopter.
450 tons, 100m wide rotor and jet engines mounted on the blade tips.
#space #art by Tim Samedov.
https://t.co/uNVnBPXR9h