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another vision from Robbert & Rudolf Das - the Dutch illustrator/futurologist twins.
from ROADS INTO THE FUTURE, 1995
the "Gaia Challenger" hydrofoil submarine carrier - with a unified US/Russian/German/French force - to deter future global conflicts
(https://t.co/Jz74Hq6ntb)
he also killed it with this 1976 Concorde brochure artwork https://t.co/EwXiMZErnd
@riksbar1 @JoelPostma @Balloons2Drones thanks for this - his stuff is wild. love this one with the superimposed HUD
(https://t.co/nToy32qKfL)
incredible art from Julien Lepelletier
(https://t.co/NXaPeUtQ4y)
its the early 1980s, and British Airways - buoyed by Concorde - are looking ahead, with a weekly scheduled shuttle flight to the proposed Bernard Bresslaw space station. tickets are like gold dust - only available to the public by winning one in the TV quiz show "3-2-1"
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a later electric design, with water+boron/sodium (blue) and hydrogen (yellow) fuel components, from ENERGY AND OUR FUTURE (2008)
the Das twins envisioned that the behemoth aircraft of the future would need to be amphibious - too heavy to land on wheels
(https://t.co/2Y0juHJSLp)
@sratoz bombers to scale. the B-25 was a couple of metres longer than the Martin B-10 at the top
got a sudden urge to re-read PLANETES, by Makoto Yukimura - no idea why..
@zbw_atc @CobraBall3 yes, difficult to beat..
(https://t.co/DXni45Spvw)