Colonies in Space (1987)

The January, 1987 cover of Odyssey magazine featured colonies in space, as drawn by their cover contest winner. Stay tuned as we explore some of the best 1980's content from this magazine.

See also:
Space Colony Pirates (1981)
Space Spiders (1979)
Welcome to Moonbase (1987)

Spacewreck (1979)

The 1979 book Spacewreck: Ghostships and Derelicts of Space by Stewart Cowley explores the "history" of spacecrafts and their demise from the perspective of the (paleo)future.

Thanks to everyone who suggested finding this wonderful book. We'll be looking at this book in more detail in the coming weeks.

See also:
Spacecraft of 2004 (1978)

Spacecraft of 2004 (1978)

The 1978 book Spacecraft 2000-2100 A.D. tells the story of futuristic spacecrafts in the past tense. That is to say, the book tells the "history" of the 21st century through different types of space vehicles.

The image below is of the TTA Colonial III spacecraft from page 49.

The Colonial was the first of the high-capacity freighters and in its life has undergone a number of major changes.

The early models bore no more than a passing resemblance to the one which is so familiar to us today. The Colonial I was first built in 2004 and was manufactured in the great TTA yards in North Africa with the specific task of transporting the massive amounts of equipment and materials required for the construction of the Lunar Research Station.


There's even a Spacecraft 2100-2200 A.D. which was released in 2006.

See also:
Fusion Energy in Space (1984)