Stunning Space Colony Concept Art from the 1970s
August 13th, 2013
Three space colony summer studies were conducted at NASA Ames in the 1970s. The three studies looked at the toroidal colonies with a population of up to 10,000; the Bernal Sphere with a spherical living area and again with a population of up to 10,000; and cylindrical colonies for populations of over one million. A number of artistic renderings of the concepts were made, shown in the gallery below. The large image above is a cutaway view of a Bernal Sphere created by Rick Guidice.
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- Toroidal Colony: Exterior View. Don Davis.
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- Toroidal Colony: Cutaway View. Don Rick Guidice.
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- Toroidal Colony: Interior View. Don Davis.
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- Toroidal Colony: Construction. Don Davis.
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- Toroidal Colony: Model.
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- Bernal Sphere: Exterior View. Rick Guidace.
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- Bernal Sphere: Interior. Rick Guidace.
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- Bernal Sphere: Agriculture modules. Rick Guidace.
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- Bernal Sphere: Construction. Don Davis.
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- Bernal Sphere: Model.
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- Cylindrical Colony: Exterior View. Rick Guidice.
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- Cylindrical Colony: Looking Out. Rick Guidice.
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- Cylindrical Colony: Endcap View. Don Davis.
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- Cylindrical Colony: Eclipse of the Sun. Rick Guidice.
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- Cylindrical Colony: Multiple Two-Cylinder Colonies.
