Space fashions: comic book division

The Gold Key comic book Space Family Robinson not trumped the television series Lost in Space by introducing the concept of the Swiss Family Robinson years before Irwin Allen, it also let the readers know what the well-dressed 21st century teenager would be wearing.

Lots of ski pants, apparently.

Always something, isn't there?

A wonder machine of farming.  So, why does it take four men to operate it?

Life in the year 2001

Apollo's arms

In the early 1970s, NASA designer Caldwell Johnson came up with this idea for using surplus Apollo equipment by equipping the CSMs with robot arms.
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This study was cancelled; partly due to budget constraints, but mainly because it looked scary beyond all reason.

Electronic Car

I don't know which is cooler; the dashboard of the self-illuminating tarmac.

Just Imagine

Transistor future

I don't know about you, but I've always regarded the transistor radio as a perfect inhabitant of Future Past.  Sure, it's horrible.  It's an ugly little plastic box, reception is terrible, the tiny speaker is painful to listen to and the programming is enough to drive you 'round the twist, but it's also a remarkable invention that suddenly puts contact with the entire world in the palm of your hand.

If you want a real image of progress, it's a Masai warrior listening to pop tunes on his tranny.

Extra luggage space for the shuttle

How to increase Shuttle payloads?  Add a bustle.

Flying Platform 1955

At least he isn't trying to skeet shoot from it.

Eros flyby 1966

A proposal in 1966 for a 527-day manned mission to fly by the asteroid Eros using an Apollo Command Module connected to a huge tin as the crew quarters.

Yes, it's just as daft as it sounds.

Micro Parasite Fighter

The US Air Force's attempt to turn a 747 into a fighter carrier to escort bombing mission.

I thought they gave up on this years ago.

Whitney Wolverine 22lr pistol

Because if you're going to live in Future Past, you need a Future Past handgun

Tablet newspaper (1994)

Solar power is the only game in town

Even Nobel Prize winners have off days.

Moon farts

A part of space history we didn't really need to know about.

Google roots

Is this how Google got started?

Apollo science on the drawing board

MOLAB

A look at the early plans for manned Lunar science missions that went well beyond an instrument pack and scooping up a few rock samples.

Red space poster

And now, some vintage Soviet space age propaganda.

Complete with the usual creepy, steely-eyed glaring.

Dynamat

Looking forward to a glorious future of robot cushions.

Century 21 Calling

With appropriate commentary