In 1975, scientists at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, dreamt up ideas for habitats that could house human civilization in space.
NASA’s imagery has had a profound impact on how we picture what’s to come, and Guidice’s illustrations have played a role. They were part of NASA’s widely circulated press releases and became synonymous with lead researcher Gerard K. O’Niell’s vision of the future. They have also been extensively celebrated in art, pop culture, and architecture, from the 2014 film Interstellar’s Cooper Station to the galleries of Paris. “It’s become common culture,” Guidice offered. “It’s become instilled in everybody’s psyche of what the future might look like.”
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