Space exploration is always a heating and attractive topic. Kids like me grew up with “Star War” always have some fancy dream about the life in space. But apparently, dream is still dream, the same as those concept design from NASA. While back to 70s, a couple of space colony summer studies were conducted at NASA Ames that planed to house about 10,000 people. A number of artistic renderings of the concepts were made. And if you look at those renderings, you will find: “em, those pictures look familiar, I remember see this one in xxx scientific movie.”

And are 8 images I got from the gallery, click picture to see high-resolution one.

Cylindrical Colonies

Space Colony Concept Art from 1970Exterior view of a double cylinder colony

Space Colony Concept Art from 1970Interior view including looking through large windows


Toroidal Colonies

Space Colony Concept Art from 1970Exterior view of several neighboring colonies

Space Colony Concept Art from 1970Part of the rim including many nearby space vehicles

Space Colony Concept Art from 1970Cutaway view, exposing the interior

Bernal Spheres

Space Colony Concept Art from 1970View with cutaway to see interior

Space Colony Concept Art from 1970View of Bernal Sphere agricultural module (multiple toroids) with cutaway to expose interior

Space Colony Concept Art from 1970Colony construction crew at work

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