Ed Fortier
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Observers interested in the history of lunar studies may be familiar with Tobias Mayer's (circa) 1750 map of the Moon, the first to include latitude and longitude lines to more precisely fix the position of surface features. About a year ago I commissioned a local artist to create a Moon globe based on Mayer's work. All in all, I am very happy with the results.
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orionthehunters
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Wow that is a work of Art you must be very pleased with it, hats off to the Artist  
Regards
James 
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Ed Fortier
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Thanks, James. The same artist created another globe for me before this one. That one was based on Percival Lowell's 1905 Mars map, and I've got to say that in a fire I'd grab the Mars globe first.
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Cool!
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BobinKy
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Like the others, I must say WOW!
But, judging from the art on the wall behind the moon globe, you appear to have a moon room in your home.
Can you show us more?
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David Knisely
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Here is a shot of a very large moon globe which doubles as the entrance to the J.M. McDonald Planetarium in Hastings, Nebraska:
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orionthehunters
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David thanks sharing the Pic, looks cool!
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Ed Fortier
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Bob,
Happy to show you more, though it's not completely a Moon room.
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Ed Fortier
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Hanging too high to be included in the above shot is one of my favorite pieces. I had my framer piece together five panels of Chesley Bonestell's famous moonscape into a framed panorama. The panels had to be cut from the book The Art of Chesley Bonestell. A minor problem was that the color of the second panel from the left didn't quite match the others.
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orionthehunters
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A lovely collection there Ed most impressed
Chesley Bonestell's Artwork is great 
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Ed Fortier
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I agree, Bonestell is fantastic. I have three large prints of his in this room also, two of them signed. Even though CB's vision of the lunar landscape tuned out to be wrong, the panorama is a reminder of how most people imagined the lunar surface in the 1950s. It also provides a romantic contrast to the "real" Moon as pictured in the Apollo 15 panorama hanging below the Saturn V model.
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Ed Fortier
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I forgot to mention that I have web page devoted to Chesley Bonestell -- sort of a visual bibliography of all the books he actively contributed to (or wrote) during his lifetime.
http://home.comcast.net/~4tr/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html
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BobinKy
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Ed:
First, thank you so much for sharing the photos of your room and the Chesley Bonestell webpage.
Astrophotography shows us what exists. However, astroart touches our heart and takes us where we want to go. The genius of Chesley Bonestell may have influenced the heart and direction of astronomy and space exploration in ways we will never know.
Ed, thank you again for sharing.
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orionthehunters
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Enjoyed looking around the Website thank you for posting that, I must admit I hadn't realized how much work he had done  . A very inspiring gentleman was Chesley Bonestell who's visions take you to were you can't reach physically.
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FAB
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Quote:
I forgot to mention that I have web page devoted to Chesley Bonestell -- sort of a visual bibliography of all the books he actively contributed to (or wrote) during his lifetime.
http://home.comcast.net/~4tr/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html
Thanks for the link. It brought back some memories from my childhood and early teens. Bonestel, Ley, Clarke and a handful of others were the only respected vocal proponents of space flight. I still remember carrying the latest issues of Astounding, Galaxy, If, Star and other sci fi pulps in homemade brown paper wrappers to avoid the disapproval of my parents. Both considered the reading of such trash a waste of time. Most felt that if we ever made an attempt at the moon it would be several hundred years at the earliest. Many believed the journey just wasn't possible. The reality was, of course, that the first footprints were left on the moon less than two decades after much of the artwork on your excellent website was created. I wonder how many of those Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo scientists and engineers acquired an early interest in space travel from futurists such as Bonestel and Ley. Incidentally, my mother called shortly after Apollo 11 landed in 1969 and admitted she was wrong in her earlier attitude. Thanks again.
FAB
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Ed Fortier
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So true, FAB. Back in 1955, with all the optimism of a 10-year-old fascinated by space, I firmly believed space flight was a near-future thing. Unfortunately, except for those you mentioned and a very few others like Wherner von Braun, all the experts laughed at the idea. Fifteen years later, we were on the Moon. All too often, it's the experts in a field that seem to have the least vision. How many scientists back then said life anywhere else in the solar system was an unqualified impossibility?
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Ed Fortier
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For anyone who's interested, I have another web site devoted to the Winston Science Fiction books of the 1950s and early '60s. It showcases the cover art of all the volumes in the series. If you recall the series, it's probably because the cover art was so memorable -- much more so than the stories.
http://home.comcast.net/~ea4tr/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html
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orionthehunters
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Wow love the Artwork
I remember getting this book 'Islands in th sky' by A.C.Clark and trying to draw the cover Art in school
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FAB
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Quote:
For anyone who's interested, I have another web site devoted to the Winston Science Fiction books of the 1950s and early '60s. It showcases the cover art of all the volumes in the series. If you recall the series, it's probably because the cover art was so memorable -- much more so than the stories.
http://home.comcast.net/~ea4tr/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html
The stories may have been less than memorable, but some of the names are not. There are many great story tellers there. Lester Del Rey, Ben Bova, Donald Wollheim, Arthur C. Clark, Chad Oliver, and Jack Vance were and are among my favorites.
FAB
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BobinKy
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Ed:
Thank you again for taking us back with some wonderful bookcover art.
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