Rocketship Tours

Have you ever wondered what it would be like, if we had been much more determined to venture out into our solar system? Artist Steve Thomas has with his vintage "Rocketship Tours" poster collection. Anyone up for skiing on Pluto?

(via Conceptart.org and Steve Thomas's website)

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trespasserw

trespasserw

"Fly me to the Moon

And let me play among the stars

Let me see what spring is like

On Jupiter and Mars..."

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Trespasserw

Trespasserw

WRONG

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[KwZ]

[KwZ]

It has come to my attention that Pluto is not a Planet.

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gotta love internet comments

gotta love internet comments

At least one other person got the point.

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LaCootina

LaCootina

Lovely! I'd like the posters, and the tours. ;D

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Kerblotto

Kerblotto

These are great - old school and futurist.

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zachary

zachary

to #3: the comment about Pluto not being a planet, neither is the MOON, which is also featured. Pluto is however a major part of the collective consciousness of humanity and will always hold a special place in my heart.

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Mike

Mike

These are absolutely incredible. Thank you for making them.

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Chuck

Chuck

About Pluto not being a planet.... It WAS a planet when the poster was made.

Who know's... with a new administration in charge of NASA, it may again BE A Planet, Again.

...

Time heals all wounds...

Brought to you by the,

Bring Pluto Back, Organization !!

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Carol

Carol

Pluto is still named Pluto, whether it's considered one of the planets in the solar system or not. It all fits in with nostalgia for a future we never had. It's fine with me.

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NancyJoy

NancyJoy

These are stunning. Are they available for sale?

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rr

rr

I'm always a big fan of vintage looking posters.

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STT

STT

http://www.zazzle.com/stevethomas

Apparently you can get prints here.

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Lucasdigital

Lucasdigital

These are fabulous, each has a feeling of authenticity as well as being a great fun idea. Venus and Pluto are my favourites.

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McCow

McCow

1950's vintage si-fi space art.........love those spaceships....German V2 rockets & jet airplanes....

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Unknown

Unknown

Pluto used to be a planet.

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Azael

Azael

truly magnificent art work, it leaves me with a tremend desire to travel, to go further, to forget of boundries and limits, again, great work!

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Anonymous

Anonymous

where's Nibiru??

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Jomark Osabel

Jomark Osabel

Cool posters. If we could only unite nations then this poster will no longer be just a far fetched artist's imagination.

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Pascal Sutter

Pascal Sutter

That's great work! Good idea ; )

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teri

teri

Beautiful.

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idogcow

idogcow

As labels, these would look great on my Louis Vuitton steamer trunk!

Sign me up!

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redman

redman

posters r excelllent,its just too bad there's always a sour grape that has to spoil things by the pluto planet controversy.just enjoy it and never mind trying to show your intelligence

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Fabian

Fabian

Gracias por esta belleza!

Un abrazo.

Fabián

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Dutch

Dutch

Pluto was also a Disney character.

I loved the posters!

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Keith

Keith

I managed to get a Radebaugh poster from the US (I'm in the UK). These are of a similar ilk and it would be great if they could be made available as poster sized prints like my Radebaugh.

Be a truffle pig and promote yourself and get them made available. KP

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Anonymous

Anonymous

Pluto and the moon aren't planets, no. But where in the post does it say that it's a "planets" tour? It just says "Rocketship Tours". Just enjoy the darn pictures and shut your trap.

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DensityDuck

DensityDuck

There ought to be a little "999" on that "Milky Way Lines" train...

Also, Lockheed Martin blocks access to the Steve Thomas Art website. Apparently the people who build spaceships for a living are not supposed to be looking at pictures of spaceships!

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Steve Thomas

Steve Thomas

Yes, I realize that Pluto is no longer considered a planet, but I grew up with it being true in countless text books and on many posters of the solar system. I couldn't leave it out of the series.

Onto my next project - whatever that might be.

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Mark

Mark

Pluto is not and never was a planet, pretending it is is pointless sentimentalism.

On the other hand, the art is great and who cares.

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Mark

Mark

Pluto is not and never was a planet, pretending it is is pointless sentimentalism.

On the other hand, the art is great and who cares.

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Anonymous

Anonymous

What type of art is this? It is amazing.

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Cral Denimore

Cral Denimore

For retro futurism at it's finest, visit Extropia in Second Life!

http://core.extropiacore.net/Main_Page

- Cral Denimore

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