science fiction

Just seen these on the GPTNW Facebook page......Enjoy! And feel free to rip this apart! :D

In the 1960s children's comic TV21 Alan Fennell enlarged on the puppet shows of Gerry Anderson by creating a fictional world of 2065. He even provided a back history in which a limited nuclear in Europe had been started by an accident in 2028. A Prime Minister talking to an Air General (sic)...

Special effects model of Liberator from the BBC science fiction television series Blake's 7 found on eBay. Model built by special effects model great Martin J Bower. Source: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Blakes-Seven-7-Original-Series-Liberator-Studio-Model-Film-TV-Movie-Star-Prop-/231564669649

Futuristic helicopter from the Russian urban fantasy/horror film Temnyy Mir (Dark World) (2010).

This link give you the frontpage from the new York times, Frank Poole was reading in Discovery. The Front news talks of missing airliner with 2304 people on board ! the craft label HEP/COMM 11-Z4 got twelve engine and take 2500 passengers and crew of 199 it make 2400 mph in 70000 feet...

For any of you fellow Trekkies on here. A great loss indeed. :'( http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html?ref=arts&_r=2

Just finished watching the first episode of Ascension. Wow! George Dyson, call your office! I was wondering how they maintained a 1G acceleration -- all revealed in the last two minutes. David

An interesting compilation of Science Fiction Space scenes to the accompanyment of Anthony Hopkins reading "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LEr6vqWh2w (Note: If anyone knows how to get the video to display can they make that change and then let me know how.)

It was pretty spectacular. None of you have seen it yet?

Yes i know that's Science Fiction Movie but the one with realist hardware you can build. Now for 50 anniversary of Production begin of 2001, Offers Taschen Verlag The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s '2oo1: A Space Odyssey' on 1384 pages, i repeat: one thousand three hundreds and eighty-four...

Last summer I did something I hadn't done in 20 years: I finished a science fiction story. A published professional author read it, offered suggestions and declared it good for publication. I sent it on to Analog science fiction magazine in September, and yesterday I finally heard back: nope. No...

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Did George Orwell invent the concept of the helicopter gunship in his novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' which he wrote in 1947? "April 4th, 1984. Last night to the flicks. All war films. One very good one of a ship full of refugees being bombed somewhere in the Mediterranean. Audience much amused...

A video clip with a rather strange sound track showcasing SF helmets from an impressive array of films. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BMgmxkZ0pWI See how many films you can guess without the aid of the end credits, or the creators notes Spot the only actor to appear...

this hurt's http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-20845407 So many Artist died this year Moebius, Harry Harrison, Tony Scott and now Gerry Anderson He enlighten my Childhood, with bright beautifully light. He gave me wonderful dreams called: Stingray, Thunderbird, Captain...

There allot Specualtion about new "Batcopter" in The Dark Knight Rise now is got a name The Bat and is a VTOL Platform ! it got two turbojet engine in arms, There exhaust are let over the arms to underside of The Bat were deflected by ribs downwards, on top side of Bat are perforated...

There are always tons of spacecraft in the world of science fiction but I am always especially looking out for ones that look plausible and could be built today or in the near future. First are some sketches and designs for various vehicles shown in the Japanese animated series "Gundam" (Set in...

Another one of those flashbacks I had while looking for that old ALSV article was about a movie regarding a stranded spaceplane getting rescued by the shuttle Columbia. Saw it ages ago on KTLA's Saturday matinee or something like that. They usually ran crapfest TV movies around noon. After...

Renowned space artist Robert McCall, whose artwork may be found on many attachments here at Secret Projects illustrating various NASA concepts, died of a heart attack on February 26, 2010 at Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn Hospital. He was 90 years old. Obituary at Space.com...

Production design from the MGM motion picture 2010: The Year We Make Contact by Syd Mead. The film, written and directed by Peter Hyams, is based on the novel 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C Clarke.