This is even more wonderful than just the beautiful artwork! I love the implied continuity of humanity expressed here; from antiquity to the future, Mankind needs a ship’s cat!
Of course, who else gonna deal with the alien mice?
My cat would be pushing the shells and the glass of wine off the counter
This painting captured the peace right before the catattack.
This evokes a lot of feelings in me; both comfort and isolation. What year and what medium is this? It reminds me of old scifi covers
I wonder if there’s a practical reason to make ships this long form
When production of spaceships happens on eart (or other plantes) you need to get the parts in space using cylindrical rockets. So it makes makes sense to end up with cylindrical spaceships. Although, the ISS consists out of cylindrical parts it’s not just a long boi.
There’s no other real practical reason, since in space there’s no friction you could make a dodecahedron without any loss in engine performance. The pressure is not really a constraint as the vessle needs to withstand is “only” 1Bar (equivalent of 10meters below water).
I think moving the ISS at any significant speed to reach another planet would be problematic with all the bits on the side too, unless thrust was balanced across the whole craft. I know they do this slowly to regain altitude, but interplanetary missions need to be faster than that.
Easier navigation inside. SciFi ships usually have artificial gravity, so a vertical or spherical shape would be less practical.
Poor cat
Cat’s out there watching the music of the spheres made manifest, poor you and your ailing soul, seeing this and not feeling wonder :(
Welcome to the internet, where people say demeaning things for no reason
Wouldn’t the cat get sick from the view caused by the rotational gravity?
It seem to be on a satellite.
