Comments on: ISS priorities http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/05/21/iss-priorities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iss-priorities Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Matthew Brown http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/05/21/iss-priorities/#comment-3088 Mon, 23 May 2005 19:49:00 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=555#comment-3088 As a former member of IAAA (International Association of Arstronmical Artists, maybe i mixed it up) Space Art was on my mind how to get public support for a space program. I did some really nice images, never got em sold to the public, i did mostly for family. Infact it what introduced me to my wife. She was the framer at a local framing store.

My only problem was getting the public aware of the art so they can see and get inspired. All my grand schemes always come to who i know, which is squat. It is always good to see art to try and engage the public on space.

]]> By: Greg Kuperberg http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/05/21/iss-priorities/#comment-3087 Mon, 23 May 2005 13:43:11 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=555#comment-3087 Space art is not an idea whose time has come; it’s an idea for all times.

]]> By: Kevin Parkin http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/05/21/iss-priorities/#comment-3086 Sun, 22 May 2005 20:48:43 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=555#comment-3086 PS Frank Malina was one of the founders of JPL. Here’s some info on his art:

http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/apm/jennings/malina/!

http://www.olats.org/pionniers/malina/galerie/galerie.shtml

]]> By: Kevin Parkin http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/05/21/iss-priorities/#comment-3085 Sun, 22 May 2005 20:33:04 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=555#comment-3085 The idea of an artist in space is something that has been around since at least the UNISPACE III conference (1999) as I seem to remember us toying with the idea as part of our UK recommendations.

Back then, we believed the space station was going to be a real research and development facility and it made sense to engage members of the public who don’t ordinarily think about space. Art was one way of doing that; a way of communicating elements of the space experience.

I think it’s an idea whose time will come, (and has already been – there is much fantastic space art, including Frank Malina’s) but given the deteriorating state of things it makes sense to rescue and restructure the space program first.

]]> By: Greg Kuperberg http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/05/21/iss-priorities/#comment-3084 Sun, 22 May 2005 11:44:41 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=555#comment-3084 What this illustrates is that the ESA can’t think of any good use for a space station. This is no surprise, because neither the US nor Russia ever found one either.

]]> By: Brad http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/05/21/iss-priorities/#comment-3083 Sun, 22 May 2005 05:49:43 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=555#comment-3083 This story sounds like something from theonion.com! Truth once again stranger than satire.

]]> By: cIclops http://www.spacepolitics.com/2005/05/21/iss-priorities/#comment-3082 Sat, 21 May 2005 18:19:03 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=555#comment-3082 This seems as likely as using the ISS as an archive to store NASA documentation. This undefined organization’s website reveals it to have all the signs of yet another subsidy hunting setup disguised as a “charity” (eg pays no tax). Get real, the ISS has been and will continue to be a massive waste of resources, no arty farty study will change that.

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