Chesley Bonestell (1888 – 1986) was an American painter, designer and
illustrator. His paintings were a major influence on science fiction art
and illustration. He helped inspire the American space program. Author
of photo-realistic images of distant worlds and spacecraft, Chesley
Bonestell was dubbed the "Father of Modern Space Art".
Assembling the Mars Ships
Colony on Mars under Plastic Domes
Crashing the Unknown (1950)
From The Conquest of Space (1953)
Fueling Rocket for Blast-off (1956)
On Mars (1954)
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Satellite Orbiting Earth (1956)
Ships Orbiting Mars (1956)
When Worlds Collide (circa 1964)
In 1932 Chesley Bonestell went to work for Joseph Strauss, chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge. He made perspective drawings of the inner-workings of the bridge and made number of contributions to the final appearance of the structure.
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Tapestry, a young Captain Picard is involved in a fight with aliens at the Bonestell Recreation Facility, a spaceport named after the artist.
Beverages
The Bonestell Recreation Facility is a gaming and food establishment located near Federation Starbase Earhart in the 24th century. The facility features various beverages and other services, including games such as dom-jot. It attracts a wide range of clientele.
Dom-jot
I often watched Star Trek but not The Next Generation and the Bonestell Recreation Facility was unknown to me. On the web, all the pictures I saw were full of vapor. Did the Bonestell Recreation Facility's consumers smoke cigarettes?
