1961 Alex Schomburg painting for Amazing Stories

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It’s a beautiful painting, but every time I look at it it makes me really sad. Because that little guy is either gonna starve to death in that capsule or find a way to open the hatch. Neither of which idea fills me with glee.

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That basically looks like my house.

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Yea I was just thinking he’s gonna be really unhappy if he gets that door open.

#5

He’ll asphyxiate before that happens.

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But . . . in his hand . . . just look at it.

#7

So Karl Pilkington wasn’t lying about that Monkey news story.

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I kind of feel the same reading about animals like Laika that were sent to space on a one way trip in those early days of space travel.

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but did you read yesterday’s news that 165000 humans registered for a one way trip to mars ?

#10

Is it a KickStarter?

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No, it has an electric starter. In that sort of weather, you don’t wanna have to get out of the vehicle if it stalls.

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