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Broad Street, London, in the 1970s. Photograph by Tony Bock.

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:39:00 +0000

Broad Street, London, in the 1970s. Photograph by Tony Bock.

architectureofdoom: Birmingham Central Library Unfortunately,...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:29:36 +0000

architectureofdoom:

Birmingham Central Library

Unfortunately, the Library itself is doomed.

Step Aboard BART, an Oakland Tribune special, from Bay Area...

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:10:35 +0100

Step Aboard BART, an Oakland Tribune special, from Bay Area Rapid Transit celebrates 40 years of service at the same paper’s website.

Firing room at Complex 39 during the Skylab 4 countdown test, 6...

Sun, 27 May 2012 00:56:03 +0100

Firing room at Complex 39 during the Skylab 4 countdown test, 6 November, 1973 (via Retro Space Images).

Navstar by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives on...

Fri, 25 May 2012 23:09:07 +0100

Navstar by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives on Flickr:

Providing continuous global coverage in all weather, the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System will give suitably equipped users three-dimensional positioning and velocity information and a precise timing reference in real time. Besides routine navigation, possible applications include search-and-rescue operations, land and aerial rendezvous, and geodetic surveys.

This Rockwell International promotional image presumably predates the launch of the first NAVSTAR satellite in 1978.

Hyatt Regency Hotel Atrium, San Francisco, 1974 by glen.h on...

Tue, 22 May 2012 20:13:58 +0100

Hyatt Regency Hotel Atrium, San Francisco, 1974 by glen.h on Flickr.

The cover, Ronald Mcdonald, and colour palette pages from a...

Thu, 10 May 2012 20:35:27 +0100

The cover, Ronald Mcdonald, and colour palette pages from a 1970s McDonaldland specification manual, as posted by Jason Liebig.

Enterprise, on one of the test flights in the late 1970s, from...

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:23:04 +0100

Enterprise, on one of the test flights in the late 1970s, from the Atlantic’s In Focus last year.

Why those huge wings for a glider? Maciej Cegłowski, in his classic A Rocket To Nowhere:

the Air Force demanded that the Shuttle be capable of gliding over a thousand miles cross-range during re-entry, so that it could catch up with the rapidly eastbound Air Force base underneath it. This meant bigger wings, which in turn meant more weight, an even more powerful rocket, and again a more complicated heat shield.

FACT 10+4 posters, Peter Saville, 1979.

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:15:00 +0100

FACT 10+4 posters, Peter Saville, 1979.

Australis Oscar V, an amateur radio satellite. Alice...

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:28:12 +0100

Australis Oscar V, an amateur radio satellite. Alice Gorman, Saving space junk, our cultural heritage in orbit:

Space heritage isn’t all about the superpowers, though. In 1970, a small striped box representing the ambitions and dreams of a bunch of Melbourne University students was launched into low-earth orbit, piggybacked on a NASA rocket.

The students had designed the satellite – dubbed Australis Oscar V – and constructed it from begged, borrowed and scrounged components. They then coordinated amateur radio enthusiasts across the world to collect data from the satellite. Australis Oscar V transmitted data for six epic weeks until its batteries died.