ANOTHER SCIENCE FICTION/ ADVERTISING THE SPACE RACE 19571962

The late 1950s and early '60s were the golden age of science fiction, an era when the farthest reaches of imagination were fed by th e technological breakthroughs of the postwar years. While science fiction writers expressed the dreams and nightmares of the era in pulp print, real-life rocket engineers worked on making space travel reality. The imaginations of many Cold War scientists were fed by science fiction literature, and companies often promoted their future capabilities with fantastical, colorful visions aimed at lu ring young...[Llegir més]