Links of Interest space related and subject related websites
Film Acknowledgements thanks to all those who are helping to bring Man Conquers Space from just a dream into a living, breathing entity
Website Acknowledgements thanks to all those who have helped make this website possible
Recommended Reading Material want to read more on the subject? Try these titles for a start . . .
How Did We Do It? the software and hardware used to create Man Conquers Space, with links to company websites
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Bonestell Space Art - Home of the online world of the famed space artist Chesley Bonestell |
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Deep Cold - An amazing look at American and Russian flight hardware designed at the height of the cold war, but ultimately was never to fly |
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Up-Ship - the web home of Scott Lowther and "Aerospace Projects Review" magazine - an enthusiast's must-have |
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Ed Bisconti's CD Dynamics - "Plastic Models, Rockets and Spacecraft Vol 1", a CD guide to vintage plastic space model kits! |
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David A. Hardy's AstroArt Pages - the web home of remowned space artist David Hardy. Devoted to space art, science fiction, fantasy, astonomy, space travel, Earth sciences, volcanoes and more... (check out his new book "Hardyware"!) |
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The Digital Designs of Paul S. Hoffman - a fascinating website of an accomplished space artist, including his own VRML treatment of the art of Chesley Bonestell. Has great links to Bonestell-related material and space art in general |
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Romance to Reality is a collection of articles that summarize Moon and Mars exploration plans developed in the second half of the twentieth century. |
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Novaspace Galleries - The premier source on the web for space art, autographs and memorabilia, and includes an exceptionally useful links section |
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Space.com - Keep up to date with goings on in space, also contains a valuable space links section |
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Spaceflight Now - The latest in space news from all over the world. Subscriber-only access to movies. |
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The Project Apollo Archive - an excellent source of high quality photos, audio and video files chronicling the Apollo program |
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OM World - the indescribable web presence of sci.space.history's resident Texan - OM |
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My Apollo Spacesuit Replica - my very own Apollo A7LB replica, complete with photographs and links to spacesuit websites |
All footage generated by Surfaces Rendered for Man Conquers Space.
Man Conquers Space wishes to express appreciation to NASA for some historical still photography which forms the basis for some of the vision depicted.
We would like to thank James Hutson for his invaluable support and encouragement.
Thanks also go to Scott Lowther for his support, encouragement, initiative, and brilliant resources, and to Ron Miller of Bonestell.org for his ongoing support and assistance with the art of Chesley Bonestell.
Man Conquers Space owes a deep debt of gratitude to the efforts of James Mitchell and Jennifer Mitchell.
Appreciation also goes to Blair Joscelyne for his work on the original soundtrack for Man Conquers Space. To see his website, go here.
Thanks to Jasjha "Dutch" Stel for his invaluable assistance in the workshop, and to Alan Cinis - renouned Australian actor - for his time, talents and expertise.
Thanks to Michael Ney who has not only commenced production of The Making of Man Conquers Space (to be included on the DVD), but is also an excellent source of contacts for extras and interested parties.
Thanks to Adam Eden at Eden Creative Media for his support, technical advice and editing talents.
I also have to thank the wonderful people who have appeared in the film - not least Adrian Monti - who have selflessly dedicated their time and talents to this project.
Firstly, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to Ron Miller and Bonestell Space Art for permission to reproduce the artwork of the celebrated space artist Chesley Bonestell on this website.
We would also like to give a hearty "thanks!" to Kim Poor at Novaspace for his assistance.
Also, a huge THANKS! to Chuck Stewart for his invaluable assistance in reorganising the structure and hosting of the MCS website :-) Rowr.
Collier's Magazine issues:
March 22, 1952 October 18, 1952 October 25, 1952 February 28, 1953 March 7, 1953 March 14, 1953 June 27, 1953 April 30, 1954 Piszkiewicz, D., Wernher von Braun: The Man Who Sold the Moon, Praeger Publishers, Westport Connecticut, USA, 1998
von Braun, W., The Mars Project, Illini Books Press, University of Illinois Press, USA, 1991
Ley, W., The Conquest of Space, Viking, New York,1949
von Braun, W., et al., Across the Space Frontier, Viking, New York, 1952
Ley, W., von Braun, W., The Exploration of Mars, Viking, New York, 1960
Not such a great secret - details won't be gone into in depth here (but will be on the Premiere Edition DVD), but the following software and hardware was employed to bring the dreams of von Braun et al to life:
ElectricImage Universe Modeler and Animator
The latest major upgrade to ElectricImage - for all 3D modeling and animation work.
Adobe Photoshop CS2
for all matte paintings, image retouch and other effects imagery
Adobe After Effects 7.0 Production Bundle
for all compositing work
...all on an Apple Mac
