General / Off-Topic The Rockwell Integrated Space Plan

Alien · Jun 7, 2013

The Rockwell Integrated Space Plan

What is the Rockwell Integrated Space Plan?
In 1989, Ronald M. Jones working at the Rockwell Science Institute drew up a flow chat timeline of everything we need to invent to populate space.
It is an amazing document that has to be printed large scale to be examined properly, your home printer could print it on A4, but you'd never be able to read it.

Here is Dara O'Briain and Prof. Mark Miodownik explaining the Rockwell Integrated Space Plan

So what if I want that on my wall?
I wanted it on my wall, but knew it'd have to be printed large scale.
The one Dara and Mark Miodownik show in the above video is larger than A0 and you'd struggle to get one copy printed that large, but worry not, A0 is large enough.

So, where do you get that printed?
well, first you need the image to be printed, which you can get from here right-click and "save target as"
This is a png image, you can view it on your PC if you wanted to, but come on, you want it on your wall really

Next you need to find someone to print it in A0 size. If you are in the UK, your nearest branch of Staples should do it. Take the png image to them on a flash drive. It cost me £3 for the print and £3 because I had the image on a flash drive (don't ask me how else I was meant to bring it to them).
Carefully take it home and put it on your wall then geek out to all your friends.

So I hope you enjoy what I think is one of the coolest documents ever.
Alien

EDIT: Another link for the image http://www.alpoma.com/images_tecob/plan_espacial.png

deMangler · Jun 7, 2013

Wow.
Just Wow.

I think I just had a geek-gasm.

Omegahunter · Jun 7, 2013

So we're are about 10 year behind that time table more like 20 to just get back on target let alone catch up

Slawkenbergius · Jun 13, 2013

Sadly I don't think my wall is big enough! Unless I put it on the outside of the house....

Alien · Jun 13, 2013

Slawkenbergius said:
Sadly I don't think my wall is big enough! Unless I put it on the outside of the house....

It's not that big when printed at A0 size ... 68cm wide x 110.5cm long
It's about as wide as a door and would go from the top of the door to just under the handle.

Alexander R · Jun 16, 2013

I visited Rockwell International's offices in California about 10 years ago, their corridors were dotted with oil paintings of moon bases. Designs they had been working on during the 1970s as a follow up to Apollo.

Rockwell after all designed and built the original Shuttle, and large parts of Apollo, Mercury and Gemini.

Alien · Jun 30, 2013

Thank you to everyone who took an interest in the poster at #Lavecon
Ironically, even though it was on the wall all night, it got more interest at the end when I took it down and wanted to roll it up.

Thank you Fozza for your thank you

If you missed the poster at #Lavecon or you want to see it again and really study it, look for the link in the first post of this thread.

Alien

Darren Grey · Jun 30, 2013

Thanks for bringing this to the Con - it was really terrific to study!

Alien · Jun 30, 2013

*cough*left it at preston train station*cough*

Darren Grey · Jun 30, 2013

Ouch

Alien · Jun 30, 2013

Darren Grey said:
Ouch

Nah ... they have it in lost property.
I could have gone back to Preston to get it (for free!!!)
but I was so darn tired and just wanted to get home.

I'll go and get it back soon.

Kerrash · Jun 30, 2013

Alien said:
It's not that big when printed at A0 size ... 68cm wide x 110.5cm long
It's about as wide as a door and would go from the top of the door to just under the handle.

And even then the print was so dense it was hard to read.

Really cool poster tho.

Listeri69 · Jun 30, 2013

I think the plan itself is awesome, but they can't account for things that put us backwards, like wars I think the reason we are 15 years or so behind now is simply because we have spent the last 15 years at war..........

Darren Grey · Jun 30, 2013

Nah, we just have different priorities. Technology advancement these days is more consumer-led than government-led. Thus we have immensely advanced communications, computing, information networks, etc that benefit the many, but few initiatives that require immense central funding and support.

If anything war, cold though it was, is the reason we ever got into space in the first place.

Alien · Jun 30, 2013

Alien said:
It's not that big when printed at A0 size ... 68cm wide x 110.5cm long
It's about as wide as a door and would go from the top of the door to just under the handle.

Kerrash said:
And even then the print was so dense it was hard to read.
Really cool poster tho.

I got it printed as big as I could for a single print
If I could have got it printed bigger, I would have.

Listeri69 · Jun 30, 2013

Darren Grey said:
Nah, we just have different priorities. Technology advancement these days is more consumer-led than government-led. Thus we have immensely advanced communications, computing, information networks, etc that benefit the many, but few initiatives that require immense central funding and support.

If anything war, cold though it was, is the reason we ever got into space in the first place.

that is certainly true, cold war does this it evolves the need for equipment especially between two superpowers.

JKF · Jul 1, 2013

Thanks for this Alien.

Off to Staples in Preston to pick up 3 copies now

Alien said:
It cost me £3 for the print and £3 because I had the image on a flash drive (don't ask me how else I was meant to bring it to them).

You upload it via their website