Johannes Kepler Observatory located in Linz, Austria.

by: H. Raab

garak in a gul’s uniform is something that can actually be so personal,

bit more black sails

Some favourite quests from Fallout: New Vegas

So I’ve posted before about Harry Lange’s “dragonfly” design for 2001′s Discovery XD-1 (image 1), 

It’s my favourite alternate design of the ship. Kubrick must have liked it too, he went as far as to get a rough miniature built for lighting tests (image 2),

Most attempts to recreate the dragonfly Discovery assume that the engine sits behind the radiation shield at the end of the spine - like in this model by The Great Canadian Model Builder (image 3) 

But here’s what I think: I think the conical structure at the end of the spine in this iteration of the Discovery is a nuclear reactor based on the SNAP-10 design (image 4).

I think the engines are the four smaller cylinders at the rear of the main fuel tanks. The ship tows the nuclear reactor behind it to keep it at a safe distance from the crew. You can even see the exhaust plume from the engines in one piece of concept art (image 5).

Which means I should probably go back and rework my CGI dragonfly Discovery (image 6).

Thank you for listening, internet.

Japanese lobby photos for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Unlike lobby cards I’ve obtained from other countries, these aren’t printed on cardstock. Instead, these kind-of-poor reproductions were printed on photo paper by the film’s distributor in Japan, Cinema International Corporation. 

Images scanned and color-corrected from the originals.

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Let me tell you what I wish I’d known
When I was young and dreamed of glory
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