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Wasn't US Steel who commissioned the books from a SciFi illustrator to ensure that lots of reference drawing illustrations would have steel in the future and go
by a1o 3y ago
Wasn't US Steel who commissioned the books from a SciFi illustrator to ensure that lots of reference drawing illustrations would have steel in the future and got these books for free available to anyone who called, and they ended up getting famous in the film industry so people ended up always designing futuristic movies with things made of steel like ships and vehicles?
- aresant 3y agoYes you are thinking of Syd Mead - here’s the series https://sydmead.com/category/gallery/us-steel/ https://sydmead.com/category/gallery/us-steel/
- BasilPH 3y agoSyd Mead did the designs for Blade Runner and Tron, and absolute legend.
- hn_throwaway_99 3y agoGotta say, I'd live in that steel modular house in a heartbeat.
- csours 3y agoThere's a reason that house isn't pictured in the snow.
- genman 3y agoI can be insulated. People have built small houses from marine containers for long time.
- hn_throwaway_99 3y agoDon't build it where it snows then. I love Eichler homes, but there is a good reason all of them (as far as I know) were built in California. With big walls of glass and thin, flat roofs, their insulation is pretty horrible. But their design actually probably saves energy given how they encourage indoor/outdoor living in temperate climates.
- sbierwagen 3y agoThen you'll love the article OP wrote about Lustron stamped-steel houses: https://www.construction-physics.com/p/the-lustron-home https://www.construction-physics.com/p/the-lustron-home
- fudged71 3y agoYou’re telling me the Stanford torus space colony that has filled my dreams for my entire life was propaganda for US steel?
- marcosdumay 3y agoAnybody since the 70s designing those radial supports out of anything that isn't a polyester isn't paying attention.
- scotty79 3y agoStarships in After Earth have very cool designs with a lot of threads and fabrics and membranes instead of rigid steel.
- k7sune 3y agoMakes me wonder who supplies the stainless steel used for the starships and cybertrucks. US steel might just turned out to be prescient.
- zokier 3y agoIt's rumored to be Outokumpu, but Steel Dynamics also getting mentioned.