![]() ![]() ![]() Carl Sagan said that he didn’t know what other worlds looked like until he saw Bonestell’s paintings of the solar system. “Chesley Bonestell not only changed my life,” Stine said, “but motivated two generations of people to start the human race on its way to ultimate freedom among the stars.”ĭr. ![]() Harry Stine, engineer, author, and co-creator of the hobby of model rocketry, switched his college major from psychology to physics after seeing Bonestell’s book, The Conquest of Space. Bonestell’s paintings electrified generations of space enthusiasts: aspiring writers, astronomers, physicists, artists, engineers, and others. Chesley Bonestell was an artist and illustrator who created paintings depicting astronomical scenes and space flight explorations decades before the first manned missions. ![]()
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