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Raygun Gothic

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Raygun Gothic refers to any creative work from 1900 through about 1959, predicting the future before it became possible. Think rockets and rayguns, flying cars and futuristic cities - especially if the vision never quite panned out in reality. We find this aesthetic in product design, book covers, films, radio & TV. "A tomorrow that never was". The same style as in the Fallout games, The Jetsons and so on but focused on the time period through the 50s.

See also: Raygun Gothic at TVTropes

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Seeing this makes me wonder: could astronauts fly down from a ship to the lunar surface? How much reverse thrust would you need to keep from crashing into the surface?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

It's all relative to how fast they are coming. The slower they are, the less thrust they would need.