Comments on: Long Duration Studies http://blog.longnow.org/2008/02/21/long-duration-studies/ The Official Weblog of The Long Now Foundation and Friends Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:27:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Chai http://blog.longnow.org/2008/02/21/long-duration-studies/#comment-3633 Chai Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:59:37 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/02/21/long-duration-studies/#comment-3633 Poor experiment. The panels were too close to each other so how can it be an accurate test of durability? Even the dark color of an adjacent panel might absorb more heat and affect or burn another so it doesn't make much sense. Poor experiment. The panels were too close to each other so how can it be an accurate test of durability? Even the dark color of an adjacent panel might absorb more heat and affect or burn another so it doesn’t make much sense.

]]> By: Cynthia Yildirim http://blog.longnow.org/2008/02/21/long-duration-studies/#comment-3600 Cynthia Yildirim Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:12:23 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/02/21/long-duration-studies/#comment-3600 Yeah they are very pretty. I like them a lot. :) Yeah they are very pretty. I like them a lot. :)

]]> By: puttputt http://blog.longnow.org/2008/02/21/long-duration-studies/#comment-3578 puttputt Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:15:24 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/02/21/long-duration-studies/#comment-3578 SELL THEM ON EBAY!! SELL THEM ON EBAY!!

]]> By: Jaime Morrison http://blog.longnow.org/2008/02/21/long-duration-studies/#comment-3566 Jaime Morrison Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:25:48 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/02/21/long-duration-studies/#comment-3566 "I wonder if someday we’ll have public art in space. " There are actually quite a few objects already up there which might be more directly thought of as "art," for instance the Voyager plaque / package which is at least figuratively pictorial, or the functional objects created by artists like Beagle 2's "spot painting." For me though the most gorgeous artifacts out there, for their poetic impact alone, have got to be the items left behind. Personal favorites include the Soviet pennants dropped on the moon by Luna 2 and the Lunokhod 1 which looks like something out of Jules Verne. As to proper "public art," created to serve no other functions than aesthetic ones, that'll be largely dependent on whether we ever have a "public" in space I'd think. “I wonder if someday we’ll have public art in space. ”

There are actually quite a few objects already up there which might be more directly thought of as “art,” for instance the Voyager plaque / package which is at least figuratively pictorial, or the functional objects created by artists like Beagle 2’s “spot painting.” For me though the most gorgeous artifacts out there, for their poetic impact alone, have got to be the items left behind. Personal favorites include the Soviet pennants dropped on the moon by Luna 2 and the Lunokhod 1 which looks like something out of Jules Verne.

As to proper “public art,” created to serve no other functions than aesthetic ones, that’ll be largely dependent on whether we ever have a “public” in space I’d think.

]]> By: Sporbie http://blog.longnow.org/2008/02/21/long-duration-studies/#comment-3561 Sporbie Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:29:59 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/02/21/long-duration-studies/#comment-3561 Looks like a container from EVE Online lol. Looks like a container from EVE Online lol.

]]> By: David http://blog.longnow.org/2008/02/21/long-duration-studies/#comment-3542 David Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:54:45 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/02/21/long-duration-studies/#comment-3542 Wow, those are beautiful, as are the other images on the nonist site. I wonder if someday we'll have public art in space. Though I can't imagine future artists doing any better than what the scientists created for LDEF. Wow, those are beautiful, as are the other images on the nonist site. I wonder if someday we’ll have public art in space. Though I can’t imagine future artists doing any better than what the scientists created for LDEF.

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