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Some of those are lovely! I never knew! I can't be hit by a wave of nostalgia, for I was not born for 20 years, but it seems like in the 60s, more attention was paid to culture and art. I don't think art would be considered as part of any modern scientific project.. then again, I don't know. That max-q work hit me in just the right spot, I'd love that on my wall (and a wall worthy of it).
This is interesting and made me want to find more NASA + arts.

I found this: "NASA Langley Student Art Contest"

> https://artcontest.larc.nasa.gov/

This Flickr collection:

> https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/sets/7215763397791...

Of course this fictional space travel advertisements: "Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System"

> https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/exoplanet-travel-bu...

JPL has a studio that has produced a few art+science pieces, including the exoplanet travel posters.

Its website is: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/thestudio/. They've made a few pieces that are around the JPL campus, and some which have traveled. Some are described in this article: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/aug/07/nasa-secret-...

The POC is Dan Goods, who is a graduate of Art Center College of Design. The Deep Space Network sculpture described in the article is on his vimeo: https://vimeo.com/93420747

While there is certainly value in this, I get the impression nowadays that NASA is doing everything but making meaningful progress in human space flight.