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A TESLA ROADSTER DRIFTS BY MARS Painting
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Painting, Oil on Other
Size: 10 W x 8 H x 0.1 D in
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A TESLA ROADSTER DRIFTS BY MARS Oil on board, 10 x 8 inches, 2019 Some time in the distant future, "Starman" in his Tesla Roadster, bleached by radiation and dinged with a few impact craters, tumbles past Mars in the silence of deep space. In February 2018, during the inaugural test flight of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket, Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, with Starman (the spacesuited mannequin) on board, was launched into a Mars-crossing heliocentric orbit. The Roadster is not expected to fly by Mars any time soon, but in the more distant future, it might experience the occasional close encounter. This painting depicts such an encounter. I find the reality of a spacesuited mannequin cruising the solar system in a sports car both wild and captivating. It will continue to orbit the sun long past our lifetimes, maybe eventually becoming one of the few human artifacts surviving our era, if not our civilization. Signed by the artist at lower right and on the back. Framed by the artist in a distressed black wooden frame.
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Painting:Oil on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:10 W x 8 H x 0.1 D in
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I am a planetary scientist who loves to draw and paint. My artwork is about space and time, and our tiny yet hopeful place in their vastness. I draw and paint about our distant past, events we've survived, our profound cosmic loneliness, and where we might go from here. Mars is the challenge of our time. Humans going to Mars will be greatest adventure in space exploration this century. Beyond Mars, we should journey to Saturn's moon, Titan, and one day, to the stars and deep into spacetime. Although I am optimistic about our future in space and time, we face a daunting challenge in their exploration. Our spaceships are frail arks launching into an indifferent cosmic ocean. Spacesuits are covered in grit. Rovers break down. It's the engineering reality of our dream. I have in my garage a primitive spacetime machine in which I can, at considerable risk, visit distant worlds and other epochs. My artwork is my travel log. To see more of artwork: www.pascallee.net
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