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ARRIVAL AT MARS - Noctis Landing In Sight Oil on board, 20 x 16 inches, 2018 This painting depicts a Mars Transfer Vehicle (MTV) arriving at the Red Planet, with its two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, in view as two tiny specks of light. The Noctis Landing human landing site at the western end of Valles Marineris is also in sight. This MTV uses nuclear thermal rocket propulsion. The large red-orange fuel tanks contain liquid hydrogen. As the spaceship closes in in silence, I imagine the crew's growing elation to finally see Mars up close after months of coasting through the void of interplanetary space. Noctis Landing is the landing site and exploration zone my teammates and I have proposed, beginning in 2015, for the first human landing and eventually a base on Mars. In 2024, we discovered that this is also the location of Noctis Mons, a deeply eroded giant volcano on Mars that had escaped identification for decades. Signed by the artist at lower right and on the back. Framed by the artist in a black wooden frame.
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Pascal Lee
United States
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:
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