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Oh, it's been a long time since those childhood fantasies. Andre Norton and Robert Heinlein could weave a story that put colonists on mars by the year 2000, but then the real-world space program was mostly cancelled after apollo and they have a nearly impossble time even sending up shuttles on a reliable basis. And they stopped selling "space bars", darnit. Those were good, but there's never been a snack quite like that since.
Those are pretty good artwork that you linked, Dana. Though they have one thing in common, an aloneness, a lack of people. Which makes it slightly different from my fantasies of long ago. I didn't imagine for the sake of being alone in my imaginations, but to have people when in reality no one enjoyed my company except for those who wished me bodily harm. Maybe it's why I mostly stopped needing escape. Not because my dreams died (they didn't)
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