| tsofian | 04 May 2015 5:43 p.m. PST |
Any ideas what a moonbase would look like in Victorian Science Fiction? |
| oldhans117 | 04 May 2015 5:48 p.m. PST |
The Crystal Palace link Combined with Moonbase Alpha of space 1999. |
| Wackmole9 | 04 May 2015 6:47 p.m. PST |
Moonbase Alpha but layout like a Cog Wheel |
| skippy0001 | 04 May 2015 7:21 p.m. PST |
Linked 'beached' AetherShips at first, in the middle of a deep crater. then steamer Conex-like cargo trunk-containers, followed by access to the interior of Luna where the atmosphere and resources are. Also a great way for a penal colony to start. |
 Yellow Admiral  | 04 May 2015 8:20 p.m. PST |
Look for the various artistic renderings of Captain Nemo's underwater city for inspiration. It could withstand 60,000 feet of water pressure and still looked Victorian.
- Ix |
| Pedrobear | 04 May 2015 9:54 p.m. PST |
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| Frederick | 05 May 2015 5:52 a.m. PST |
Just make sure there is lots of brass and places to put your googles |
| wminsing | 05 May 2015 8:25 a.m. PST |
For a literary standpoint I agree that the Crystal Palace the way to go. From an engineering standpoint I suspect if the Victorians would actually try this and had access to the needed data (completely avoiding the question of how they get there) I suspect it would actually look much like later proposed moon-bases; partially-buried dome structures as habitats linked by tubes. If they got REALLY ambitious they might try to roof-over a crater. -Will |
| TheBeast | 05 May 2015 8:48 a.m. PST |
they might try to roof-over a crater. Crystal Palace morphed to a dome over a crater? Or even, Gothic rose window pulled to a dome? Doug |
| wminsing | 05 May 2015 8:58 a.m. PST |
Crystal Palace morphed to a dome over a crater? Or even, Gothic rose window pulled to a dome? THAT is a cool visual. -Will |
| Coelacanth | 05 May 2015 11:20 a.m. PST |
Palm House, Kew Gardens. Photograph by Paul Chambers More about the Palm House: link Edit: While searching for the Kew Palm House, I found this one in Vienna: link
Palmenhaus Schönbrunn. Photographer unknown Ron |
| J Womack 94 | 05 May 2015 2:42 p.m. PST |
The trees help with the oxygen supply, you see. |
| Cacique Caribe | 05 May 2015 6:39 p.m. PST |
Too late. Coelacanth beat me to it. Dan |
| TheBeast | 06 May 2015 12:52 p.m. PST |
As I was born in St Louis, I suppose the Climatron came to mind…
Not Victorian, per se, but could be rosette-ized, I assume. Doug |
| tsofian | 06 May 2015 4:50 p.m. PST |
Well Doug I have lived in St Louis my whole life! |
| TheBeast | 07 May 2015 5:38 a.m. PST |
I was transported as a wee bairn to the wilds of Nebraska, there to be bereft of civilization and refinement. Yes, sort of an ignoble Lord Greystoke! I still had my father's side of the family in St Louis, so summer vacations there were pretty common as a youngling. Doug |
| Mute Bystander | 08 May 2015 12:27 p.m. PST |
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| tsofian | 08 May 2015 2:03 p.m. PST |
The great thing about the Crystal Palace is that it was a prefabricated and built of standard cast iron sections designed to fit together. The entire structure was initially constructed, taken down and then re-erected in a new location. A Victorian lunar base would quite likely be built of prefabricated units |
makes a simple conversion to a toy car.
