I want a time machine so I can go back to the 1960s and then go forward to the future they thought they were going to have. You know, the one with moon bases, jumpsuits, jetpacks, foodpills; where capitalism actually worked and everyone was happy and prosperous; and the only thing spoiling the clear blue skies were the sonic booms of supersonic bombers and airliners crossing the Atlantic in two hours…
Until someone actually invents that time machine, feast your eyes on these:
Aeroplanes
Convair XB-46
Artwork of the Convair XB-42
Convair XB-43 (a jet-powered version of the XB-42)
Buildings
Kamzík TV Tower, Bratislava
Kamzík TV Tower, Bratislava
Slovak Broadcast Building, Bratislava
The Memorial and Museum of the Slovak National Uprising, Bratislava
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Niterói (Oscar Niemeyer)
Liberty Pantheon, Brasilia (Oscar Niemeyer)
Fashion
In the future, everyone will wear beige (Space: 1999)
In the future, everyone will wear string vests (UFO)
In the future, everyone will dress like humbugs (Pierre Cardin)
In the future, everyone will wear black– no, wait… (Raumpatrouille Orion)
In the future, everyone will wear high-heeled waders (Pierre Cardin)
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Fantastic retro SF fashion!
The Slovak Broadcast Building and Niemeyer’s Museum of Contemporary Art are beautiful and impossible-looking.