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[QUOTE=yogaflame;3357309]Furthermore, a space shuttle wasn't even an actual thing until [I]after[/I] the Dark Phoenix saga was concluded(the program didn't start until 1981!).[/QUOTE]
Ok, that’s true. I guess I’ve been reading Marvel comics so long that logical, linear timelines mean nothing to me anymore.
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Cockrum's original design does line up with the closest model I can find to his time:
[IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Space_Shuttle_Approach_and_Landing_Tests_crews.jpg/1280px-Space_Shuttle_Approach_and_Landing_Tests_crews.jpg[/IMG]
Which is a test model from 1976.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, the Enterprise. Isn’t that the one that boldly went into mothballs?
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Yeah, the Enterprise. Isn’t that the one that boldly went into mothballs?[/QUOTE]
Well, most test models/prototypes do that, don't they? Besides, even the proper space shuttle program is shuttered now.
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[QUOTE=Dementia5;3357018]Looking at this image makes me appreciate just how much effort Bennett put into making his shuttle look realistic.[/QUOTE]
While I do appreciate the art in these preview pages, what it makes me appreciate more is that Cockrum did it in 2/3 of a page.