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Source: IMG_3287 | David Schleinkofer | Flickr

IMG_3287

Ford Mantis .A new painting done in 2011. Background shows construction of a resort hotel on the Moon. The construction vehicle is the Ford built Mantis.

Hi-res version (2775 × 2097)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow I really thought this would have been painted in the ‘80s tbh

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

If I'm not mistaken, he was born in 1951 and, as his Flickr profile says:

The bulk of this work was done between 1976 and 1997

So it makes sense his style is so 80-ish.

[–] jarfil 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So... two upward thrusters on the back, only one upward thruster on the front, and the load waaay up front on some grabbers?... That's going into a nosedive; suspension of disbelief broken (at least for me).