I was surprised not to see any of Bonestell designs seen in the books by Willy Ley (with some ideas of von Braun). True, many were designed for landing on planets with atmospheres - a rather practical bent.

These illustrations helped fire imaginations that got us off this noble rock the first time. Here are several hundred of them (or like them) for anyone who might not have been exposed yet.

https://www.flickr.com/groups/midcenturyspaceillustration/po...