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The radical history of space exploration from the Russian Cosmists to Elon Musk

In the summer of 1975, NASA brought together a team of physicists, engineers, and space scientists-along with architects, urban planners, and artists-to design large-scale space habitats for millions of people. Space Settlements examines these plans for life in space as serious architectural and spatial proposals.

Featuring essays from notable contributors such as Fred Scharmen, Jeremy Kargon, and Michael Stanton, this exhibition catalogue showcases the inaugural show of the Baltimore Modernism Project. It also includes a reprint of a significant 1972 article by Phoebe Stanton, a former architecture critic for the Baltimore Sun, providing historical context and insights into Baltimore's modernist architecture. The catalogue serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding the city's architectural evolution and its modernist influences.