The Space Age extended way beyond advertising - it ushered in giant tailfins on American cars, Googie architecture, and ground-breaking science fiction films like Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey." But these print adverts, which advertised everything from Frigidaire refrigerators to Omega wristwatches, managed to capture our love of all things space. Googie is an architectural style that zoomed into style in the 1950s and 1960s, mostly in the form of dining establishments with bold boomerang angles, undulating amoebalike shapes, and signs. Advertising naturally picked up on the trend and inserted planets, rockets, and astronauts wherever possible. Since then, America, and the rest of the world, was seized with a feverish obsession with all things interplanetary. If potholes are your worst nemesis, floating above the ground in a Volkswagen Hover Car will eliminate the amount of blown tires you encounter during your. By the end of the decade, that number almost doubled. (Photo by National Motor Museum/Heritage Images/Getty Images) In 1950, there were about 40 million cars on the road, nationwide. The Space Age took off in October 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit. Cars Of The 1950s: Space-Age Fins And Chrome Everything By Rebeka Knott 1957 Ford Thunderbird. But the Space Age had already begun 12 years earlier. When they returned, along with fellow Apollo 11 crewmember Michael Collins, humanity was more obsessed with space than ever. Having a car became synonymous with success. As the space shuttle soars through the firmament for the very last time, we. Though it was never meant to fly, the plastic bubble top and hidden wheels make the Simca Fulgur feel like a space-age ride. Having a car in the driveway was just one piece of the American Dream puzzle. From kitchenware to office parks, the Space Age left a sleekly modern mark on the countrys landscape and imagination. If any car could have inspired George Jetsons ride, its the Simca Fulgur. By the end of the decade, that number almost doubled. In our recent research, we examined how the model of centralized, government-directed human space activity born in the 1960s has, over the last two decades. Rowan Atkinson, 61, bought Handsmooth House and its 16 acres in Ipsden, Oxfordshire, for £2.6million in 2006 and has spent the last decade building a hi-tech space age mansion in its place. 50 years ago, on July 21, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. (Photo by National Motor Museum/Heritage Images/Getty Images) In 1950, there were about 40 million cars on the road, nationwide.
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