Space Advertising – Then and Now

With the popularity of retro TV shows such as “Mad Men” comes a second look at how we used to advertise things in the 1960s – products, ideas, etc. The early space age was an exciting time when we were doing things no one had done before – and we were pretty proud of doing it. Some of the artwork is rather classy and, with a few tweaks, might even work today. If you go to this page at io9 you will some examples of ads from the dawn of space exploration.

With the popularity of retro TV shows such as “Mad Men” comes a second look at how we used to advertise things in the 1960s – products, ideas, etc. The early space age was an exciting time when we were doing things no one had done before – and we were pretty proud of doing it. Some of the artwork is rather classy and, with a few tweaks, might even work today. If you go to this page at io9 you will some examples of ads from the dawn of space exploration.