50 years ago today: In a tribute to Galileo, Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott performs the hammer-and-feather drop. With no air resistance, the objects fall at the same rate regardless of mass.
George Miller on casting Tina Turner in MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME: "As a writing reference we kept on saying ‘Someone like Tina Turner, someone like Tina Turner.’ And then, when it came time to shooting the film, we thought, ���Let’s ask Tina Turner if she really wants to do it.'"
BLADE RUNNER concept art by Syd Mead, printed in Future Life, December 1981: "Ridley wanted sort of a crummy, macho bachelor's pad, but it had to look strange, with devices that you don't have any idea what they do."