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b'The adjective \\u201cvisionary\\u201d gets thrown around a lot, but it\\u2019s literally true of Chesley Bonestell and Arthur Radebaugh, the two illustrators featured in this week\\u2019s episode. Both men used their fertile visual imaginations and their artistic skills to create engaging, influential depictions of human space exploration and our high-tech future. Their work was seen by millions of magazine and newspaper readers throughout the 1940s, \\u201850s, and \\u201860s\\u2014boosting public support for space exploration and industrial R&D at a critical time for the U.S. economy. Now, both men are the subjects of documentary films.'