Lonely, romantic, silent

There is some holy peace to be had from observing Bonestell's satellite above the planet. But Sputnik launched America into a tizzy. The U.S. launched not only satellites but NASA in 1958. The whole culture had a new thread woven into it: space is a place! The 1959 Cadillac even had rocket fins.

By the 80s, Judas Priest could sing "Elecric eye, in the sky, feel my stare, always there..." because Cold War spy satellites had begun populating Earth's orbital space alongside communications and weather devices.