I originally did the planet, rings, and moon for Simple Photorealism using Persistence of Vision. When I wrote Silver sail and gold, above a dappled sea I added some Greek rowing ships.
Produce ships and sails which can be used in the air of the sky. Then you’ll find men to man them, men not afraid of the vast emptiness of space. — Johannes Kepler (Letter to Galileo)
There is always a culture clash between those who understand how productive industry actually works and those who gape at it like savages, believing it to be some kind of Heap Big White Man Magic. And where there is Magic, there are Sorcerors and Demons; for most people, particularly those of the primitive mindset, the large cloud of Unknowns is filled in by their imaginations with malice, conspiracy, and deviltry. — Ace (Breaking: Shaggy, Shambling Man-Child Believes Political Expression is “Creepy”)