This photo depicts the image of a blueprint of a rocket. In the background towards the middle top, there is a picture of an actual launching rocket. In the top left corner there is a picture of palm trees that almost seem like paradise. In the top right corner, there is a type of bird painted on a blue background but seems to be covered with a thin layer of red paint making it harder to see the bird. The bottom two-thirds of the picture is painted red. There are many things in painted in white in the background but the easiest to see is the face of a man. The contrast between the blue and the red are what catch the viewer's eyes. The thing that sticks out most is the orange fire drawing the eye to the picture of the rocket. As you look closer into the red, you can see the white writing that shows you the different parts of the rocket. This picture was inspired by NASA to remember the first trip to the moon.
The blue print of the photo is to represent the model of the rocket that was first flown to the moon. Robert Rauschenberg was making history more easy to remember when he first painted this. NASA had been hiring artists to work in their department just so they could get the feel of the environment before they would actually put it on a canvas. The purpose of this was to show the world the all the new technology that was going on and how it could change the lives of many people. This is ironic because technology hasn't stopped changing after that point and it still affects everyones lives today.
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