re: The painting
I can't help but notice several things in the painting:
The fuel will certainly be LH2+LO2 and there won't be any flames to see (we know that with the Shuttle's SSME's and the SIVB ignitions).
To go to the Moon, TLI starts in LEO at exactly the opposite side from the Moon and lasts 5 minutes and the Moon can't be seen like this when the engine is still running.
The landscape is so brilliantly lit by the Sun, stars can't be seen.
Woudln't it help the case for space if artists were more rigorous?
Raoul