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horses. the winners keep coming. roger dean — you might not recognise the name, but he's one of the most successful artists from the goldene world. now, more than a0 years later, he has a new plan to send some of his creations to space. david sillito went to meet him at his studio in sussex. have you any idea how many posters and images of your works were created? palm, it could be 100 million. 100 million? yes. we certainly counted up to 65 million in the 60s and 70s. back in the early 70s, when rock was on a cosmic journey, there was one artist that bans of a progressive persuasion turned to above all others. roger dean. but these aren't fantasy paintings. no, he says their visions of possible future worlds that we might one day create ourselves. what i'm hoping to do is something that is inspirational, yes. i want people to think this is something we could do, this is something i have and asked it. nearly 50 years on, he is still at work. this is trading boundaries in sussex but some of these visions of the future may be about to become reality. there are plans to build a roger dean spa, a roger dean village and even a