... were known, with some 600 multiple systems”. So, it’s starting to resemble what SF aficionados would recognise as the ‘Star Trek Universe’. Although the author modestly refers to the book as “a review of the status of the field”, it is no pamphlet...
...” and “the history of drinking in space”. From Star Trek’s Romulan Ale to Hitchhiker’s Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster,...light years from Earth…that is literally the birthplace of new stars”). More seriously, he considers the safety, health and public ...
... wacky adventures while getting lost in space. Proper space nation building is a less sensationalist and more structured. Star Trek’s Captain Kirk could easily get restless sitting in a parliamentary session instead of going where no man has gone...
..., but the seat is curved in such a way that I can still look straight ahead. I also drive my own ‘Star Trek’-style car and that combination allows me to continue to work at CGI and to do my volunteer work. Overcoming gravity The...
... gives us a chance to engage in entertaining thought exercises – and just because those thought exercises utilise fictional Star Trek technology doesn’t mean that they should be easily dismissed. It’s good to remember that just a few hundred years...
... 10 minutes. Shatner, who became famous in the 60s for his portrayal of Captain James Tiberius Kirk in the Star Trek TV programme and movie franchises, said Monday that the hardest part of space flight will be getting in and...