August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
...as inspiration; while Star-Trek, Star Wars and other Hollywood sci-fi franchises owe outer space an enormous cultural debt. Innovation and inspiration promote technological advance and, in terms of military interventions, are precipitated by war. The...
March 2016
Multi-planet Civilizations in Popular Culture
... universe reminds us that a civilization can defiantly go on, provided it has both the technology and the will to do so. Alderaan culture and its people continued because when their home planet was destroyed, they were elsewhere. In light...
June 2018
Cosmic communications and the anthropology of outer space
... This framing piques anthropologists’ interest because it illustrates how the exploration of space is a rich terrain for human cultural experience. Staggering data The Breakthrough Listen team, led by Andrew Siemion and Dan Wertheimer, analyses radio...
May 2017
Recipe for success on flights to Mars
... always most apparent during mealtimes when the normally jovial atmosphere became tense and quiet. Expression of culture Apart from nutrition, food affects us on so many levels; it’s hard to understate its importance on a mission. Not having enough...
January 2018
Cosmic cocktails and galactic moonshine
... realistic terms than the ‘official’ portrayals that tend to focus more on technology rather than on sociology and culture. The notoriously strong Romulan ale in the Star Trek fictional universe had a reputation for getting humans...
March 2015
Twinkle, twinkle satellite
...does help to consider the satellite’s more recent role in pop culture, one that has developed and matured since the Cold War waned...beauty of the technology is like the dangerous beauty of pop culture’s spies. They can destroy your life, sure - steal ...
