May 2019
Wake-up call for debris creation in geostationary orbit
... 40 years, the biggest investment in response to the space debris issue, by an order of magnitude, has been the 2013 film Gravity, a film whose grasp of the reality of the Kessler Syndrome - or indeed orbital mechanics generally - was on a par with...
26 February 2018
2001: The Lost Science – The Scientists, Influences & Designs
... book is a highly-illustrated celebration of that forward-looking film and, in common with the first volume, draws on the... interviews with some top scientific minds to prove that his film was plausible. The idea was eventually abandoned and, although...
13 April 2019
Space Sirens, Scientists and Princesses
... Comfortingly (who needs the paradox of time travel?), he opts for a chronological analysis that refers to earlier or later films to add context. Ultimately, anyone who likes science fiction and is willing to see it as more than simple entertainment...
March 2016
Multi-planet Civilizations in Popular Culture
... in the course of the original Star Wars Episode IV film - would appear to be practically an invocation of another famous...a million deaths is a statistic.’ Robot C3PO from the film Star Wars No historical record of Stalin uttering these words actually...
June 2022
Sunshades in space could help alleviate Earth’s climate crisis
... sunshade. A planetary sunshade is a large constellation of thin film structures that sit between the Earth and the Sun to reduce...the Earth and Sun cancel each other out. Thin film structures are also affected by solar radiation pressure, which...
May 2024
Out of this world – NASA’s textile technicians and innovations for space voyages
... Galvorn comes in the form of twisted and braided yarn, fibre, film, and fabric. It is conductive, lightweight, strong, soft, non-...a spacecraft lightweight, strong and durable. Also, Galvorn film applied over cables and wires would shield them from ...
