March 2016
Why We Need Space Artists
... moonscapes showed dramatic, towering mountains - so much more inspiring than the flat, drab landscape on which Apollo 11 ...(1952) and Man on the Moon (1953), among others, inspired future generations of space artists, including of course myself. Early...
October 2017
The sci-fi noir world of Blade Runner
... This particular view of the future would later become an inspiration for countless films, including the obvious Dark City, Matrix and...let us cite a small passage from the novel that inspired Blade Runner: “ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the ...
February 2018
CubeSats changing the landscape for ‘app’ developers
... already tackling the needs for mission operations of such systems by developing a software framework for nanosatellites inspired by the latest technologies that already exist here on Earth. There is a difference in orders of magnitude when comparing...
April 2020
Evolutionary lessons for an interplanetary future
...After all, it was Charles Darwin’s experiences in Galapagos that inspired him to develop his theory of evolution by natural selection, ... natural selection. The Galapagos finches that helped inspire Darwin evolved beaks with different shapes and sizes...
August 2020
Revisiting the Drake Equation - a cultural addendum
...powerful and just fairy-child known as Ozma. In 1960, inspired by Baum’s work, scientists working with Project Ozma used ...time for equations. That being said, the Looking-Glass Equation might inspire, if not answers, at least a moment of pause. Like...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
.... It speaks to past glories and future destiny. It appeals to hoped-for innovation along the way and – as always – inspiration. These are not compelling arguments to put before rational government treasuries and so the wider benefits of satellites...
