December 2014
Terraforming Mars: from CFCs to Total Recall
... generators, which Arnold coaxes back to life. In real life, however, terraforming a planet is not as easy as it made to appear in movies. Turning Mars into another Earth would be extremely challenging for several reasons. We can break these down...
July 2021
Commercial space stations - fulfilling the dream
...better way than you can on Earth. You can, of course, film movies in true microgravity and I know a lot of people are interested –... at the final edit? Well, you can, of course, film movies in true microgravity and I know a lot of people are interested...
January 2016
200 Days in Space: Living in Orbit
...things you don’t get to see in science fiction movies (because they’re usually too busy saving the universe)...- where do we sleep? Again, it’s not as fancy as it is in some movies. We have a little ‘phone booth’ that’s our own personal space, where we ...
August 2016
The promise of space tourism
... We have dreamed of these journeys while enjoying space-themed movies, TV programmes and books. Space travel is compelling, whether...list includes celebrities such as actor Tom Hanks, movie director James Cameron and renowned physics professor Stephen ...
March 2017
Space research inspires innovation in fashion
... to consumers The Moon Boot can also be considered as one of the first examples of ‘democratic’ design: it is on the feet of movie stars and queens, but also of all of us, thanks to a simple construction and relatively low price. This is an example...
26 January 2016
Scientists reveal a new way to test the origins of the Universe
...is akin to showing an audience many still pictures from a movie stacked on top of each other, but they lack proper..., we can turn the stacks of stills into a coherent movie and directly reveal the evolutionary history of the primordial universe," ...
