September 2017
Science searches for cosmic company
... only a few. These improvements are seldom appreciated by the general public, which imagines SETI as it is portrayed in the movies. In the Hollywood version, a lone researcher with headphones strains to hear anything vaguely odd. That depiction was...
June 2018
Striding through space
...’s Apollo 11 Flight Journal, a contributor to the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, and has provided technical advice to space movies.
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
... – astronaut Mark Watney sits alone contemplating the vast expanse of Mars in this image from the blockbuster movie, The Martian, based on the 2011 novel by Andy Weir. Beyond the status quo My point is not that...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
... like lunar-manufactured rocket fuel on the commercial market will surface in the future Viewers of the 2015 movie, The Martian, (as adapted from the book by Andy Weir) will be aware of the possibilities of using Mars soil...
January 2019
Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began
... and neutralisers to be shared between the four engines. It was one part of a tale that ended up making three movies in Japan. Fortunately for the Hayabusa2 team, the trip to asteroid Ryugu has been smooth sailing and...
February 2019
The challenge of procreation for future off-world settlers
... close to it - at these colonies, allowing children to grow and develop normally, and adults to maintain their health. Sci-fi movies often solve the problem with ‘graviton generators’ or some other trope not available to us. Soviet scientist and...
