October 2017
The sci-fi noir world of Blade Runner
...rest flowed naturally. The movie comes a few years after Scott’s other sci-fi masterpiece, Alien. He develops, in Blade Runner, a similar neo... is, we might never have to face these issues. Sci-fi writers could not anticipate that robots which are too ...
05 April 2019
Hayabusa2 probe 'bombs' asteroid to create a crater
...dropped. The explosive device, called the Small Carry-on Impactor (SCI), is a 14 kilogram conical container packed with plastic explosive...2 kilometres per second (4,500 miles per hour). The SCI was one of several deployable modules carried to Ryugu by...
November 2018
Creating the ‘Space for Art Foundation’
... wonderful intersection between science and art. The title of the column was a way to capture these space sci-art subjects but was also very personal for me as I was having my own ‘space for art’ transition...
13 September 2015
Back to the future: SpaceX presents Crew Dragon interior
Crew Dragon is not yet ready to carry people – but it’s getting there. And its interior design is delightfully sci fi-like. Space-related design is associated with futuristic sleekness, and Crew Dragon, its interior design newly ...
February 2017
Growing space agency dilemma
...and accurate information about cosmic hazards In Arthur C. Clarke’s classic sci-fi novel Rendezvous with Rama, Earth space leaders finally wise up ... save Earth from the fate of the dinosaurs. Sci-Fi writer Larry Niven’s famous quote from decades ago...
January 2019
Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began
... return to Earth and also drop a small carry-on impactor (SCI) to generate an artificial crater to expose subsurface material. In ...In addition to gathering material, Hayabusa2 will also drop the SCI. This 2 kg copper impactor will strike the asteroid ...
