August 2018
Flying to the stars
...the received data. Although this might sound like science fiction, a team around Craig Venter, a key figure...: Manned Interstellar Travel,” in Beyond the Boundary: Exploring the Science and Culture of Interstellar Spaceflight, Lulu, 2014, pp. 349–376...
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
...told. So, we went for the thrill, and in the name of science. Our emissaries were heroes, made of the right stuff, and the ...to various forms of the arts, including but not limited to science-fiction. We have only to listen to those people who want to ...
August 2019
The next us – our evolution in deep space
... exploration for nearly a decade. His novels include Young Gods and Dreamside. He’s most recently edited the science fiction anthology Visions of the Future published through Lifeboat Foundation and the anthology Strange California published through...
April 2020
Evolutionary lessons for an interplanetary future
... in optimal conditions it comes out orange. If a similar event happened on Mars, rather than the ‘little green men’ of science fiction, there might be orange-skinned Martians. Marine iguanas have many adaptations for the life aquatic: flattened...
April 2020
Lunar artefact – a time capsule for the future
... in that time capsules are typically gestures of more importance to their planners than the future audience. As science fiction author and astrophysicist Gregory Benford writes, time capsules specifically embody a faith in a future that will care...
August 2020
Revisiting the Drake Equation - a cultural addendum
...Known as the father of SETI science, radio astronomer Frank Drake created ... based was written by Carl Sagan. About the author Savannah Mandel’s love of science fiction and interest in human culture drove her to combine the two passions into a career...
