April 2025
Space Elevators - a role in planetary defence?
...km (Figure 2). Figure 2: Relative Speeds Space Elevators. The science fiction author Arthur C Clarke imagined the space elevator as a bridge... 170,000 tonnes/year to GEO and beyond. Science fiction author Arthur C Clarke imagined the space elevator as...
19 April 2024
A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars
... all the usual suspects - rockets, light and fusion. The final chapter, entitled “Scientific speculation and science fiction” does what you’d expect and goes the extra mile to discuss space warps, wormholes and suspended...
March 2016
Saving Earth from an Expanding Sun
... not too soon to be thinking - even if just in science fictional terms for no other reason than it’s good to develop the ...include ‘The Postman’, ‘Earth’‘and ‘Existence’. His non-fiction book about the information age is ‘The Transparent Society’. An...
20 October 2016
Asgardia: The New Space Nation
... project only builds upon existing competencies and that is what takes the project out of the realm of science fiction into reality. At the very least, it provides an alternate platform for human survival in case of an earthly catastrophe. The...
29 March 2018
The Impact of Discovering Life Beyond Earth
... the situation perfectly in his opening paragraph: “The search for life in the Universe, once the domain of science fiction, is now a robust research program with a well-defined roadmap, from studying the extremes of life on Earth to exploring...
11 January 2016
Space Rock Legend David Bowie Dies Aged 69
... was characterized by slow, lengthy instrumental passages dominated by electronic organs, synthesizers, experimental guitar work and science fiction or outer-space related lyrics. Bowie's “Space Oddity” is one of the most famous examples of a space...
