Seeking Out New Homes On New Worlds
Nov 20, 2009
Two hundred years after the first man and woman graced the plains of Mars, humanity is still isolated to just one star system. Despite an intense campaign by the Alpha Centauri Society, humans overall have little desire to travel between stars due to cost and technology. Although this rowdy species has yet to claim their interstellar inheritence, they have...
Jul 11, 2007
When a person thinks of the future of space, one often imagines rockets buzzing across our star system at incredible speeds, space stations thriving in the vacuum of space or solar cities gracing the surfaces of foreign moons and planets. But while all of these things may come to pass (perhaps even a space elevator or two) the future reality is that there are...
Jun 27, 2007
(Image: Japanese robot venture Squse President Mikio Shimizu, Credit: Space Daily) Japan, probably the worlds undisputed king of robotic technology (or at least the nation with greatest recognition in the field) had released a robotic hand prototype that looks “almost human.” (Space Daily) A Japanese robot maker on Tuesday unveiled what it called...
Jun 20, 2007
A thousand years from now when our species has begun to conquer other star systems (after colonizing our own of course), who will be some of the individuals who will go down in solar history? While most of history has yet to be written, our future descendants may find themselves whining about memorizing the names from the “Early Space Renaissance” of...
Jun 14, 2007
(Image Credit: Physorg.com) The seventh Carnival of Space is up over at Star Stryder with various posts by other space geeks. Some really interesting highlights included: Alan Boyle discusses the potential of space diving, which is like sky diving, except much, much higher. Dan Rankin rebukes space scientists for ignoring the potential resources of Mars today...
Jun 7, 2007
The eagle and the dragonWere racing towards the skyTo be the first to buildA lunar nest so very high The eagle arrived firstBut the moon the dragon claimedBecause the eagle could not landFor one of his legs was lame ~Darnell Clayton, 2007 Although this current space race is still too early to call, China and the United States are clearly the front runners in...
Jun 6, 2007
(Image: From Aliens the movie, Credit: MovieVillians.com)When one often thinks of space, images of lunar and Martian colonies come to mind, often with people (and children) floating around in micro gravity, glimpsing the heavens in a new light that would make even Galileo envious. But when it comes to realities of living in the cosmos, we must realize that...
May 23, 2007
(Image Credit: Popular Science, Aviation Space) Of all the worlds ever graced by science fiction, Mars is second to only Earth in honorable mentions. Previously imagined in the past to harbor advanced civilizations, many space enthusiasts today now seek to not only visit Mars, but to transform this rusty world into a second Earth. Although having a second home...