Science – SciFiction

A (Nuclear) Fusion Future? Closer Than You Think

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 Kieran Burt 187 ViewsEnergy, Fusion, Future, futurism, Lasers, news, Nuclear, Power, science 4 min read

By Kieran Burt. In December 2022, the head of the US Department of Energy announced that a fusion reaction that

Orion touches down on Earth

December 12, 2022January 19, 2023 Kieran Burt 175 ViewsArtemis 1, Artemis Program, down, Earth, Mission, Moon, NASA, news, Orion, space, Spacecraft, touches 2 min read

By Kieran Burt. On 11 December 2022, Orion splashed down in Pacific ocean, and completed its 25 day mission to

NASA Launches Artemis 1 Rocket

November 17, 2022January 19, 2023 Kieran Burt 199 ViewsArtemis 1, Artemis Program, Launches, Lunar, Moon, NASA, news, Orion capsule, Rocket, SLS, space, Space Launch System, Spacecraft 2 min read

By Kieran Burt. NASA launched its most powerful rocket into space on November 16, after three previous failed launch attempts.

NASA to launch the next generation of manned space exploration with Artemis 1

August 26, 2022 Owen Cotter 270 ViewsArtemis 1, Artemis Program, Astronauts, Gateway, Launch, Lunar, Mars, Megarocket, Moon, moonbase, NASA, news, Orion capsule, SLS, space, Space Launch System, Spacecraft, spacestation 4 min read

Article by Kieran Burt. A large part of science fiction finds authors and audiences alike looking to the stars, dreaming

Artemis 1 SLS Rocket and crew vehicle Orion closer to launch

July 7, 2022January 22, 2023 Kieran Burt 309 ViewsArtemis 1, Artemis Program, Astronauts, colonization, exploration, Humanity, Launch, Lunar, Moon, moonbase, NASA, news, Orion capsule, Rocket, SLS, Spacecraft, updates 2 min read

Article by Owen Cotter. Instagram @OwenCCotter It’s been fifty years since humanity has traveled to our closest satellite the Moon.

ESA Mars Express orbiter finally gets a software upgrade, 19 years later

July 2, 2022July 14, 2022 Owen Cotter 142 ViewsCarlo Nenna, data, ESA, Mars Express Orbiter, MARSIS, Microsoft, outdated, science, software, space, Spacecraft, system, tech, update, upgrade, Windows 98 1 min read

The software was originally designed over 20 years ago based on the now-outdated Microsoft system “We faced a number of

Future of Lunar Colonization

April 14, 2022July 14, 2022 Owen Cotter 134 ViewsAstronauts, colonization, colony, Energy, engineering, exploration, Future, futurism, Lunar, Lunar Lander, Moon, moonbase, regolith, science, space, Spacecraft, tech 3 min read

Establishing a colony on the moon would force scientists and engineers to solve extremely complex design problems but would open

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(EXCLUSIVE) Interview with actor/director/astronomer Tim Russ

April 9, 2022July 14, 2022 Owen Cotter 112 ViewsActor, Asteroids, Astronomy, Comet, convention, CyPhaCon, Deep Space, Exoplanets, fundraising, Griffith Observatory, Imaging, interview, Los Angeles Astronomical Society, media, NASA, Objects, Planetary Society, podcast, projects, scifi, space, star trek, Star trek Voyager, Stargazing, tech, Telescope, Tim Russ, Transits, Unistellar, Unistellar EV, Visual Astronomy 0 min read

In this exclusive episode I talk with Tim Russ.We discuss his passion for astronomy, currentlyTim is working on a project

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What Is a Dyson Sphere and Can We Ever Build One ?

March 18, 2022July 14, 2022 Owen Cotter 155 Viewscolonization, construction, Dyson Sphere, Freeman Dyson, futurism, habitat, megastructure, science, space, sun 3 min read

Dyson spheres may be unrealistic right now, but they’re likely coming in the next few hundred years. A Dyson sphere

APOLLO 10½: A SPACE AGE CHILDHOOD OFFICIAL TRAILER

March 9, 2022July 14, 2022 Owen Cotter 115 Viewsanimation, APOLLO 10½: A SPACE AGE CHILDHOOD, exploration, film, Jack Black, movies, NASA, Netflix, official, Richard Linklater, scifi, space, space age, stories, tale, trailer, Zachary Levi 1 min read

Linklater’s Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood debuts at SXSW this month, on March 13. It then safely lands at Netflix on

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