Hang on, I think I’ve seen this before…
Oh.
Not such a great idea, then, to send them on an interstellar cruise…
Water Bears in Space! Uh. Again.
November 12, 2021
Warp drives, wormholes, and FTL: oh, my
May 20, 2021
This is a neat summary of the current state of faster-than-light (FTL) theories. (From April 27, 2021).
As the author concludes in the words of Captain Picard, “Things are only impossible until they are not.”
https://astronomy.com/news/2021/04/warp-drives-physicists-investigate-faster-than-light-space-travel
Japan to test flying cars
February 12, 2021
All-civilian space flight? Uh. Don’t sign me up.
February 1, 2021
OK, hands up who thinks this is a really super dumb and risky idea but isn’t terribly surprised by the super dumb and risky things Musk continually blurts out? 🤷♂️
Six Space Events to Look Forward To in 2021
January 5, 2021
And it comes from a travel mag. Talk about confidence!
https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/space-astronomy/space-missions-2021
“Beaver Moon” lunar eclipse, if you can stay awake long enough…
November 25, 2020
Visible from the Americas, Australia and Asia, the “Beaver Moon” will pass through Earth’s outer shadow (penumbra) at 07:32 Universal Time, causing a slight penumbral lunar eclipse that will see 83% of the Moon visibly darken at 9:42 Universal Time…
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2020/11/22/the-moon-meets-mars-and-the-seven-sister-stars-what-you-can-see-in-the-night-sky-this-week/?utm_medium=40digest.intl.carousel&utm_source=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=campaign&sh=292a554e7c36
OK, I give up. “Universal Time”?
Continue ReadingHappy (Belated!) New Year’s 2020!
January 4, 2020
Hi, everyone. I guess I should have planned a little better — should have written a “new year’s post” and then saved it before the holiday season began, scheduled the post, and then enjoyed overeating, overdrinking, and sleeping in.
Except of course that’s not what actually happened. Continue Reading
Richard Branson, Star Trek: Enterprise Called. They Want their Uniforms Back
October 18, 2019
Actually, when I first read the real article title, I thought it said “space underwear.”
Under armour. Private space wear.
Seriously, is he getting ready for Space Reality TV or what?
hypebeast.com/2019/10/virgin-galactic-under-armour-private-astronauts-spacewear-news
Have Gravity Link Spaceship, Will Travel?
October 16, 2019
Youtuber smallstars has proposed a concept that he calls the Gravity Link Starship (GLS), a variation of SpaceX’s Starshipthat will be able to provide its own artificial gravity.
Hm, I guess we’re at the point where YouTubers have better ideas than NASA…
But who pays for this? is the several billion dollar question. Not just the construction of the “hub and truss” system, but the expense of getting it into space in the first place.
Seems like science fiction at this point. But still worth a read/look:
www.universetoday.com/143368/real-artificial-gravity-for-spacexs-starship/
Super-Earth! Um. Yay?
August 3, 2019
After completing its first year of observations in the southern sky, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has spotted some intriguing new exoplanets only 31 light-years away from Earth.
Um. “Only” 31 light years.
One planet is 22% larger than Earth, has a surface average of around 490ºF, and a year of just under 4 days.
Another is more than 6 times the size of Earth, is a balmy -64ºF, and a year of about 56 days.
But has liquid, and so might have life.
Don’t pack your bags yet….
— Read on www.cnn.com/2019/08/01/world/tess-nearby-super-earth-scn-trnd/index.html
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