Archives: Space

Space, the final frontier. If humans are going to become a multi-planet species for the sake of our long term survival, we need to understand space, how to travel through it, and settle on other worlds. To boldly go where no one has gone before.

Blog: Astronomical Unit Quietly Corrected

Well… We have a new number for the Astronomical Unit, the distance between Earth and the Sun. But in the long run, how will this effect anything?

October 3, 2012 – 2:44 pm | By Colin Andrew Ferm | Posted in Blog | Tagged , | Comments Off

Blog: A Lunar Supercomputer?

A USC graduate student has made a proposal to place a super computer on the moon to handle data processing and communications with our probes around the solar system. But is putting it on the moon really the best option?

October 2, 2012 – 9:37 am | By Colin Andrew Ferm | Posted in Blog | Tagged , , | Comments Off

Blog: Property Rights In Space

James Cameron and a few other underachievers have announced plans to mine asteroids in space. But the state of property law in space is… up in the air. How would you encourage space entrepreneurship?

May 1, 2012 – 11:33 am | By Colin Andrew Ferm | Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

Blog: The Amazing Sights From Space

It’s nice to be reminded from time to time that beyond all the storytelling elements about space, space itself is pretty damned impressive.

April 18, 2012 – 8:00 am | By Colin Andrew Ferm | Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

Blog: Tardigrades. Nature’s Astronauts?

Technologist and Storyteller Mark Harris takes a look at a kind of microscopic life form that might just be cut out to be the real interplanetary explorers. Certainly a better natural fit for the job than humans are.

April 17, 2012 – 8:00 am | By Mark Harris | Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , | Comments Off