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A Couple of Notes About the Artemis Project
Read more: A Couple of Notes About the Artemis ProjectI just have a couple of comments to make about the Artemis project that NASA has developed to return astronauts to the surface of the moon. First, humans haven’t been to the moon since the Apollo program was shut down prematurely in 1972 after Apollo 17 returned. There were three more Apollo flights scheduled (they…
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Real Time
Read more: Real TimeAs the title of this post says, I’m talking about “real time.” It’s a term used to refer to something that takes place immediately. It takes place so fast you can see and hear it happening with no perceptible lag in time between the occurrence and the recognition of that occurrence. My dictionary defines it…
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Beauty In Outer Space
Read more: Beauty In Outer SpaceOne of my three science fiction novels is about a group of explorers who land on a distant planet in an attempt to see if it could be colonized by people of their civilization. Many things go wrong on that planet, and that leads most of the group to consider it as dangerous and unattractive, a place to…
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The Martian
Read more: The MartianI went to see the movie “The Martian” about a week ago and was impressed. I thought it well done, well-acted within limits, and all around a good show. I’m not ready to add it to my list of favorite movies (which you can access on this blogsite), but I liked it. Some reviewers have said they…
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The One-Way Trip
Read more: The One-Way TripThere’s a Dutch nonprofit corporation called Mars One which has put forward a plan to send a team of humans to Mars in or around 2025. The trip is a one-way affair: you go there and don’t come back. It’s an audacious plan, granted, and seems to be, at this stage of the game, well…