High Life Is Grim and Provocative Science Fiction. For more than 40 years, any filmmaker trying to make a science-fiction film with intellectual depth and without laser guns and bug-eyed-monsters has done so… Looks neat. And “Silent Running” is fabulous, if you haven’t seen it. https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/high-life-is-grim-and-provocative-science-fiction/Content?oid=%5B%2731406050%27%5D
Category Archives: Space Exploration
How Western Science Fiction Didn’t Predict Our Attachment to Opportunity
How Western Science Fiction Didn’t Predict Our Attachment to Opportunity A reader makes connections between Mars rover Oppy (R.I.P.) and how robots are represented in Western science fiction. Our love for robots… esp. the Mars rover, “Opportunity”
China’s blockbuster The Wandering Earth is coming to Netflix
China’s blockbuster The Wandering Earth is coming to Netflix China’s first major science fiction epic has become its second-biggest film release, earning more than $600 million. https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/21/18234819/netflix-the-wandering-earth-china-science-fiction-blockbuster-cixin-liu-film
Check Out The Beautiful Trailer For Chinese Sci-Fi Film ‘The Wandering Earth’
Check Out The Beautiful Trailer For Chinese Sci-Fi Film ‘The Wandering Earth’ When you think of large-scale science-fiction “blockbuster” type movies, the Unites State film market is the clear dominating creative force, followed by several other countries to much lesser degrees. British films come to mind (as do their long-running sci-fi TV counterparts like ‘Doctor Who’ and http://sciencefiction.com/2019/02/04/check-beautiful-trailer-chinese-sci-fi-film-wandering-earth/
Detail from Bruno Munari’s 1962 science fiction panorama, Uomini Sulla Luna, a double-sided fantasy of lunar settlement extending to almost eight feet, accompan…
Detail from Bruno Munari’s 1962 science fiction panorama, Uomini Sulla Luna, a double-sided fantasy of lunar settlement extending to almost eight feet, accompan… b”
Religion and Rocketry: How German Theology and Russian Mysticism Shape Our View of Outer Space
Religion and Rocketry: How German Theology and Russian Mysticism Shape Our View of Outer Space While researching the history of the space program for a previous article, I ran across the phrase “Godspeed.” Uttered spontaneously by Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter in the early days of NASA, … https://www.tor.com/2018/11/27/religion-and-rocketry-how-german-theology-and-russian-mysticism-shape-our-view-of-outer-space/?utm_source=%5B%27exacttarget%27%5D&utm_medium=%5B%27newsletter%27%5D&utm_term=%5B%27tordotcom-tordotcomnewsletter%27%5D&utm_content=%5B%27na-readblog-blogpost%27%5D&utm_campaign=%5B%27tor%27%5D
Age of the Universe
A new way to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity could imply that the age of the universe is infinite, and that there was no true Big Bang that started it all. What?? Space.com
What would it take to green the red planet?
What would it take to green the red planet? For starters, a massive amount of global warming. Short article from National Geographic about terraforming Mars. The ideas seem cool (too cool to be true?) I just wish the timeline was shorter.
“We will start inhabiting outer space”
“We will start inhabiting outer space,” says NASA crew commander Angelo Vermeulen. “It might take 50 years or it might take 500 years, but it’s going to happen.” In this charming talk, the TED Senior Fellow describes some of his official work to make sure humans are prepared for life in deep space .… https://www.ted.com/talks/angelo_vermeulen_how_to_go_to_space_without_having_to_go_to_space
The African nation of Zambia had spaceflight aspirations, and although fascinating, had limited success.
The African nation of Zambia had spaceflight aspirations, and although fascinating, had limited success. I found this interesting article while doing research about my country, Zambia. It looks like the U.S. and USSR were not the only countries interested in space travel. A elementary school science teacher set up a space program in Zambia and hoped to send his students to the Moon and Mars!