Asni’s Art Blog: Interview with Fractal Artist Johan Andersson
Johan Andersson is a surreal painter and sculptor from Sweden, who became a pioneer in the 3D fractal art world and 3D printed fractals after the discovery of the mandelbulb in 2009.
Lagrangian Points – In Reality and Fiction (Part 1)
Lagrangian points are well known to anybody interested in astronomy or astrophysics. But even if you are not into the science part of SF, chances are you came across them in fiction anyway – because they are quite a […]
Space Shuttle First Flights: Engineering the Onboard Software
By comparison to the Space Shuttle, Apollo was a Model-T Ford – no set of computer-controlled spaceship operations like this had ever been attempted. Nothing that got us to the Moon could be reused here, and so it was discarded.
Asni’s Art Blog: Supernova
The artists who have chosen “Supernova” as their topic, distinctly verge toward the trippy.
The Perfect Science Fiction Formula Forgotten?
Has science disappeared from science fiction?
Arrakis and Single Biome Planets (part 1)
Are single Biome planets feasible? Maybe if you have 45,000 Super Star Destroyers in the garage
Space Shuttle First Flights: “Fly-by-Wire”
During high speed atmospheric flight, the extreme forces buffeting the Space Shuttle produced abrupt, violent oscillations that, left unattended, would cause it to spiral out of control. No human was capable of flying the Shuttle unassisted.
Asni’s Art Blog: Black Hole
Black holes represent a deep seated fear of being sucked into the void, propelled out of existence.
Lost Curiosities: The Disappearing Death Ray
Did Tesla have a death ray? Did the FBI take the plans?
All I Ask is a Tall Ship… and a Window Seat!
What good is traveling through space if you can’t look out the window? A spaceship voyage is no good without a window to look out of.
If Space Doesn’t Work This Way, Try With the Death Star
Why spend countless taxpayer dollars on a Death Star with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship? Why, indeed.
Space Shuttle First Flights: Onboard Computers (Shuttle vs. Apollo)
The Space Shuttle’s onboard computer system alone weighed more than the entire Apollo Command Module.
I Don’t Want to be Teleported!
I don’t want to be teleported. Oh, I know it is the ultimate science fiction method of travel and that it has been employed regularly by the crew of the Starship Enterprise among others. I […]
Watch Out Mars, Here We Come
The spacecraft it is hoped that will take man to Mars has passed its first parachute tests with flying colors. NASA’s Orion spacecraft has been designed to take astronauts to an asteroid, sometime in 2018, […]
I Want To Believe: the “Impossible Space Drive”
“To dream, the impossible dream, to reach the unreachable star…”
Review: New Life and New Civilizations (ed.) Joseph F. Berenato
The history of Star Trek comics. (We’ve got one coming that’s not in the book!)
Rogue Stars in Science and Fiction
Rogue stars are fascinating objects, even though a certain confusion exists about what they are and the way they can interact with our solar system. And SF, while contributing to their popularity, has made things even worse
Space Shuttle First Flights: Why Shuttle Has Wings
An Air Force requirement demanded wings for the Space Shuttle, and that drove everything else about its design. Yet they were never used for that purpose.
Weird Things About the Moon(s)
We see it almost every day and some might think we know all there is to know, but the Moon still has many fascinating secrets to tell.
Lost Curiosities: Babies on Display
In 1909, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition would put babies on display, going so far as to raffle off Ernest, a one-month old orphaned child.
Religious People Talking About Aliens?!
I think it’s a bit unlikely aliens would be that interested in Earth-based religions, but you never know. They’re like, aliens, you know?
Those Black Pits on the Moon
What’s in those black pits they’re finding on the Moon? Could be colonists.
Apollo 11: Man On the Moon – 45 Years Ago Today
Forty five years ago today, the United States landed a man on the Moon and returned him safely to the Earth.
Space Shuttle First Flights: “Space Transportation System”
In spite of having four separate sets of rocket engines, for the entire flight through the atmosphere and landing, the Shuttle Orbiter was simply an unpowered glider.
Asni’s Art Blog: Apocalyptic Space Art
Space art may have started out as a visualization tool for astronomers and physicists, but the artists have turned the scientific concepts into a play with colours and form, which owes more to the abstract painters of the 20th century.
CAITLÍN R. KIERNAN, o excavar en los temores más profundos
A profile of the multi-talented author Caitlin Kiernan.
Tatooine in Real Space
Would there, could there be inhabitable planets with more than one sun, like the iconic Tatooine?
Space Shuttle First Flights: Early Shuttle Designs
The Space Shuttle was immensely different and more complex, in both concept and design, from anything attempted on Apollo.
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