RECAP: Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
A look at the introductory episode of COSMOS: A Spacetime Odyssey.
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The Top Ten Greatest Spaceships of All Time
A list of the top ten greatest spaceships of all time, following some rules, of course.
Flags On The Moon: Apollo 15 (Moon Landing Hoax?)
NASA faked the Apollo Moon landings? No dogma is more unyielding than one founded on ignorance and arrogance
Muslims Forbidden To Go To Mars
Believe it or not, a fatwa has been issued barring Muslims from participating in the Mars One program. Mike gives us the details.
Flags On The Moon: Apollo 14 (An Impressive 6-Iron)
There were several notable achievements of the Apollo 14 Moon Mission. One that was abetted by the free time gained using the new flag design was that Alan Shepard became the first golfer on the Moon.
Look! Up in the Sky! It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s….
Steve discusses both super and non-super flying heroes – Commando Cody, Captain Marvel and Superman. Who didn’t want a rocket pack when they were growing up? Towels worn as capes just don’t seem to be able to get the job done!
Flags On The Moon: Apollo 12 (“Need To Jury Rig”)
Apollo 12, the second lunar landing mission, was snakebit from the outset. The crew’s problems continued with their attempt to raise the American flag on the Moon.
Asni’s Art Blog: Time Artefacts
Steampunk has brought a fascination with the elaborate mechanisms and ostentatious casings of old clocks. Time measuring and time traveling devices.
Through Alien Eyes
New app technologies are expanding the range of human senses, Mike Brotherton wants to expand his.
Flags On The Moon: Apollo 11 (Rocket Science Required)
Apollo 11 was the first of six Apollo spacecraft to land on the Moon. A total of twelve men walked on her surface, and every crew planted an American flag at their landing site. Each flag has a story to tell.
Flags On The Moon: Program Apollo (Who Owns The Moon?)
Today, if they think about it at all, most Americans take for granted that the Apollo astronauts planted American flags on the Moon. That wasn’t always the plan.
The Apollo Program, A Personal Journal: Reality Votes Last
A complex system like Apollo or Space Shuttle is impersonal, amoral. It is indifferent to human objectives, human aspirations, or human lives. Like reality itself, it moves only to its internal agenda.
The Apollo Program, A Personal Journal: Apollo 13 (Part 3: Splashdown)
If you know your history, or if you’ve watched the movie Apollo 13, you have an advantage those of us working on that mission didn’t. You know how it came out.
The Apollo Program, A Personal Journal: Apollo 13 (Part 2: Reentry Blackout)
I was young and hadn’t experienced a crushing reversal at the hands of an impersonal universe. More were to come my way, but on that day, Apollo 13 was enough.
The Wolverine has come to your TV and your phone
We seem to keep getting lucky here in the UK. We got to see Thor 2 ahead of the US, and now we’ve gotten The Wolverine on DVD and Blu-Ray first, too.
The Apollo Program, A Personal Journal: Apollo 13 (Part 1: The Explosion)
The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster demonstrated the hazard of reentering the atmosphere with a damaged heat shield. During my support of Apollo 13, that was the goblin hiding under my bed.
Omnivores In Space
when I read, I notice what people are eating. This is one of those little clues that can tell you a lot about how a fictional world is constructed and how its author sees it.
The Apollo Program, A Personal Journal: Interest Fades
Public and Congressional support for Program Apollo waned after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. My company handed out layoff notices before Apollo 11 splashed down.
The Myth of Science: Rewind
The Greek philosopher Socrates spoke frequently about wisdom and understanding. While there is some debate as to his actual quote, the summary is as follows: One cannot know anything with absolute certainty but can feel confident about certain things.
The Apollo Program, A Personal Journal: Apollo 11
There’s nothing quite like having Walter Cronkite narrate live on national TV how well you did your job on Apollo, especially on the day that Neil Armstrong was coming back from the Moon.
DNA Tattoos = Dattoos
When I was coming up, the only people who got tattoos were bikers, prisoners, or gang members. Of course, times have changed. It seems everyone has a tattoo now. And even my 15-year-old daughter wants one (Me: “Uh, no.”) But…I almost have to say yes to a dattoo. What is a dattoo, you ask? Read on…
Gravity and the Issue of Art vs. Science
I saw the visually stunning movie Gravity last week and overall enjoyed it very much.
The Apollo Program, A Personal Journal: Briefing The Crew
I was pretty proud of myself by then. Barely three years out of school and here I was teaching the Apollo astronauts how to pilot their spacecraft, for God’s sake. As I was to discover many times over in my career, smugness invites its own reward. This one arrived while I was briefing an Apollo astronaut for an upcoming mission.
Why Doesn’t Science Fiction Care About the Threat of Nuclear Apocalypse Anymore?
Nuclear weapons, of course, are another story. The book you should be reading right now, if you care even a little bit about, er, not getting mushroom-clouded or dying a horrible death from nuclear fallout, is Command and Control, by Eric Schlosser.
Good Versus Evil
Welcome internet traveler. I will be stockpiling neatly organized bits into a collective known as a blog along this portion of your journey. Do not fear for your personal safety, as I will take great […]
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R.K. Troughton works as an engineer, developing tomorrow’s high-tech gadgets that protect you from the forces of evil as well as assist your doctor in piecing you back together. His passion for science fiction and fantasy has been fed through decades of consumption. He is the author of numerous science fiction and fantasy screenplays and short stories, and his debut novel is forthcoming. His articles appear every Wednesday morning on Amazing Stories.
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