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  • Space elevators – for Mars

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/flyingsinger/471698669 Space elevators aren’t just for Earth. The possibility of a space elevator on Mars has been around for a few years, with various academics and science fiction authors covering the concept. There are different problems with the Martian space elevator – due to its satellites, Phobos and Deimos, as their orbits would intersect with…

  • Space-Based Solar Power

    Another amazing concept, like space elevators, with a long pedigree in science fiction and scientific speculation. From Isaac Asimov’s 1941 short story, Reason, to Gerard K O’Neil’s The High Frontier, space-based solar power satellites provide the emotional drivers and scientific background that can’t be kept down. The University of Southampton’s recent exciting new publication, Space…

  • Space elevators

    Who doesn’t love the concept of a space elevator?! Simple and cheap access to space – and eco-friendly. Once built its self-sustaining. Once the investment is made, everything else is free (or virtually)! Interest in space elevators is growing – see this article from 2021 and this opinion piece from Scientific American. The British Interplanetary…

  • Do you know the name of Earth’s closest star?

    What are stars? Read on to find out

  • “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.”

    Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

  • “The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”

    ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos So many quotes to choose from, so much insight. Stargazing is the gateway to astronomy, whether amateur or professional: “It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world.…