Category Archives: Technology

A Hundred Million to Burn

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

If I had a hundred million dollars to spend, would I spend it on a trip around the moon? My gut reaction is to shout, “you bet.” Space Adventures, the same company which has sent several people on vacations aboard … Continue reading →

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Warp Drive

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

I am a science fiction fan. Since I was in third grade, I’ve been reading science fiction books and stories and they continue to dominate my leisure time reading. Certainly I read some other sorts of things, ranging from theology … Continue reading →

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Remembering Apollo

Posted on September 1, 2012 by

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Space Today

Posted on August 26, 2012 by

With the death of Neal Armstrong on Saturday, August 25, 2012, some may look back at his monumental feat, and then turn to the present and think that the human race has lost its way space. Not quite. In June, … Continue reading →

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The Future

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

The future as envisioned in childhood has not exactly come to pass. I watched the Jetsons, I enjoyed Lost in Space. The Wonderful World of Disney, and a visit to Disneyland inspired visions of wonder. I particularly enjoyed the Carousel … Continue reading →

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Curiosity Rover

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

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Landing on Mars

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

JPL has created this nice video combining the animation of the landing of Curiosity with the video of the engineers and scientists at JPL in the control room while the landing was actually happening, announcing it step by step. Send … Continue reading →

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Skyshore

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

The opening paragraphs of another science fiction novel that I’m almost done writing (the first draft, that is): Chapter One Malissa Ann Jennings flapped her hands and shook her head, revealing with the shake twin white cords that dangled from … Continue reading →

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Dream

Posted on July 29, 2012 by

On May 25, 1961, before a special joint session of the congress, President Kennedy said, “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and … Continue reading →

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GPS

Posted on July 18, 2012 by

In the third Indiana Jones movie, 1989’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones comments that his friend Marcus Brody “gets lost in his own museum.” That bears an uncomfortable resemblance to me, although I have yet to get … Continue reading →

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