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NASA Nukeships for OffWorld Exploration?

NASA is looking at bringing nuclear power to other planets.  It's an intelligent option, perfectly suited to off-world exploration, and is being rigorously tested - so look forward to headlines screaming "NASA NUKING SPACE SHOCKER OUTRAGE!"

Is a Dark-Energy Fueled Spaceship Possible?

The internet was amazed by images of the world's first warpship recently, and if you're wondering how science got past the fiction so quickly, remember how Leonardo is credited with inventing the helicopter?  Despite not knowing any of the relevant aerodynamics, physics, engineering, or having any of the required skills other than "able to draw a pretty picture"?  It's the same deal.

The internet was amazed by images of the world's first warpship recently, and if you're wondering how science got past the fiction so quickly, remember how Leonardo is credited with inventing the helicopter?  Despite not knowing any of the relevant aerodynamics, physics, engineering, or having any of the required skills other than "able to draw a pretty picture"?  It's the same deal.

VASIMR Trumps Star Trek? Ion Drive Aiming At Mars

Nuclear-powered plasma drives carrying men to Mars - the fact we can say that as a future instead of fiction makes us so happy!  Tests on a new kind of ion drive establish that's already applicable to orbital operations, and could be the breakthrough that blasts us to the next planet.

The Dark-Energy-Fueled Warp Ship: Possible or a 21st-Century Da Vinci "Helicopter"?

The internet was amazed by images of the world's first warpship recently, and if you're wondering how science got past the fiction so quickly, remember how Leonardo is credited with inventing the helicopter?  Despite not knowing any of the relevant aerodynamics, physics, engineering, or having any of the required skills other than "able to draw a pretty picture"?  It's the same deal.

Space Zen: Will Humans' Brains Change During Travel in Outer Space? -A Galaxy Insight

In February, 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell experienced the little understood phenomenon sometimes called the “Overview Effect”. He describes being completely engulfed by a profound sense of universal connectedness. Without warning, he says, a feeing of bliss, timelessness, and connectedness began to overwhelm him. He describes becoming instantly and profoundly aware that each of his constituent atoms were connected to the fragile planet he saw in the window and to every other atom in the Universe. He described experiencing an intense awareness that Earth, with its humans, other animal species, and systems were all one synergistic whole. He says the feeling that rushed over him was a sense of interconnected euphoria. He was not the first—nor the last—to experience this strange “cosmic connection”.

Star Trek's Warp Speed -Expert Says It May Become a Reality

Some scientists are saying that warp drive might be possible after all.  Yes, it's obvious pandering to the Star Trek release, but be fair: these guys are career physicists.  Star Trek was theirs to begin with, and now it's cool we should at least give them press.  Especially when they want to talk about awesome things like faster than light travel.

Is Space Travel the Next Step in Human Evolution? -A Galaxy Insight

Increasingly, advocates of space exploration believe leaving the planet is the natural next step of human evolution. They hope this will lead to a shift in human consciousness from an earth-centered frame of reference to one centered on the solar system and, eventually, the entire galaxy.

How Will a Manned Mars Mission Impact the Human Psyche?

Not surprisingly, coverage of the Mars lander that successfully touched down on Mars’ surface this summer, and its apparent discovery of ice underneath its landing site, sent the media in to a Mars craze. Not to be left out, we’ve decided to take a look at another aspect of humanities journey to Mars, its impact on the human psyche.

SpaceX Shoots for the Stars and Trips Over the Mesosphere

In a classic example of unintended consequences, the Space X guys pioneers  scattered Scotty's ashes -as in, "beam me up, Scotty" actor James Doohan of the Star Trek the Original Series - over the Pacific Ocean.  Doohan was one of the 208 people whose ashes were placed on board the Falcon 1 rocket by Celestis, Inc., a company that arranges for loved ones' ashes to be shot into space. Astronaut Gordon Cooper was also aboard the doomed launch, which Celestis had named the "Explorer's Flight"  -irony not intended, which as the New York Times observed this morning, the Celestis web page reported that "the Explorer's Flight mission appears not to have reached orbit tonight."

The 11th Dimension -Could a Warp Drive Engine Travel Faster Than Light?

It is possible to travel faster than light; the catch is that you just wouldn't travel faster than light and the total mass/energy contained in the planet Jupiter would be needed to propel a starship the size of the Enterprise to beyond the speed of light. That's a lot of dilithium crystals!

Two Baylor University physicists believe that if the 11th dimension could be shrunk behind a spaceship it would create a bubble of dark energy, the same dark energy that is causing the universe to speed up as time goes on. Expanding the 11th dimension in front of the ship would eventually cause it to decrease, although two separate steps are required. One slight problem though is exactly how the 11th dimension would be expanded and shrunk is still unknown.

NASA Nukeships for OffWorld Exploration?

NASA is looking at bringing nuclear power to other planets.  It's an intelligent option, perfectly suited to off-world exploration, and is being rigorously tested - so look forward to headlines screaming "NASA NUKING SPACE SHOCKER OUTRAGE!"

Is a Dark-Energy Fueled Spaceship Possible?

The internet was amazed by images of the world's first warpship recently, and if you're wondering how science got past the fiction so quickly, remember how Leonardo is credited with inventing the helicopter?  Despite not knowing any of the relevant aerodynamics, physics, engineering, or having any of the required skills other than "able to draw a pretty picture"?  It's the same deal.

The internet was amazed by images of the world's first warpship recently, and if you're wondering how science got past the fiction so quickly, remember how Leonardo is credited with inventing the helicopter?  Despite not knowing any of the relevant aerodynamics, physics, engineering, or having any of the required skills other than "able to draw a pretty picture"?  It's the same deal.

VASIMR Trumps Star Trek? Ion Drive Aiming At Mars

Nuclear-powered plasma drives carrying men to Mars - the fact we can say that as a future instead of fiction makes us so happy!  Tests on a new kind of ion drive establish that's already applicable to orbital operations, and could be the breakthrough that blasts us to the next planet.

The Dark-Energy-Fueled Warp Ship: Possible or a 21st-Century Da Vinci "Helicopter"?

The internet was amazed by images of the world's first warpship recently, and if you're wondering how science got past the fiction so quickly, remember how Leonardo is credited with inventing the helicopter?  Despite not knowing any of the relevant aerodynamics, physics, engineering, or having any of the required skills other than "able to draw a pretty picture"?  It's the same deal.

Space Zen: Will Humans' Brains Change During Travel in Outer Space? -A Galaxy Insight

In February, 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell experienced the little understood phenomenon sometimes called the “Overview Effect”. He describes being completely engulfed by a profound sense of universal connectedness. Without warning, he says, a feeing of bliss, timelessness, and connectedness began to overwhelm him. He describes becoming instantly and profoundly aware that each of his constituent atoms were connected to the fragile planet he saw in the window and to every other atom in the Universe. He described experiencing an intense awareness that Earth, with its humans, other animal species, and systems were all one synergistic whole. He says the feeling that rushed over him was a sense of interconnected euphoria. He was not the first—nor the last—to experience this strange “cosmic connection”.

Star Trek's Warp Speed -Expert Says It May Become a Reality

Some scientists are saying that warp drive might be possible after all.  Yes, it's obvious pandering to the Star Trek release, but be fair: these guys are career physicists.  Star Trek was theirs to begin with, and now it's cool we should at least give them press.  Especially when they want to talk about awesome things like faster than light travel.

Is Space Travel the Next Step in Human Evolution? -A Galaxy Insight

Increasingly, advocates of space exploration believe leaving the planet is the natural next step of human evolution. They hope this will lead to a shift in human consciousness from an earth-centered frame of reference to one centered on the solar system and, eventually, the entire galaxy.

How Will a Manned Mars Mission Impact the Human Psyche?

Not surprisingly, coverage of the Mars lander that successfully touched down on Mars’ surface this summer, and its apparent discovery of ice underneath its landing site, sent the media in to a Mars craze. Not to be left out, we’ve decided to take a look at another aspect of humanities journey to Mars, its impact on the human psyche.

SpaceX Shoots for the Stars and Trips Over the Mesosphere

In a classic example of unintended consequences, the Space X guys pioneers  scattered Scotty's ashes -as in, "beam me up, Scotty" actor James Doohan of the Star Trek the Original Series - over the Pacific Ocean.  Doohan was one of the 208 people whose ashes were placed on board the Falcon 1 rocket by Celestis, Inc., a company that arranges for loved ones' ashes to be shot into space. Astronaut Gordon Cooper was also aboard the doomed launch, which Celestis had named the "Explorer's Flight"  -irony not intended, which as the New York Times observed this morning, the Celestis web page reported that "the Explorer's Flight mission appears not to have reached orbit tonight."

The 11th Dimension -Could a Warp Drive Engine Travel Faster Than Light?

It is possible to travel faster than light; the catch is that you just wouldn't travel faster than light and the total mass/energy contained in the planet Jupiter would be needed to propel a starship the size of the Enterprise to beyond the speed of light. That's a lot of dilithium crystals!

Two Baylor University physicists believe that if the 11th dimension could be shrunk behind a spaceship it would create a bubble of dark energy, the same dark energy that is causing the universe to speed up as time goes on. Expanding the 11th dimension in front of the ship would eventually cause it to decrease, although two separate steps are required. One slight problem though is exactly how the 11th dimension would be expanded and shrunk is still unknown.