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Category Archives: Space
Could hypothetical aliens hide from us?
I’ve been reading sci-fi for decades, and yet 10 minutes into an Isaac Arthur video I realise I’m still not thinking BIG enough! Can we hide from alien civilisations? It’s already too late. Forget TV and radio shows. As the … Continue reading
Posted in Futurism / Singularity, Sci-Fi, Space, War
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Elon wins, Zubrin wrong
I recently promoted Robert Zubrin’s critique of the Space X plans for settling Mars. I am now convinced I was wrong. Zubrin attacks the Space X plan in the video below and this article from New Atlantis. But after a fascinating conversation over … Continue reading
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This is my kind of solar!
Hi all, I normally diagnose a fast build out of nuclear power, eventually scaling this up to GenIV breeder reactors like the Integral Fast Reactor or eventually the ultimate waste-eating reactor, the Molten Salt Reactor. (The IFR is a GREAT and … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear, Renewable energy, Space, Uncategorized
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Hydrogen gun to shoot stuff into space: CHEAP!
John Hunter of Quicklaunch is interviewed by Sander Olson.
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Stephen Hawking overstating it slightly
This is not a Christian explanation of why Hawking is wrong, but a scientific explanation. Now, Hawking is telling us that unconfirmable M-theory plus the anthropic tautology represents the end of that quest. If we believe him, the joke’s on … Continue reading
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Torus space station
Click here for a really cool illustration of a torus.
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Sun blasting electricity grids would be ‘bad’
SCIAM is again repeating the fact that a good enough solar storm could help delay global warming… by crashing the economic activity and power grids that cause it! “If the world’s transformers are destroyed, you can’t just buy new ones … Continue reading
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