Category Archives: Space

Elon wins, Zubrin wrong

Posted on 28 March, 2017 by

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!

Posted on 17 March, 2017 by

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 →

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Hydrogen gun to shoot stuff into space: CHEAP!

Posted on 23 September, 2010 by

John Hunter of Quicklaunch is interviewed by Sander Olson.

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Torus space station

Posted on 17 August, 2010 by

Click here for a really cool illustration of a torus.

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Sun blasting electricity grids would be ‘bad’

Posted on 16 April, 2010 by

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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Pyxidis supernovae not the end of the world… yet.

Posted on 8 January, 2010 by

The concluding paragraph indicates that we may just have time to get through global warming and peak oil first before our great grandchildren start the trip into space to build some giant “sun-shades” around the earth. 😉 It sounds scary … Continue reading →

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"Spaceguard" for the Southern Hemisphere by a different name?

Posted on 26 May, 2009 by

Hi all,this ABC news story was a bit of a relief. Not that I stay awake at night worrying about a “Deep Impact” from the Southern Skies, but is is annoying how long we’ve effectively been blind to half the … Continue reading →

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