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The Metaphysics of the Event Horizon

In 1997 cult-classic film Event Horizon, a spacecraft disappears during a test of its revolutionary gravity drive. The film centre...

Can We Terraform Our Way Out of Earth?

Mars has been the spotlight of humanity’s terraforming dreams for decades. But it will take another few more years (or centuries)...

Interstellar Travel in Games and the Scientific Perspective

Space is probably one of the most interesting and popular themes for video games. Especially since the entire industry began with...

From Sci-Fi to Reality: How Close Are We to Calling the Moon Home?

After six Apollo landings, we stopped going. NASA aims to have astronauts living there by the end of this decade. China and Russia...

The Rise of China’s Private Space Industry

Since 2014’s “Document 60,” China has rapidly grown a commercial space ecosystem spanning launch (Landspace, i-Space, Galactic Ene...

How Solar Sails, Aerogel Tiles and Engineered Microbes Could Transform the Red P...

Mars is no longer just a red dot in the night sky; it is a proving ground for our ingenuity. Solar sails promise low‑cost cargo de...

The Rise of On‑Orbit Servicing and Satellite Refueling as a New Space Industry

Looking forward, I think on-orbit servicing will gradually move from niche contracts to an essential utility, just as gas stations...

The HackerNoon Newsletter: Cypherpunks Write Code: Zooko Wilcox Zcash (9/21/202...

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Spacecraft From the 90s, or Why Humanity Uses Last Century's Technology in Space

In “small space”, the priorities are different: low cost, rapid iteration, and the use of CubeSats on Raspberry Pi and Linux conta...

How Science Fiction’s Clarke Belt Became our Geostationary Satellite Reality

Clarke’s ring of satellites became the backbone of global communications and most astronomers and engineers say science fiction wa...

P2P Satellite Networks Invoking Edge-AI and Decentralized Intelligence-: Interne...

Today’s internet wasn’t built for AI. It was built to send emails, browse memes, and binge cat videos in 4K. When autonomous vehic...