space colony
Episode 69 - Interstellar Consultants
30/09/17 10:11 Filed in: Space
This week I have an interview with astrophysicist Steve Kilston of Interstellar Consultants. One of Steve's projects is a practical and well thought out 500 year plan for building a ship that could take us to another star system. This is not pie-in-the-sky stuff, this is grounded in practical knowledge.
Also, Australia gets its own space agency.
Australian Space Agency
Interstellar Consultants web page
(Interstellar Consultants)
Also, Australia gets its own space agency.
Australian Space Agency
A plan for interstellar travel
Interstellar Consultants web page
(Interstellar Consultants)
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Episode 12 - Space Colonies pt 3 - Cryosleep and Embryonic Space Travellers
06/08/16 10:36 Filed in: Space
In this episode we cover other ways we might travel the vastness of space using cryosleep, hibernation, and genetic manipulation with CRISPR.
Also, Carl Sagan's day job, artificial wombs.
Carl Sagan at Wikipedia
Artificial Wombs
(Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies)
Suspended Animation
Here's a good video on CRISPR. Easy to understand, but still covers the details of how CRISPR works.
Also, Carl Sagan's day job, artificial wombs.
Carl Sagan at Wikipedia
Artificial Wombs
(Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies)
Suspended Animation
Here's a good video on CRISPR. Easy to understand, but still covers the details of how CRISPR works.
Episode 11 - Space Colonies pt 2 - Generation Ships
30/07/16 11:40 Filed in: Space
This week we discuss various ideas, advantages, and challenges of generation ships, the most likely way humans will travel the interstellar vastness short of a breakthrough in warp drives or wormholes.
In the news: more octopi, graphene. Also, be better today than you were yesterday.
News:
Armored octopus:
Octopus armor
2d materials
(Image: REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado)
Generation Ships
(Artist’s concept of an interstellar craft equipped with an EM Drive. Credit: NASA Spaceflight Center)
Links on generation ships and interstellar travel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_ship
http://www.universetoday.com/15403/how-long-would-it-take-to-travel-to-the-nearest-star/
http://www.orbitalvector.com/Interstellar%20Flight/Generation%20Ships/Generation%20Ships.htm
In the news: more octopi, graphene. Also, be better today than you were yesterday.
News:
Armored octopus:
Octopus armor
2d materials
(Image: REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado)
Generation Ships
(Artist’s concept of an interstellar craft equipped with an EM Drive. Credit: NASA Spaceflight Center)
Links on generation ships and interstellar travel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_ship
http://www.universetoday.com/15403/how-long-would-it-take-to-travel-to-the-nearest-star/
http://www.orbitalvector.com/Interstellar%20Flight/Generation%20Ships/Generation%20Ships.htm
Episode 10 - Space Colonies pt 1
24/07/16 10:21 Filed in: Space
In this first of I don't know how many parts, we take a look at some of the proposed designs for large space stations, as well as some of the hazards of living in space long-term. I also ruminate on the size of the universe
In the news: new brain maps and no love for a unifying theory of everything.
Notes and links:
Brain Maps
No theory of everything yet
Info on large space stations and their technology. And several depictions of these stations, among my favorite kind of sci-fi art.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Neill_cylinder
http://www.orbitalvector.com/Interstellar%20Flight/Generation%20Ships/Generation%20Ships.htm
http://www.adl.gatech.edu/research/tff/radiation_shield.html
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/24jun_electrostatics/
In the news: new brain maps and no love for a unifying theory of everything.
Notes and links:
Brain Maps
No theory of everything yet
Info on large space stations and their technology. And several depictions of these stations, among my favorite kind of sci-fi art.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Neill_cylinder
http://www.orbitalvector.com/Interstellar%20Flight/Generation%20Ships/Generation%20Ships.htm
http://www.adl.gatech.edu/research/tff/radiation_shield.html
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/24jun_electrostatics/