The Space Economy by Planetary Resources
As we are all aware, the resources upon planet earth are finite and as a consequence, they're dangerously desirable. The rarity of all these precious metals and valuable elements is something that has caused countless »
Behind the Moon, Inside Apollo: Profile of a Rocket Scientist
Neil Armstrong's boot dented the surface of the Moon at 10:56 p.m. on July 20th, 1969. It was a feat repeated eleven times over the next three years, then never »
Our Planetary Universe
Yesterday, the Kepler mission announced that it has found over 1,200 new planets, including 54 in the 'habitable zone'. Hal Hodson caught up with Sara Seager, a prominent member of the Kepler team who, among other things, looks for the traces of life in the »
The Two Futures Of Modern Thought
Conversely pessimists (one might argue) believe that man cannot overcome his follies, is doomed to fall, will refuse to learn from his mistakes and in the end will self-destruct, they argue that we need not fear »
H&H: Five Things to Look Forward to in 2050
2. ROOFED CITIES A recent Discovery Channel program proposed the idea of constructing a dome over the city of Houston, Texas as a means of protecting the fourth largest city in the United States from both »
Humanity and Horizon
Surpassing the limitations of our planet and venturing further into space is an essential ingredient to our long-term survival. What is on the Humanity's Horizon?
The Space Economy by Planetary Resources
As we are all aware, the resources upon planet earth are finite and as a consequence, they’re dangerously desirable. The rarity of all these precious metals and valuable elements is something that has caused »
Rohit Talwar: Exo-skeletons
Exo-Skeletons As part of our groundbreaking series Back to the Futurist, we interviewed Rohit Talwar at the Victoria & Albert Museum‘s brilliant ‘Power of Making‘ Exhibition. Using the exhibition as inspiration for our conversation Rohit delved »
The Future of Space Exploration with Lewis Dartnell, Pt .1
I was really excited to talk with Dr. Lewis Dartnell of University College London over Skype for Urban Times‘ first ever podcast. Lewis is a leading »
An All Digital, Deep-Space Voyage
Get ready! We are going again to the Gliese family of exoplanets, and especially Gliese 581g. This is not a deep future program, it is a program that can and should occur within the 21st Century. Visiting an Exoplanet »
The Two Futures Of Modern Thought
An envisioning of the future by modern technologically informed scientifically inspired man has two wildly different visions of an earth to come. One is comprised of the ultimate marriage between nature and science when »
No Place Like Home: A Cosmic Imprint
Source: http://theskymap.com It has been over three centuries since my earliest ancestors from Scotland and Ireland set foot on this continent. Regardless of that time interval I, to this very day, have deep feelings »
Space Exploration Momentum: About Focus and Vitality
“You can actually feel it”. That comment refers, with sadness, to the decline of momentum in NASA’s space exploration programs. The approaching last launch of the space shuttle snaps shut NASA’s only current »
Space Exploration: 2039
It is 2039. The International Space Congress (ISC), has had an active Mars outpost for 10 years. The reports that have been coming back fully support the dismal fact that Mars is not nor will ever be a hospitable planet for large-scale colonization. Its »
The Hope Of A Shuttle Launch
Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of six astronauts launched Monday, May 16, 2011, at 8:56 a.m. EDT on a mission to the International Space Station. This was the last mission of Endeavour. Endeavour carried the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and a pallet loaded with »
Simulated Mars Mission Reaches Halfway Point with Three Surface Walks
A simulated space flight has ‘landed’ on Mars. The volunteer astronauts have taken several mock space walks in full space regalia on a replica surface of »