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Stray Hydrogen Atoms Become Deadly for Starships Traveling At Light Speed
Science You guys put up shields, right? Science fiction writers may have to rethink how their starship crews survive travel near or beyond the speed of light. Even the occasional hydrogen atom...
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Japan's IKAROS Successfully Rolls Out First Solar Sail in Space, Prepares For...
Technology It’s sink or sail time for Japan’s IKAROS spacecraft, and according to initial reports from JAXA the unfurling of the first solar sail deployed for actual deep space travel… It’s sink or...
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We Won't Have Enough Power For Interstellar Travel Until At Least 2211,...
Science On the bright side, that's sooner than others suggest Interstellar travel won’t be possible for at least 200 years, according to a former NASA propulsion scientist who has some new...
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Flying Faster Than the Speed of Light Could Create Deadly Explosions on Arrival
Technology Imagine: you’ve traveled all the way across the galaxy to some faraway, potentially life-embracing planet orbiting a faraway star, only to obliterate your destination upon… Imagine: you’ve...
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100-Year Starship Project Forges Ahead With First Round of Funding
Technology An ambitious effort for an interstellar travel planning organization officially kicked off this week, after DARPA awarded $500,000 to form the 100-Year Starship initiative. An ambitious...
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Future Spacecraft Could Protect Crews With Walls Made of Water
Cars Walls of water could protect astronauts from radiation while recycling their bodily waste and purifying the air, under a new NASA concept. The “Water Walls” design takes a… Walls of water could...
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Chuck Berry is gone, but his music is still flying through the cosmos
Space The Voyager spacecraft are bringing “Johnny B. Goode” into deep space The Voyager spacecraft are carrying Berry's music deep into the cosmos. We sure hope aliens love rock and roll. Read on.
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