Instead of retelling a story that is already out there, they tell a story that fills in the gaps, that expands and makes for a richer universe.
Category Archives: Space Science
What’s in a Name? The Power that a Name can Hold
As a fiction writer, I think this important to keep in mind as we name our organizations, and groups, locations and star ships. Those names is determine how our readers perceive them.
The Question of a New Species From Space
Dear Cheap Astronomy – If a human crew left Earth to explore the galaxy and their descendants returned to Earth 100,000 years later, could they still be considered human? (Rene).
Torn about the Moon – On Private Companies in Space
First, I want to say that it is great that private companies are getting involved in space exploration. I personally think that the worlds space administrations have stagnated. They have gotten to a point where they are not doing anything that is going to capture the imagination of the future engineers and scientist they will need to keep their programs running. They, NASA especially, has become a bureaucracy, and no one grows up with the plan to go to work for a bureaucracy. They are not the agile nimble group that send men to the moon nearly 60 years ago.