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First Female Taikonaut Returns to Earth

I don’t really think this means much with regards to any competition between China and the US in space, but it’s an interesting historical event nonetheless: China’s first woman in space arrives home

This is amusing:

China’s space programme is several decades behind that of the US and Russia – which launched manned space stations […]

June 29th, 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: Chinese Space, Space Commerce | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Yet Another Russian Space Plan

This time, it’s building a permanent presence on the Moon.

Just add money.

 

June 16th, 2012 | Tags: | Category: Russian Space, Space Policy | Comments are closed

Life Imitates Art #983745345367: The Wallscreen

One of the fictional technologies we imaged for In the Shadow of Ares is the “wallscreen”, a wallpaper-like display of practically unlimited extent which interacts with the characters’ mobile agents and other computing systems. In the scene where this technology is introduced, Amber’s mother is playing an ambience video loop of a tropical beach, which […]

June 16th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Entertainment, In the Shadow of Ares, Science Fiction, Useful Technology, Writing | Comments are closed

RIP Ray Bradbury

Sad news: Ray Bradbury has passed away at 91.

I haven’t read anything by him in years, probably since junior high when I voraciously consumed any of his books I could get my hands on. He did however have a big influence on my subsequent science fiction interests, and is one big reason I like […]

June 6th, 2012 | Tags: , | Category: Entertainment, In the Shadow of Ares, Science Fiction, Writing | Comments are closed