Russian space flight pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovskii (or Tsiolkovsky) had far reaching aspirations for humanity as a space-based, galaxy roaming, species.
Earth is the cradle of mankind, but one does not stay in the cradle forever.
Taking the next giant leap, a thought for tomorrow
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 23 November, 2009 to the technology subset
VASIMR, rather than warp speed, best bet for reaching Mars
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 5 October, 2009 to the technology subset
Former astronaut Dr Franklin Chang-Diaz has developed plans for a plasma rocket engine that could drastically reduce travel time around the solar system when compared to the rocket engines currently in use.
But once we have this capability, Mars isn’t really the only place that we can go. With a megawatt-class VASIMR, basically we will [...]
Tags: extraterrestrial life, Mars, plasma, rockets, solar system, space exploration, space travel, VASIMR
Designing the cars of the future, let your imagination run free
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 11 June, 2009 to the design and art subset
Brett Snyder talks about American car design in the 1950s, a time when young auto designers were virtually given free reign to design “outrageously fanciful concept cars”.
I think the air and space influence can find root in a few places. Airplanes and speed were very much in vogue after the war. Many exciting newspaper headlines [...]
Space fleet, stardate 1950
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 27 April, 2009 to the design and art subset
So modern, yet so very retro: the All American Space Fleet.
