As the title implies, these are just a few links to several of the Space E-Zines I enjoy visiting. The Space Site is a good one, with everything from News to a Community Forum. So is Astrosurf, although it helps if you know French for this one. For the Educators who might find their way here, I can recommend Discovery School, as well as Lesson Planet. And while this is a specific story about SpaceShipOne, the BBC maintains a lot of great space/science news, so you should bookkmark it and follow it back to its source. Enjoy!
The Hubble Space Telescope is at risk of no longer being maintained, according to BBC News (and lots of other sources). The best place to find the latest info, as well as a detailed background, is at The Hubblesite. And if you’re in the mood for more things Hubble, you might want to check the European Hubble Homepage, a great place to get another perspective.
The edge of science, which is where scifi lives. The Singularity is the most important of them, and the one that will make its mark soon. But all of them are worth a visit, and worth at least some thought.
Interestingly enough, it isn’t a scifi mag, but a science one, that has the best story about the Singularity. Which should catch your attention, since it isn’t fiction, and will be here in the next few years!
Some other interesting things worth your time to check out include Advances in Nanotechnology… wait, this one isn’t scifi either, but a report on our advances! OK, how about the Exploration of Mars. Nope, another true story. So let’s go for a scifi classic, the one about not putting all our Eggs In One Basket. After all, survival is only a story, right?
Hmmm… It looks like the things that were scifi when I was growing up may be the way the world works today. That maybe being the case, I should offer a few other links, like the one to Neil Stephenson’s interview, or maybe C.L.Moore’s wonderful stories. Or maybe just to a few basic links, like Locus Mag, one of the most important sites on the web for Geeks Like Me! LOL…
I hope you find one or more of these links useful, and worth your time to check out. I like them all, and will be happy to chat with you about any and all of them!
SpaceShipOne flew to space this morning, for the second time in less than a week; this time it won the Ansari X-Prize! Pilot Brian Bennie (the 2nd pilot for these tests) took off from the Mojave Spaceport in California. The flight was completely smooth, with no barrel rolls. Maybe test flights SHOULD be made by the young! LOL… Monday’s flight beat records set by NASA’s X-15 aircraft 40 years ago.
When tweaking my computer, I always look for some good graphics to set the tone for the desktop. I thought I should pass a few of the places I like to go to find them your way…
First off, we have the JPL site. This week, they are featuring the Cassini images; every week, they have the best of Space image wallpaper, at all resolutions. Then there is the Minds Eye site, worth your time even if you skip the Wallpaper. And for the really good stuff, be sure to check in with the Hubble Site!
After a year with no episodes, tonight saw the return of Odyssey 5! While scary in truly disturbing ways, it is also science fiction of the first order. And if you have any doubts about it’s humor content, be sure to check the Harry Mudd (Ted Rami) episode, number 12 from the first season. Put this on your must see list, and let me know what you think!
Also returning with new episodes is Andromeda on the SciFi channel. If I followed this right, the Canada company who made this series (and a few others, like the never-to-be-lamented MutantX) went belly up. Scifi channel stepped in with funding to keep the good show out of their collection running, and am I glad!
All in all, a quality week for SF on TV. Hope we get some more like it soon!