[REPOST] Who Will be the 21st Century Sagan? Michio Kaku vs. Neil deGrasse Tyson: FIGHT!

Mar 092014
 
[REPOST] Who Will be the 21st Century Sagan? Michio Kaku vs. Neil deGrasse Tyson: FIGHT!

Kaku vs. Tyson – Who can bring the science? Who can BE the Sagan? And, do we really have to pick a team?

 March 9, 2014  Posted by at 1:36 AM Astronomy, Astrophysics, Carl Sagan, Cosmology, Here First or Best Here, Michio Kaku, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Physics, Pure Science, Quantum Physics, Space Technology, Technology, Technology & Culture, Technology & Education, Technology & Politics

Google’s 100,000 Stars & the Paradigmatic Disruption of Large-Scale Innovation Revisited

Nov 202012
 
Google's 100,000 Stars & the Paradigmatic Disruption of Large-Scale Innovation Revisited

Google’s built a beautiful galactic simulation. Go look at it. Oh, and private companies doing stuff like this, but on grand scales – is this the future of big, bold science?

 November 20, 2012  Posted by at 12:10 PM Astronomy, Astrophysics, Carl Sagan, Cosmology, Google, Internet, Internet Stuff, Multimedia, NASA, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Physics, Private Space Race, Pure Science, Space Technology, Technology, Technology & Politics

Manifesting Star Trek, Part-2 (THE BAD): Boldly Going to Low Earth Orbit Only

Jun 092012
 
Manifesting Star Trek, Part-2 (THE BAD): Boldly Going to Low Earth Orbit Only

People loved the Space Shuttle because even though it was just a fancy orbiter in space, and a hitchhiking glider in atmosphere, it looked like a ship. We’ve been at the whole space thing for nearly 60 years, and still we have rockets and capsules, but no spaceships.

 June 9, 2012  Posted by at 12:02 AM Astronomy, Astrophysics, Carl Sagan, Cosmology, DARPA, Here First or Best Here, Private Space Race, Pure Science, Robots in Space, Space Mining, Space Technology, Star Trek, Technology, Technology & Politics