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The Offworld Report March 04: Weird Science
Is Europa corrosive, Black hole found ripping a star apart, a prescription
for fixing NASA, the first robot Humvee (hello Mr Knight) and why
the Pentagon is preparing for a war in space.
The
Pentagon goes Sci-Fi
Why the U.S. military is getting really serious about space-based
weapons.
Star
Eater
Yipee, this is the first time a black hole has actually been observed
eating a star.
Hungry
Hole
More on an x-ray observatory's study of the star eater.
Don't
mess with Robo-Humvee
Carnegie Mellon University's unmanned robot Humvee that can cross
a desert better than the Knight 2000.
That
Corrosive Europa
Jupiter Icy Moon may qualify as a decent battery, but it's a damn
poor prospect for microbial life.
Russia's
new Spaceship
Look at Russia's plans for an interesting new spaceship.
Super
GI
The Pentagon wants enhanced GIs who can go without food for five
days.
Saving
Private Hubble
Why not save the Hubble Space Telescope by giving it to the private
sector?
Scientists
on Hydrogen
Minnesota University and their prototype hydrogen reactor.
Titan
Visit
The Cassini probe will soon drop its lander into the primordial
soup of Saturn's moon, Titan.
Aliens
Cause Global Warming
Author Michael Crichton has an interesting theory for you. Or does
he?
Mars
or Broke (Broke!)
Unfortunately $150 billion doesn't buy you a Mars mission, says
NASA.
The
Ice Age Commeth
Is global warming bringing a new ice age in its wake?
Mother
Computer
Why nature acts like a very, very large computer.
Hubble
RIP: 1990-2007
NASA let Hubble die. Boo hoo.
To
Jupiter on a Megawatt?
New Jupiter probe to trial a revolutionary nuclear electricity system.
The
Martian AI
Clothes with intelligent software for the new Mars mission? Suits
you, sir.
Spirit
goes Digging
Mars rover Spirit gets it drill out for a little mining action on
the red planet.
Defence
Blimps Up
Meet the US's new attack zeppelin.
U.S.
vs China Space Race
What the US really think about their communist chum's new plans
for a space race.
Europe
Loves Mars
The ESA jumps on the Mars mission bandwagon. Is there anyone not
planning to go to flipping Mars?
Maglev
Bliss
Why the future of magnetic levitation is getting real, real quick.
Who
wants to live forever?
More science into immortality hijinks.
Life-Mech
Article on the coming convergence between biotech and technology.
So
You're a Rocket Scientist?
Ex-NASA type Constance Adams has some radical fixes for the old
agency.
Martian
Bugs
The problems of maintaining a working operating system on an alien
planet.
Martian
Rock
The geology results from NASA's rovers may be junk, warn experts.
Honey,
I Destroyed the Planet
The erroneous belief of the lab-based black hole that might swallow
the Earth.
Russia
Laughs
The Russian space agency has a laugh about Bush's plans to reach
Mars.
What's
the Matter?
Scientists discover a new form of matter that could lead to an interesting
method of putting out electricity.
I
Love The Smell of Land Mines in the Morning
The genetically enhanced flower that changes colour when it's planted
near a land mine.
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OTHER CONTENT - March 2004
Jensen Intercepted
Author Jane Jensen on her near-future thriller, Dante's Equation. With clever science, baffling Torah code, devious secret agents and just a little bit of romance, what more could you want from a book?
(AUTHOR INTERVIEWS)
Embracing the Zahn Side
Author Timothy Zahn interviewed on creating alien characters and races, his returning to the Star Wars universe, and his new young-adult Dragonback series ... that's fantasy you know, if the title wasn't a bit of a giveaway.
(AUTHOR INTERVIEWS)
The Troubles of Time Travel
Anne Groell, senior editor at the Bantam Spectra publishing imprint, ruminates on the time in every science fiction editor's life when one has to edit the dread 'Time Travel' novel. Yikes, move over, Terminator ...
(COMMENT)
Finding Philcon
Evelyn drops by Philcon 2003, and finds the answers to some thorny questions at the convention. Like why hasn't Lovecraft spawned a good movie yet, and just why do conventional SFF publishers miss so much of the good stuff?
(CONVENTION REPORTS)
The Offworld Report March 04: Science Fiction and Fantasy
Interviews with authors Spider Robinson, Jack McDevitt, Rob Grant, Gene Wolfe, Robert Holdstock, is Asimov's magazine really full of stories that make minors quake and parents faint, and Robert Silverberg take a sophisticated look at Sophocles of Athens in, err, that old razz mag Asimovs?
(NEWS)
The Offworld Report March 04: Weird Science
Is Europa corrosive, Black hole found ripping a star apart, a prescription for fixing NASA, the first robot Humvee (hello Mr Knight) and why the Pentagon is preparing for a war in space.
(NEWS)
Re-thinking Re-imagining (or B.S. Galactica)
Joseph Nanni on why re-imagining classic SFF television series is enough to shrivel the soul of any true fan. Hmmm. Battlestar Galactica anyone?
(COMMENT)
A Problem with Fear
Mark sits down for this latest SF movie and discovers a quirky science fiction film with some odd approaches, including a man-made 'fear storm'.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Code 46
In this movie Mark finds a very odd piece of science fiction; it is a film with some very nice material that tries some interesting ideas, but ultimately Code 46 fails to capture the viewer.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Six Lost Worlds: The Dramatic Adaptations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Novel
Mark imagines a place so isolated from the world that it was beyond the reach even of the forces of evolution ... where on one plateau deep in the Amazon rain forest there is a land that has withstood the ravages of time. Bring on those dinosaurs and prehistoric proto-humans.
(FILM REVIEWS)
Open Letter to an Open Enemy
Scots SFF author Ken MacLeod has written science fiction novels which make frequent passing reference to the Soviet Union, Lenin, Trotsky, and communism. But he does not regard Lenin as a mass murderer, any more than he regards Cromwell, Napoleon, Lincoln, Roosevelt or Churchill as mass murderers. Read why here ...
(COMMENT)
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