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Tag Archives: Science
Some Cool Facts About Water
In geology class, we just recently covered streams, in which the prof. included some interesting information about the “global hydrologic budget”. While I’ve long been acquainted with the “about 70% of the Earth is covered in water” bit, some of … Continue reading
Interstellar drive in 2008? Afraid not.
I started reading The Mote in God’s Eye today, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. The actual plot of the book starts off in the year 3016AD, so there’s a Chronology in the front of the book, outlining some of … Continue reading
Is space colonization really feasible?
Being a fan of science fiction, I’ve always thought the idea of space colonization – sending off colony ships to inhabit new worlds – was a pretty neat idea. How many science fiction books have I read where the human … Continue reading
Ostriches, squirrels, and crocodiles, oh my!
While reading my feeds this morning, I ended up coming across 3 different animal-related stories that I thought were worth sharing. First, I want you to imagine an ostrich. Got it? Alright, now, imagine that it is roughly 16 feet … Continue reading
Access to space: Catastrophic Failure
I just started looking for different space mission types, to try and come up with a title for something new I’m going to be doing here*. The first thing I googled was simply “space mission types”. The top result was … Continue reading