This not a warning of an impending asteroid impact, nor is it confusion about the nature of comet 67P—this is a tale about an asteroid and a duck. But not any old duck, rather one particular auld Pekin duck: the absurdly wealthy and characteristically cranky adventure capitalist Scrooge McDuck, the character created by Carl Barks …
The Expanse: A personal distress call
When I first watched The Expanse, I didn't get on board right away. Yes, the science sounded good, but like a Belter from Ceres trying to survive in Earth’s gravity, trying to fit together the pieces of this puzzle was literally crushing me. I needed to find my Rosetta Stone…and not just for the dialects. To …
The Edge of Space
On 11 July, 2021, Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, took a suborbital flight to the inner edge of outer space, reaching an altitude of 86 km (54 miles) above the surface of the Earth. Although it marked a milestone for space tourism, where that milestone marker should be placed is an ongoing matter …
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