Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) The historical benchmark for solar storms is the Carrington Event of 1859. It did serious damage to the primitive communications infrastructure of the time (mostly telegraph lines). The effects of the Carrington Event included electric shocks to telegraph operators, fires set by sparks, and considerable damage…
Leave a CommentOne plotline to be found in “Expedition” is using Martian resources to build nuclear reactors to power a Mars base and, in fact, a Mars Colony. It is possible to survive on Mars, but all the things you need to do on Mars require power. A lot of power. Wind…
Leave a CommentThis is a snippet of my new book, now out for pre-order on Amazon, here. The world can change in a very short time … Prologue: Portal Director’s Office, Planetary Defence Coordination, NASA 14:23 Local Time “Director, we have a problem.” Tom Watkins, Director of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office,…
Leave a CommentHe asked his tall uncle, the Giraffe, what made his skin spotty, and his tall uncle, the Giraffe, spanked him with his hard, hard hoof. … And still he was full of ‘satiable curiosity!The Elephant’s Child, Rudyard Kipling There have been many discussions of how we might achieve a rocketpunk…
Leave a CommentSo, where is this guy coming from, anyway? Well, the past, mostly, and farther in the past than most people. As far as experiences go, a lot farther into the past. When I was six, in 1962, my parents packed up their family, four boys at that time, and moved…
Leave a CommentIt’s the only way out. Princess grabbed the Imperial blaster from Luke, flipped it to overload maximum, and pulled the trigger. The energy of the power pack was released in one huge blast. A cloud of vaporized iron and people roared down the cell bay, setting fires throughout the area…
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