…specifically an equation related to his own work on the ‘three body problem’ in astronavigation. The equation itself was so complex that Herrick provided the director with a list of…
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In the Days before Centauri Dreams… An Essay by WDK
…a minor body in a manner known to mechanics as the Restricted 3-Body Problem. For the infinitesimal third body, it might be stable, or it might not – and it…
Set Your Gyros for Mars: Giving a Second Chance to Conquest of Space
…acknowledges. “Somebody’s got to service this box kite.” Johnnie is carrying a brown business-style briefcase, which he hands to its owner. “Brought you a visitor.” Johnnie declares to Barney. “Doctor…”…
The Scientific Imperative of Human Spaceflight
…the trouble of bringing the human body into extraterrestrial space? The human body requires oxygen, water, food, disposal of wastes (gaseous, liquid, and solid), a particular temperature range, and probably…
Interstellar Propulsion in ‘3 Body Problem’
…the Liu Cixin novel The Three Body Problem. There Earth is faced with invasion from an extraterrestrial civilization, but with centuries to solve the problem because it will take that…
A Deep Dive into Tidal Lock
…referred to as “synchronous”, whereby the tidally locked body takes as long to rotate around its own axis as to orbit its partner. This occurs due to the primary body’s…
The People’s Space Odyssey: 2010: The Year We Make Contact
…were mere pinpoints of light in even the most powerful telescope; now they are worlds, each unique, and one of them – Io – is the most volcanically active body…
Medusa: Deep Space via Nuclear Pulse
…deep space in a hurry, as the characters in ‘3 Body Problem’ are. Johndale Solem’s name didn’t pop up on ‘3 Body Problem,’ but his work is part of the…
Dreaming to the Stars
…an automatic closed-loop feedback controller with the animal’s body temperature as the feedback variable. Tests which kept the subject’s body 32.95 ℃ for 24 hours were successfully concluded when the…
In Wildness is the Preservation of the World: ‘Silent Running’ and Our Choice of Futures
…Gaia. When a part of a body is defective in some way that can cause harm or even death to that body, the usual reaction is to remove that defective…