Category: Anthology
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A 3D Printed Moon Base: Science Fiction or Science Fact?
Jason Dunn, co-founder and CTO of Made In Space, responds to “The Man Who Sold the Moon” on Singularity Hub.
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Building a space elevator starts with a lunar elevator by 2020
Gizmag’s Eric Mack reports on Liftport, a Kickstarter-funded project to create an elevator connecting the Moon to the Earth.
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The Dystopian City and Urban Policy
In an article for Slate magazine’s Future Tense channel, Annalee Newitz argues that urban planners should read more science fiction.
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Location, Location, Location
But we need penguins. Nobody would want to go to Antarctica and not see penguins!
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An Idea Is Born
The big idea: a hotel in Antarctica. Why not?
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Ice as a Building Material
Have you considered using ice as not the only, but as one of your hotel’s building materials?
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Through the Valley of Death
Getting through the valley of death is the hard part. Yes, we do need bold ideas– but how do we turn them into iron realities?
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Mathematics of Gamification
Foursquare Data Scientist Michael Li talks probabilities, integers and Bayesian Smoothing.
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Remote Stereolunagraphy
Neal Stephenson and Cory Doctorow discuss the possibilities for moon dust.
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Centrifugal Method for Particle Size Segregation
A student research project about a method for sorting lunar regolith by size, produced at the University of Washington as part of NASA’s Microgravity University program and overseen by James J. Riley, professor of mechanical engineering.