In 2013 astronomers compiled and analyzed 4 years of data from NASA’s orbiting Kepler telescope to compute how many exoplanets lie in the “Goldilocks” zone of their solar systems, where surface temperatures could support the presence of liquid water. Their conclusion; approximately one in five sun-like stars harbors a roughly Earth-size planet in the zone. […]
For some people the world seems very big, too huge to contemplate ever traveling around. If you live in a less developed country, you are likely to share this view. Those in the developed world, on the other hand, can jet halfway around the world in a day, and have seen the astronaut’s photo of […]
Being excerpts from Rodney Miner’s travel journals. ————————————————- As promised, a few minutes after the citywide curfew lifted at 5 a.m., Zenon’s white Ford F-150 pickup pulled into our Miraflores driveway. I was anxious to go, packed and ready. I grabbed my toothbrush and bid farewell to the lifesize poster of the topless lady on […]
Let’s clear this up right at the start; directly cycling to new planets is not what I am talking about. There would be a whole boatload of problems if we tried to do that. If we look at each of the technological and psychological challenges individually, I think we will find out that cycling to […]
When they looked into their bicycles’ rear view mirrors, the road rolling out behind seemed empty. They saw clearly the green of sub-alpine trees and the snow dappled peaks of Colorado mountains. What they couldn’t see was that, only a few turns of the road behind, the Grim Reaper had their scent and was coming […]
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