Recent content by Ratwrangler

I would take a microfiche reader with lenses and mirrors so a sun can be used as a light source, and then put as much information, especially technical, on celluloid sheets sandwiched between gorilla glass panels designed to last for decades. That way, if the colonists lose all access to...

We've been studying the atmosphere, meteorology, and climate change since the 1970s, both from beneath and above the atmosphere. When did the sudden four-fold increase in dust occur, and from where did it come? Or have the models purposely ignored the rise in dust, assuming it actually...

I read this and several other articles to try to find out how they were applying the red and blue highlights so the anaglyph glasses will work. Unfortunately, they did not say how the images were modified. The article did say the glasses worked quite well, which brings up the question of why...

This emblem is not "almost identical to the Star Trek emblem", and in fact is closer to the Delta Airlines symbol or the Google Play triangle than it is to the curved Star Trek symbol. If you rotate the Nike symbol and point it a bit, it is a lot closer to the Star Trek symbol than this one.

Any decent fictional ships with an FTL drive are appealing to me, especially those in David Weber's works, as he tends to follow the laws of physics when in real space. As far as real ships, I like the SpaceX models that land the boosters, rather than disposing of them at a taxpayer cost of...