I’m preoccupied with finishing the manuscript of the second edition of Humans to Mars, so here’s another brief pointer to one of my favorite websites.
The Speculative Dinosaur Project is rollicking great fun, not least because its participants don’t take themselves too seriously. It seeks to answer the question in the post title above. On Specworld […]
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What if dinosaurs still ruled the Earth?
Published May 17th, 2007 in asteroids and dinosaurs. 5 CommentsThe Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on April 25 that Hayabusa (formerly called MUSES-C) has begun its long-delayed return to Earth. Though the spacecraft still has a long voyage ahead of it - it won’t reach Earth until June 2010 - JAXA engineers and flight controllers deserve praise for reaching this milestone. Through heroic […]
Pebbles on the seashore
Published April 10th, 2007 in extrasolar planets, astronomy, asteroids, moon, space exploration, sustainability, light pollution, Mars, dinosaurs and climate change. 2 CommentsI have three books to write. The new edition of my 2001 NASA publication Humans to Mars is due in a week and a half and I have two and a half chapters left to write. I spoke with the editor yesterday, and he says I can still make the fall 2008 publication date if […]