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Completely Nuking Threatening Asteroids, and Star Wars

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Completely Nuking Threatening Asteroids, and Star Wars Recently, simulations showed that blowing up a very large asteroid would only result in the asteroid reconstituting itself by gravitational attraction.  The asteroid only took hours to reconstitute itself. We can put a … Continue reading →

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@Real Interstellar Communication Would Be Trumpian

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

@Real Interstellar Communication Would Be Trumpian We all know that for a universal communication with extraterrestrials, scientists have almost always proposed some universal mathematical or superior physical concepts.  This assumes that aliens on the other end are also super mathematicians … Continue reading →

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Stages of Energy and Payload for Space Travel

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Stages of Energy and Payload for Space Travel Looking far into the future as science future, not science fiction, we categorize the stages of propulsion to explore the universe.  The key point is ratio of energy in fuel to the … Continue reading →

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