Elon Musk Is Jolting
What does it mean that Elon Musk is jolting? He understands that in order to reach the ambitious missions of…
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Your Home the Spaceship
Is thinking of your home as a spaceship a useful maybe even practical metaphor? As we execute carefully planned Extra…
Our Cosmic Origins
What is the cosmic origin of the elements in the human body? We know we are made of stars. But…
Going to Space
Aren’t we spoiled that just 50 years after the Moon landing many of us pretend that space travel should be…
“Robots will colonize space, without human beings”
Robots will colonize space, without human beings There’ll be a new civilization, the sum of human intelligence and artificial intelligence,…
Surrounded by Infinity, the Awe of the Now
What is the maximum duration of human life? Will we extend it radically? When, as often happens, I am asked…
Are We Better Than The Dinosaurs? They Didn’t Have Telescopes
The only difference between us and the dinosaurs is that they didn’t have telescopes! There are millions of asteroids that…
The First Mars Colony Will Be Funded Through Bitcoin
Distributed consensus as Bitcoin’s Fundamental InnovationNew York, February 2014 Blockchain A lot of analyses concentrate on the issues of Bitcoin…
4G Networks will Most Influence the World Over the Next Decade
Here is reprinted from his Facebook note, Alex Lightman’s writing about why 4G networks deserve to win the first ever…