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I dream of the future

5/20/2016

 
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Okay, so the above image is a little ridiculous if you think about it. That is a DJI Phantom quad-copter "carrying" or perhaps birthing an Amazon Echo smart speaker. While the form factor I have featured would never make it past R&D, I hope that it demonstrates the concept. For my purposes it will work just fine.
This post technically started when I first picked up the Golden Compass, by  Philip Pullman years ago. While the focus of his work was more or less to show that you can have The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe style fantasy without all that God allusion, I tend to read things for myself and draw my own conclusions. Sorry Phil, I enjoyed your works but remain convinced of the existence of a personal and loving God. The reason I bring this up in relation to the above picture though is because of a very neat concept that Mr. Pullman introduced in his novels: the daemons​. Today, we are hunting for daemons!

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Dizziness in Space

5/20/2016

 
I'm not the first. I could probably start every musing with that statement. Today, I am not the first to contemplate building a better space station (or spacecraft in general). The problem that comes up in the media a lot with space travel is human health - particularly long term negative effects on the persons known as astronauts in micro- or null gravity. There are a whole host of other issues to be aware of including radiation, outer hull perforation, fuel, atmosphere, food, etc. But the idea that your bones figuratively evaporate calcium when there is no load strain placed on them is cause for real concern. NASA and Roscosmos just launched the first year long stay for several Cosmonauts and Astronauts to study the longterm effects of space on human health. The findings should be quite interesting.

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