Fraser Cain Archive
Apr 15th: Venus Could Have Supported Life For Billions Of Years
Venus sucks. Seriously, that place is the worst, with its boiling temperature, intense pressure, sulfuric acid rain. But was it always this bad?
Mar 26th: Should We Fly to Another Star Soon? Or Wait for Better Technology to Come Along?
It seems reasonable to ask, should we invest in an interstellar mission now, or wait a few decades or even centuries for better technology to come along which could make the trip much shorter?
Nov 16th: The Mars Project! Von Braun’s Ideas for a Mars Mission
Today’s we have story about what spaceflight advances could have happened e.g the lost Apollo Missions & Werhner Von Braun’s “Mars Project”.
Nov 7th: How Do Ion Engines Work?
People ask why we’re stuck with chemical rockets. Good news, there are other, exotic science fiction-sounding propulsion systems out there.
Oct 19th: What are Quark Stars?
Oct 5th: How Far Is Too Far?
The observable Universe is finite, which means there are limits to what we can see, now and deep into the future. Today’s discussion talk about cosmological horizon.
Sep 18th: Which Are The Real Photos of Spacecraft?
Aug 31st: Why is Uranus on its Side?