I have an article in this week’s Ideas section of the Boston Globe titled Traces of Humanity: What aliens could learn from the stuff we’ve left in space. In commemoration of the forty year anniversary of the placement of the Fallen Astronaut monument on the moon, I explore how what we place in space, consciously [...]
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Why Apollo 12 Was Amazing
Apollo 11 was pretty much one of the most seminal moments in all of human history, so it’s not likely to be forgotten. And everyone knows about Apollo 13. But what about the mission sandwiched in between? On one level, Apollo 12 was extremely important: it showed that our ability to land humans on the [...]
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Milky Way Transit Authority
In the style of many others who have used the subway map concept to understand a certain subject, I now present the Milky Way Transit Authority, a map of our own galaxy in the style of a subway map. I need lots of feedback so please be unstinting in your criticism.
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