Interstellar Travel and the Incentive Trap
Should we begin our journey to the stars now, or wait until we have faster technology?
May 2023
November 2022
Sailing to the Stars on a Beam of Light
Interstellar Spacecraft #4: How existing technology can send a spacecraft to the nearest star in less than a human lifetime.
September 2022
Interstellar Ramjets and Antimatter Drives
Interstellar Spacecraft #3: Spacecraft need so much fuel to travel interstellar distances that fuel becomes the only thing they can bring along. Are there any solutions to this problem? This article looks at two: interstellar ramjets and antimatter drives.
April 2022
The Nature of Reality: Is Consciousness All There Is? (Part 2)
Through a combination of philosophy, mathematics, computer science, and physics, I describe and analyze the theory of conscious realism.
March 2022
Surfing to the Stars on a Nuclear Blast Wave
Interstellar Spacecraft #2: Could the destructive power of our nuclear weapons arsenal be repurposed to transport humankind to the stars?
February 2022
Chemistry Won’t Get Us to the Stars. What Will?
Interstellar Spacecraft #1: Astrophysicist Philip Lubin has said, “Chemistry will get you to Mars, but it won’t get you to the stars.” What did he mean by that? And, if chemistry won't get us to the stars, what will?
December 2021
Very Far From Home: The James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope is being positioned 4x farther from Earth than the Moon, where it cannot be reached by astronauts for maintenance or refueling. Why? This article explores the reasons and their consequences.
November 2021
The Nature of Reality: Is Consciousness All There Is? (Part 1)
Do we see the world as it really is? I describe and discuss Hoffman's evolutionary game theory approach to answering this question.
September 2021
A Long Time Ago in Our OWN Galaxy Far, Far Away
Are we alone in our galaxy? If not, where might other civilizations live in our galaxy? And, when did they live?