F. Stephan's Blog, page 16

Vision of mars

I love vision of Mars. I need concrete images to build distant world, and what is better than actual views of Mars ??? Go and have a look !

http://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express/The_dark_dunes_of_Mars_Moreux_crater

Timeline

I have used the last week to structure the Federation universe and all the plots I am working on. Some will be handled by short stories or novellas. Still a long way to go

A short story you might like

Some stories speak more to me than other. This one did.

Thanks to E.M. Swift Hook for the story

Coffee Break Read – Spreading The Word

Super solar storms more frequent than we thought ???

I don’t want to be out there during one of them … and you ? Another idea for a short story

https://www.space.com/solar-super-sto...

What are super Earth ?

 Jack Vance had already written stories of giant worlds. Will it be the next planet to join the Human Federation ?

In this article, good videos and good inspirations for stories to come !

https://www.space.com/what-if-super-earth.html

Lagrangian points ..

Lagrangian points have often be used in science fiction. Space station acheron is located on one of them. But rarely do we hear of the fifth lagrangian, that will be used to monitor our sun… See the video below for more information.


 


This is important as becoming a space faring civilisation will require us to look at things from other directions …


 


http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Vid...

What would it be like to take a walk on Pluto ???

this article is amazing. Such a fascinating description of a walk around Pluto !

Some may have read “have space suit, will travel” from Robert Heinlein. This is both similar and yet a thousand times more detailled !

 

 

Do you know the deep space network ?

This fascinating site shows how we are tracking signals from space to support missions to mars. How in the future will we manage communications with multiples spaceships light-minutes away ?


 


https://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/

News from BBC : Mysterious radio signals from deep space detected

Original article : https://www.bbc.com/news/science-envi...

This signal has been decyphered. From insider source, here is what it says …

“My dear friend,

I have nowhere else to turn and am signaling to you as a last resort. I am the daughter of the great governor of the subimperial quadrant Epsilon Eridani. My late father has hidden antimatter shells worth trillions of Imperial credits, to prevent their use in terrible wars. They are now in ennemy territory and I am assembling a party to recover them.

If you would be lend me 100 dollar to kick start my effort, I will reward you beyond imagining. Paypal is supported for pan intergalactic transfers ….

Yours sincerely

Amanda Del Esperi”

Work in progress

Currently, 25 % of Space station Acheron has been finalised. Cover and blurb have been initiated… Launch in 4 weeks now