F. Stephan's Blog, page 8
January 11, 2021
Latest news regarding the Mars rover
I am passionate about the rovers which have roamed Mars over the last years… Here are the latest regarding the next rover ….
https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8826/7-things-to-know-about-the-nasa-rover-about-to-land-on-mars/
January 7, 2021
Carbon removal and climate change
Human starpilots is about climate change. Extreme climate change. There are two major directions we can take : reduce emissions and trap carbon. Can carbon traps allow to continue emitting carbon without constraints? As usual in real life, solutions will be more complex, depending on local conditions
https://www.space.com/can-carbon-removal-slow-climate-change.html
January 6, 2021
Space weather : a future newcast ?
Will we listen to specific newcast regarding space weather during future space travels? It might well be the case if you read this article on difficult life conditions around proxima centauri.
https://www.space.com/bad-space-weather-may-make-life-impossible-near-proxi6ma-centauri
January 5, 2021
A year in images by ESA !
Stunning and beautiful images from 2020 ! watch all of them. They are worth your time !
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Week_in_images/Year_in_images_2020
January 4, 2021
Big, did you say big???
A video to start the week with a nice comparison of different objects in space 
January 1, 2021
Happy new year 2021
2020 has been unexpected, hard and difficult to live through in many places around the world. Many writers found reality to be more intense than apolycaptic stories had told us…
Let’s hope that 2021 will be quieter.
On my part, a few new year’s resolution as a writer :
finish A child of the Federation before March 2021
publish a new book of short stories illustrated by my dad
reedit Interstellar starpilots, following your requests
write a new fantasy story
A lot to do ! let’s go !
December 28, 2020
What if we refuelled the sun with Jupiter?
Some may remember an old golden age story about Earth too cold to be inhabited with the sun growing old. They tried all they could ti revive our planet. I kept the story in my mind since then. Here is a fine video from whatif… Have a look !
December 22, 2020
How did the solar system form?
I love this article from Space.com about the formation of the solar system. We know the general trends but it’s quite detailed and well explained; Go and have a look
December 10, 2020
New mission to the moon ???
Did you monitor the Chang’e 5 mission to the moon ? I didn’t until now, until I checked the news and this robotic docking in lunar orbit. We are going back there …
https://www.space.com/china-chang-e-5-moon-orbit-docking-success
December 9, 2020
The loss of Arecibo
Like many, I was touched deeply by this week’s loss of Arecibo. Many have watched the video and I won’t relay them here. I don’t want to use them to grab your attention. but still, this is a sad time when such a construction falls to ruin
