SCIENCE
Stephen Hawking
Freeman Dyson
Sir Martin Rees
Robert Zubrin
Paul Davies
SCIENCE FICTION
Neal Stephenson
Stephen Baxter
Joe Haldeman
Nancy Kress
David Brin
Edited by James Benford and Gregory Benford
This story follows on the logic of Neal Stephenson’s story, but over a longer timeline, as the interplanetary economy develops in wild west fashion. Modeled somewhat upon the famous Robert A. Heinlein story, in treats a focused man who has … Continue reading
Starship Century is a symposium coordinated by the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination in collaboration with Gregory and James Benford, presenting ideas from their anthology of science and science fiction of a 100 year project to create a starship. The … Continue reading
Starship Century is a symposium coordinated by the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination in collaboration with Gregory and James Benford, presenting ideas from their anthology of science and science fiction of a 100 year project to create a starship. The … Continue reading
Starship Century editor Greg Benford sat down with the SETI Institute‘s Jill Tarter on May 22nd for a Google hangout to discuss our interstellar future. Despite a few minor tech glitches at the start, it’s an enlivening conversation hosted … Continue reading
Here are some of the favorite quotes from the Starship Century Symposium held May 21st and 22nd, 2013 at the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination – University of California, San Diego. “By the time we are ready to … Continue reading
Recently Neal Stephenson began Hieroglyph, a project to envision truly large scale, new ideas for our future. A major goal is to bring constructive criticism to our ideas of the future themselves, not just pointing out problems. As his collaborator … Continue reading
Gregory Benford: Historically, coal and the railroad train enabled much of the industrial revolution. Both came from the underlying innovation of steam engines. Coal was the new wonder fuel, far better than wood though harder to extract, and it made … Continue reading
Our friends at Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore are hosting a book signing event after the closing of the symposium. Many of the authors will be available to sign a special symposium edition of Starship Century not available anywhere else. Wednesday May … Continue reading
THE BOOK… doesn’t just have groundbreaking articles on developing the solar system economy this century, and how to envision starships as a goal of those next 100 years. It has fiction too. One is a tightly argued piece by David … Continue reading
We’re happy to pass on this from Heath Rezabek, Librarian and Futurist; presenter at 100YSS 2012 and Scheduled Presenter at Starship Congress 2013. Please take a moment to read, share and participate in this survey. ~Jg If you’re interested in … Continue reading