Archive for the 'Space' Category

Helium-3: Energy Godsend?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in China, Energy, Russia, Science, Space, Technology, The Politics Of Film, The World, United States

I’ve been genuinely intrigued at how much fiction and reality have been intersecting recently. See, there’s this film called MOON and it follows the story of a guy working on the far side of the moon who figures out that there’s a lot more to his mission than collecting the natural resource Helium-3. It’s a [...]

July 23rd, 2009 | Permalink| 4 Comments »

Ice On Mars?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Science, Space, Technology

That’s what NASA is saying, and where there’s water there could be life…however microscopic it may be: Whitish, dice-sized chunks, which were dug from the rocky red soil and warmed in the sun, vanished four days after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Phoenix probe dug them up June 15. They confirm what NASA satellites [...]

June 20th, 2008 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Vatican Gives Belief In Aliens A Thumbs Up

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Religion, Science, Space

Wow. I really never thought I’d see the day. But how does this square with the Bible? From the AP: VATICAN CITY – Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican’s chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday. The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, the Jesuit [...]

May 14th, 2008 | Permalink| 8 Comments »