As I discussed in my last post, the search for signs of extraterrestrial life has caught the interest of many people for a very long time, and the specific search for signals from other life forms has been a particular source of fascination over the last 50 years. In the 1997 movie Contact Jodie Foster's… Continue reading SETI
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Is There Anyone Out There ?
As a child I was fascinated by the idea of people from Earth encountering alien lifeforms. I was an avid watcher of Star Trek and the British science fiction TV shows Dr Who and Blake's 7. I am not alone in my fascination - the idea of humans making contact with intelligent aliens from other planets has intrigued… Continue reading Is There Anyone Out There ?
Space Tourism
This post is about space tourism, which means ordinary people travelling into space for leisure purposes and paying to do so. This is a subject which has always been of great interest to me and although the market is very small at the moment I think it will grow over the coming decades. With the… Continue reading Space Tourism
First Humans on the Moon
Originally Posted July 2014 -Updated April 2026 On 20 July 2014 it was the 45th anniversary of the first crewed Moon landing. To commemorate this. I thought that I'd re-post an earlier article which discussed the first Moon landings. My next article, which I will post next week, will be on the subject of space… Continue reading First Humans on the Moon
Manned Missions to the Moon
Welcome Welcome to the latest post from the Science Geek. This post, which is part of a series on the Moon, discusses manned exploration of the Moon. I hope you enjoy reading it and, as always, please let me know if you have any comments. I would also like, once again, to thank Mrs Geek… Continue reading Manned Missions to the Moon
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