“War does not determine who is right, only who is left.” -Bertrand Russell The Infinite Horizon, despite all its grandeur and wealth, is a pretty dangerous place for an unprepared starship operator! Threats abound, manmade or otherwise, and a calm, rational discussion won’t do you much good against that swarm of missiles closing in. Thankfully, […]
“The world has changed far more in the past 100 years than in any other century in history. The reason is not political or economic but technological — technologies that flowed directly from advances in basic science.” -Stephen Hawking Yesterday we discussed some of the harvestable resources in Infinite Horizon. Today, we’ll take a look […]
“Unless people can see broad vistas of unused resources in front of them, the belief in limited resources tends to follow as a matter of course. And if the idea is accepted that the world’s resources are fixed, then each person is ultimately the enemy of every other person, and each race or nation is […]
“Man will not always stay on Earth; the pursuit of light and space will lead him to penetrate the bounds of the atmosphere, timidly at first, but in the end to conquer the whole of solar space.” -Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (Epitaph) Because we sure do! Welcome to Spaceship Week. In the next few days, we’ll be […]