6.5 minute read - Every night, I look up and wonder who might be looking back. Could life exist out there—not just somewhere, but everywhere?
In the first installment of Beneath Alien Skies, Maura Flynn delves into the fundamentals of life itself: what it needs to survive, and how truly alien biology might look beyond the comforting blueprint of Earth. Carbon, silicon, hybrids, and solvents that seem straight from the pages of science fiction—this is just the start of our exploration.
6 minute read - Want to play football on the moon? Or laser tag in zero gravity? While humanity currently has limited practice with sports in space, it is an interesting thought whether your favorites win or lose at the next game, and something Troy explores in the latest KMI column: Sports in Space.
8 minute read - Over an unofficial series of grand perspective columns, Troy Morris, Director of Operations, has yet to tackle a common theme of certain space proponents: the survival of our species. Often referred to as space colonization, this view on survival is a macro view of humanity continuing on, rather than the more practical survival of individuals.
3 minute read - Why We Choose to Go to Space: Human Imagination. Whether fantastical fiction, scientific speculation, admirable announcements, or factual mission reporting, the advancing reality of all science, especially space science, plays into and from imagination with ease. It is from an initial foundation of imagination that many technologies are dreamed in science fiction, discussed by interested organizations, pursued by inspired scientists, and made possible through continued development, until the technology enters the world as a banal fact.
