“Don’t blink away, we can fix you,” the engineer said. The Mind of the space station powered up its blink drive. “I think I’m fine as I am.” Then it blinked away into a neat orbit around a gas giant. The station’s Mind had become obsessed for 3.1 milliseconds with Read more…
Explosive Decompression KABOOM! She kept telling everyone that she couldn’t cook. At all. But nooo, being an astronaut wasn’t enough, apparently. Having two expert-level skills also wasn’t enough, apparently. ‘Men don’t want an EVA specialist or an acceleration manipulator expert,’ her mom kept telling her. For the first few years, Read more…
The Chinese space station Tiangong 1 is hanging over our heads. It’s on a decaying orbit and is expected to crash on Earth in a matter of days. I had an idea about a story when I first read about the place where spaceships go to die. It’s the most Read more…