Here’s a good overview of what Google, Thiel and others are doing. I wish they’d stop calling it “immortality,” though. That’s not the goal, and if it were, it would be unrealistic. It’s just indefinite lifespan. As I often notes, expansion into space and extended lifespan go hand in hand.
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Sorry, link was missing. Fixed now.
Makes as much sense as “…because it is hard.”
The ethics of dealing with astronauts’ bodies.
That’s not an issue I address in the book. Maybe I should.
Forbes has a gallery.
Technically, of course, the balloon isn’t a “spaceship.”
Kicking the can down it. Anyone who is waiting for NASA to send anyone to Mars is going to be very disappointed.
A conversation with Tyler Cowen, on the future of innovation, life extension and God.
They’ve completed acceptance tests for their new suborbital LOX/hydrogen engine. Hope this means they start flying again soon.
Yes, the agency really is reconsidering it.
One can understand why PAO has to deny it, though.
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This looks like an interesting seminar. Things like this are why I sometimes regret not living in DC.
Jeff Foust has a report on last week’s meeting, but I can’t tell from it what actually came out of it.
Rob Hoyt has a revolutionary idea. If power satellites ever happen, this would be the likely construction technique.