Steppenwolf and Starships…

John Medland/Paramount+ ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ to End With Season 2 (EXCLUSIVE), Joe Otterson, Variety Topics: Civilization, Einstein, Literature, Space Exploration, Special Relativity, Star Trek Magic Carpet Physics In the TNG Movie, “Star Trek: First Contact,” Captain Picard, Commander Riker, Counselor Troi, Dr. Beverly Crusher, Lieutenant Commander Joardi Laforge, Lieutenant Commander Worf and Lieutenant CommanderContinue reading “Steppenwolf and Starships…”

Martians and Vulcans…

Topics: Astrobiology, Astrophysics, Civilization, Existentialism, Philosophy, Special Relativity The Cold War was a genesis of angst about the future due to the detonation of the atomic bomb by the Soviet Union in Kazakstan in 1949. After WWII (WWI was originally called, “the war to END all wars,” until the sequel), the existential nervousness is understandable.Continue reading “Martians and Vulcans…”

E=mc^2…

Topics: Applied Physics, Einstein, General Relativity, Special Relativity According to Einstein’s theory of special relativity, first published in 1905, light can be converted into matter when two light particles collide with intense force. But, try as they might, scientists have never been able to do this. No one could create the conditions needed to transformContinue reading “E=mc^2…”