Sunday, October 12, 2008

Science Fiction Movies - Ben Bova Interview

This piece stems from the Slice of SciFi #179 interview with Ben Bova. Having read many of Ben Bova’s books, it was a real treat listening to the all-too-short interview. And, just as most of his books did, the interview got me thinking. It made me want to comment on a few subjects discussed during the interview (please, contain your joy). I’ll touch on each of them in turn over the next few submissions.
This piece comments on the following: Science Fiction movies today do not inspire people (“whole generations” was the term used) toward space exploration because they are not really science fiction movies. I assume they were referring to Science Fiction movies specifically dealing with space travel and exploration, and that’s the movies I’m talking about in this piece. Read more...

Sunday, July 06, 2008

Air is an Interesting Element in the Earth

One of interesting element in the earth is AIR. Imagine if the earth don't have air like in the planet, it's impossible human can live in the earth. One air function sample is breath. When we breath we need air. Plane can't fly without air.

We can't see air without tool. But we can make an experiment to find it. When we make a bubble soap, we would confirm that air was there.