Join us today on Far Future Horizons as we embark on a spectacular journey to the distant reaches of our solar system to discover where life may lie hidden and waiting to be discovered. Combining the latest telescope images with dazzling CGI animation, this documentary immerses the audience in the sights and sounds of alien … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we explore the possibility that the disappearance of the Minoan civilization may be very well linked to the major cataclysmic disaster that destroyed the island of Thera (Santorini) which in turn inspired Plato’s tale of the sad fate of the island civilization of Atlantis. Three and a half thousand years ago, … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we present another instalment of the acclaimed documentary the Prophets of Science Fiction which focuses on the life and work of Isaac Asimov. Prophets of Science Fiction is hosted by Executive Producer Ridley Scott. In this instalment of the Prophets of Science Fiction Author Isaac Asimov (“I, Robot”) and his … Read more
Life on a gaseous giant planet (Adolf Schaller) Join us today on Far Future Horizons as we take a journey aboard the starship SS Attenborough in search of life elsewhere in the Milky Way. A Creature of An Ice World by Adolf Schaller Natural History of an AlienCopyright DisclaimerCopyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we commemorate the centennial of the start of the First World War by presenting the second episode of the documentary series “The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century”. This documentary is a joint production of the BBC, the Boston affiliate of PBS (KCET) in association with The … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we present the pilot for a documentary series titled “Visions of the Future” which would have been hosted by the grand master of science fiction and popular science Isaac Asimov. In Visions of the Future Dr. Asimov would have showcased new scientific advances and their possible impact on the future. … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we would like to present a very hopeful vision of the human future rooted in the work of space visionary Gerard K. O’Neill and outlined in his groundbreaking book “The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space”. With great eloquence O’Neill showed my generation of the 1970s, reeling from the political aftermath of … Read more
Today on Far Future Horizons we join Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, the hosts of Discovery Channel’s hit television series “MythBusters”, in laying to rest the myth that the Apollo moon landings were a staged hoax. The MythBusters chose Marshall as one of several NASA locations for an episode to debunk the notion that NASA … Read more
This is an essay I wrote five years ago to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing and was originally posted on the National Space Society’s blog site on August 10, 2009. By far the two most remarkable photographs of the twentieth century are the ones shown above. For they encapsulate the whole … Read more
“As far as he knew, it was the first time that an entire mission had been set up to take a single man to the Moon.” ~ From Arthur C. Clarke’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’, Section 2 ‘T.M.A.-1’, Chapter 7 ‘ Special Flight’ Today on Far Future Horizons I would like to direct your attention … Read more