Some recent films have offered differing perspectives on the possibility of alien encounters. Project Hail Mary (Lord and Miller, based on an Andy Weir novel)accepts from the beginning that this is possible, and there is hardly more than a quick gasp when the protagonist meets up with what appears to be (and is in the […]
Read more "Project Hail Mary and Disclosure Day"Despite dreams of colonizing Mars and zipping off to the nearest stars, it seems that the fate of the US Space Program is often in retreat, especially with regards to Human Spaceflight. The Artemis 2 mission to send three astronauts around the Moon has been delayed again (in February 2026) for reasons similar to the […]
Read more "The Ultimate Fate of Space Travel"Its been a long time since I have said much so I wanted to quickly post that I am watching the new Apple TV sci fi show, Pluribus, created by Vince Gilligan (of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul fame). The basic idea, without giving away too much, is that a signal is received from […]
Read more "Pluribus"Its Time for Twilight Zone Marathons and such, so let’s discuss space travel and its implications in TZ! The Best and Maybe Only Space Travel in Twilight Zone Episodes. Not Spoiler Free (because why would you even care about any of this if you haven’t already seen this 60 year-old show?) I didn’t include such […]
Read more "Its the New Year, so Let’s Discuss The Twilight Zone!"Since we just recently heard the news from Billy Mumy that his former LIS cos star and friend Mark Goddard has passed, I thought I would post a tribute to Mark. Rather than give a bland Wikipedia bio which you can all look up, I thought I’d mention some of the best Major West episodes: […]
Read more "“I AM MAJOR (Don) WEST”: A Tribute to Mark Goddard (of Lost in Space)"Since the very beginning, Star Trek has mentioned and sometimes flamboyantly shown (Susan Oliver, anyone?) the famed green-skinned aliens from somewhere in the constellation of Orion. Star Trek: Lower Decks likes to poke fun at the various Orion stereotypes, i.e., that they are all a bunch of pirates (or “animal women” being sold off by […]
Read more "Star Trek and Orion"Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has continued his serious search for alien artifacts. His efforts started with his shocking (though justifiable) claim that the interstellar object named Oumuamua was possibly an alien probe or spaceship. This object did not seem to fit into typical expectations for, say, a comet or asteroid, in terms of the shape […]
Read more "Has an alien probe crashed on Earth?"Of course, most sci fi fans and all Star Trek fans know that the new series, Strange New Worlds (regarding the voyages of the Enterprise when it was commanded by Christopher Pike) has started on Paramount Plus. Summaries and reviews abound on the internet, so I won’t rehash. However, I will mention a few things […]
Read more "Strange New Worlds (and maybe some strange physics?)"In the sci fi world Kellerman is perhaps best known for her role as Dr. Dehner (a psychologist) in the second crafted pilot episode for Star Trek: The Original Series. In this episode, she and her love interest, Gary Mitchell, played by Gary Lockwood (of 2001: A Space Odyssey fame) attain telepathic and telekinetic powers […]
Read more "A Tribute to Sally Kellerman and her Sci Fi Contributions"My (Steve Bloom) Interview on the Alpha Control Lost in Space Podcast (Interviewed by creator of the podcast, Laen August) is now live! Check it out by clicking on this text!
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