New "Super 8" Trailer (Video 2.22):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtn5dm9uYi8&feature=player_embedded
What Is The Future Of US Space Exploration? (Story):
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1795/1
The Line Between Science And Science Fiction (Story):
http://blogs.forbes.com/ciocentral/2011/03/09/the-blurring-line-between-science-and-science-fiction/
The Reality Of A Space Elevator (Story):
http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Space_Elevator_Science_Fact_Or_Science_Fiction_999.html
OTHER NEWS
Arnold Schwarzenegger says he is officially back in the movie biz and is considering 15 movies. Apparently he has quite the choice.When asked what scripts he was considering as his comeback movie, Arnie replied: "Well, first of all it's more than 15 films. Obvious ones from The Terminator to remakes of Predator and The Running Man and all of those things. Then also a lot of original stuff too. Here's one I could see him in:
There is still no word on whether or not "V" will return for a third season, but according to actress Morena Baccarin, fans will be heartbroken by the events of season finale regardless of its future."The finale is crazy," Baccarin told TVLine. "Totally nuts. And it's really heartbreaking. I cried when I saw it." Among the craziness that will be unfolding is the final reveal of what the Visitors look like under their human skin. So far this season we've been treated to face shots, CGI hybrids and skeletal remains but in episode 10 (entitled "Mothers Day") viewers will see a Visitor completely stripped of its human flesh.
Walt Disney Pictures has acquired "The Runner," a science fiction adventure movie that originally was conceived as a spec for a television pilot.Brian Grazer of Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment will produce. "The Runner" is set in the year 2027, when the earth's surface is uninhabitable because of a devastating attack. A group of survivors in the Rocky Mountains has discovered how to send a man back in time to try and stop earth's annihilation.
Next week, NASA's Messenger spacecraft will become the first probe ever to orbit Mercury. Scientists are hoping the mission will solve a host of mysteries about our neighboring planet. The $446 million Messenger probe launched in August 2004. Over the course of three flybys of Mercury, the spacecraft has already furthered scientist's understanding of the closet planet to the sun by revealing evidence of a volcanic past.
Following a historic first meeting between astronaut Buzz Aldrin and astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, the two visionaries of man's venturing beyond the Earth's gravity have announced their association in a joint effort "to better mankind's future in space." The newly paired world leaders in space science stated that their collaboration "seeks to define and obtain a Unified Space Vision that will continue the expansion of a human presence in space and ensure the perpetuation of the species.
BOOK REVIEWS
"Hull Zero Three" By Greg Bear:
http://thebooksmugglers.com/2010/11/book-review-hull-zero-three-by-greg-bear.html
Richard Morgan - Altered Carbon:
http://www.sfsite.com/03a/al123.htm
Peter F. Hamilton - Pandora's Star:
http://www.sffworld.com/brevoff/253.html
"Astral Weeks - A Years Worth Of SciFi, One Week At A Time:
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/13/entertainment/la-caw-astral-weeks-20110213
Dr Michio Kaku - Physics Of The Future: How Science Will Change Daily Life By 2100:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/26806
SCIFI NEWS QUOTE OF THE WEEK
The scientist has marched in and taken the place of the poet. But one day somebody will find the solution to the problems of the world and remember, it will be a poet, not a scientist. - Frank Lloyd Wright
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