The message had taken 1,200 years to reach Earth. Dr. Mikayla Banks stood in the observation deck of the Remembrance, watching Kepler-442b grow larger in the viewport. Somewhere down there, the descendants of the original colony ship Independence were waiting—if any had survived at all. The signal had been simple, almost primitive: a repeating sequence … Continue reading The Signal from Kepler-442b
Colony
Sarah’s Challenge
Time to come back to another challenge issued by another reader. The third comment on my initial blog post came from Sarah, who provided the following prompts… Character Name: Samuel Setting: Mars Object: A notebook Emotion: Confusion Samuel ran down the corridor of Echo base, clutching a torn notebook in his hand as he made … Continue reading Sarah’s Challenge
To the Moon
A few days ago, the world celebrated the 46th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. It was on July 20, 1969, that Neal Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldren became the first men to walk on the moon.After that first lunar landing, NASA returned to the lunar surface five more times. After the Apollo 17 mission … Continue reading To the Moon
The Confusing Middle 