Will this be a future home after eons of evolution? “Europa's
rocky interior may be much more complex and possibly earthlike than people
typically think, according to Steve Vance, a planetary scientist at JPL and
lead author of the study.”
Phillip K. Dick wrote many of the stories we view as films lately.
Paycheck
Minority Report
A Scanner Darkly
Total Recall
Adjustment Bureau
Screamers
Next
A Scanner Darkly
Blase Runner
Man in the High Castle
Imposter
To my way of thinking, his ideas and concepts were ahead of the times in which he wrote. What an imagination! He had knowledge of [philosophy, business, physics. It's too bad that he didn't enjoy the success he deserved during his lifetime.
Kudos to the scientists for this amazing accomplishment.
Since a light year is six trillion miles, and we’re speaking
about six trillion times 13 billion, it’s fair to say that we cannot comprehend
the idea of 13 billion light years; at least I can’t. It’s difficult to imagine
that we can see that far, even with a gravitational telescope.
Scientists say this image of this tiny galaxy will assist us
in understanding how the universe began. Do we really want to know?
If we could travel the 13 billion light years to reach this galaxy,
what would we find?
On may 22, many will have the opportunity to see Mars, which will be at its closest point to Earth in more than a decade. The Red planet will be visible all night.
Mega Tsunamis means Mars once had oceans. If Mars had
oceans, it may mean the red planet had life. Some suggest that Mars’ life may
be underground. What if life there came to earth? What if we are the Martians?
What if we lived on Mars and were a technologically advanced civilization with
the ability to build spacecraft? What if we had to escape a disaster (The
scientist claim meteors cause the tsunamis) and traveled to Earth?
It’s always fun to speculate about such issues, even if it’s
only exercise for our brains.
Recently scientists held a meeting (in secret) that
considered creating a synthetic human genome. My first thought: what delightful
fodder for a science fiction story. Another thought followed. What could possibly
go wrong with this?
Scientists intend to use chemical to create all the DNA of
human beings. That means they are customized genes—unnatural genes. What could
they create with these? Will they attempt to custom-design people for specific
jobs? Fireman, soldiers, doctors, teachers, and more could all be customized at
some future date.
This is not quite the Universal Soldier You can see information on the Universal Soldier here. series in which soldiers are reanimated or returned to life after their
deaths. (Sounds gruesome, doesn’t it?) Nor is this like The Fly, where a scientist uses teleportation devices. See The Fly here. Further, The X-MEN (follow this link) were different because they were born mutants.
Science Fiction
Fodder
This may prove to excellent science fiction fodder.
It took longer than expected to finish
the novel Shadow Invasion. Now it's done, except for the
revisions, the edits, and who knows what else. The best part of writing is the
first draft, the creative part where you just let go with your imagination.
Yes, some research about reality is necessary too.
Currently I'm reading another Phillip K. Dick story: Man in the High castle. He
was a genius and a favorite author of mine. He wrote about things most of us
never consider in the way he considered them. He truly wanted to know several
things: what is real? What is Human? Will the world decay?
It's a shame that he didn't he didn't realize the rewards of his work
while he still lived. But that applies to many of the world's great artists.
Hollywood mad many of his stories into box office hits: Total Recall, Blade
Runner, Minority Report, Screamers, A Scanner Darkly, and one of my favorites:
Paycheck, and many more.
Below is a short video from 1977. After you listen to it, you will wonder about
these issues. You will also notice how forward his thinking was.
