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Strumbellas at the Interstellar Rodeo in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ©Eric Kozakiewicz/ Interstellar Rodeo
This interstellar spaceship traveling at sub-light speed has taken more than a century and many generations of crew members to reach its destination, a star system twelve light years from Earth. The original occupants grew old and died, leaving their descendants to continue the journey.
The original occupants were aware of the challenges and implications of such a long, isolated journey. Many stories had explored the biological, social and moral changes that might occur. Common themes in these stories were loss of knowledge, the emergence of new religions and cultures, and the rebellion of the passengers. We can only hope that adequate precautions were taken to prevent the worst of these outcomes and the people who emerge from the ship are as courageous, thoughtful and well-grounded as their ancestors.
[Note: Some famous examples of generation starship stories are Arthur C. Clarke’s “Rendezvous with Rama” (1973), Robert Heinlein’s “Orphans of the Sky” (1963), Gene Wolfe’s “The Book of the Long Sun” (1993-1996), and Kim Stanley Robinson’s “Aurora” (2015).]
I can't believe how long it's been since I updated the thread on this build- I've been working on it incrementally but totally neglected to keep things posted.
Regardless, here's where I'm at;
five of the modules had severe air cavities under the main layer of resin where it ought to have been solid, so rather than ignore the issue (as it wasn't visible, but was structurally questionable) I cut out those areas before levelling them out with resin and filler.
Then this evening I rewatched Interstellar itself whilst panelling the repaired modules.
Tomorrow I'm going to build the master for the spherical joints... my intention is to vacuum form them in halves to preserve the ability for disassembly.
St. Vincent at the Interstellar Rodeo in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ©Eric Kozakiewicz/Interstellar Rodeo
Marty Stuart at the Interstellar Rodeo in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ©Eric Kozakiewicz/Interstellar Rodeo
Christopher Nolan 's Interstellar Double Decker Bus AD Billboard movie film poster astronauts science fiction sci-fi flooding out the windows of a building above the corner of 42nd Street and 7th Avenue in New York City 11/03/2014 NYC traffic taxi cab cabs
They sleep and dream in the interstellar space. Connecting galaxies through cosmic energy. Midjourney v5.
A little microspace build I made over at Sarah's house. It's an alternate to the Mini Republic Gunship, no added pieces.
I've had this sitting around for a while now, so I thought it was time to post it.
I really like the bow/bridge portion of the ship. It would be a fun thing to try to recreate on a SHIP.
They sleep and dream in the interstellar space. Connecting galaxies through cosmic energy. Midjourney v5.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), the agency’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Follow On–Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) spacecraft atop stands vertical at Launch Complex 39A as the sun sets on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The missions will each focus on different effects of the solar wind — the continuous stream of particles emitted by the Sun — and space weather — the changing conditions in space driven by the Sun — from their origins at the Sun to their farthest reaches billions of miles away at the edge of our solar system. Photo credit: BAE Systems/Benjamin Fry
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The southern cross is a small but obvious sight in southern skies. But from a dark site I like tracing the black lagoons and dark winding rivers of interstellar dust that block the light of millions of distant stars from further reaches of our galaxy.
I'm still struggling with a setup for astrophotography, image stacking and processing, etc. So this is a single frame, 50mm f1.8, ISO1600, 5 seconds and lots of "curves" layers of the luminous variety.
Three novelettes of the Interstellar Medical Service – “The Grandfathers War” (1957), “Med Ship Man” (1963), and “Tallien Three” (1963).
“The human race had spread through the galaxy, colonizing hundreds of alien worlds. The Interstellar Medical Service sent its scouts out to take whatever action was necessary to maintain peace, health and security on those worlds.
“Calhoun was a medic, and on every planet he found nothing but trouble. On Talien III, he had to fight an alien chemical that was turning men into psychopathic killers. On Maya, he discovered vicious bio-weapons being used by a criminal cartel to control people as though they were cattle. On Phaedra II, he encountered a world of children, riddled with disease, yet pursuing a deadly interplanetary war.
“Wherever he went, Calhoun had the same grim choice – avert danger and bring peace, or be destroyed himself by the very forces of chaos he was seeking to overcome!” [From the Introduction]
“One of the all-time great storytellers of science fiction, Murray Leinster writes at his very best in these legendary tales of the Interstellar Medical Service. They are packed with action and adventure, and rich with imagination.” [From the back cover]
Interstellar spaceship arriving at an alien Solar System trillions of miles away
Conquering the Sun's Empire
Frederick I. Ordway, III
and Ronald C. Wakeford
Illustrations by Harry H-K Lange
E.P Dutton & Co., 1963
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This is my first MOC. It started out as a Mining Freighter but shiny white and sleek design does not really match a Space Mining Company now, does it? Interstellar priority freighter it is, for the moment being. :)
Critique and Comments welcome!
Cat Power at the Interstellar Rodeo in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ©Eric Kozakiewicz/Interstellar Rodeo
Recently decommission due to budget cuts, these Space Police interstellar transports had more than twice the speed and endurance of a standard Peacekeeper-class transport.
Director Christopher Nolan has been keeping us captivated with visuals and still-mysterious storyline of his upcoming epic and original sci-fi adventure INTERSTELLAR. The film blasts onto the big-screen from the 7th November and boasts an all-star line up for a time-travelling journey that ...