The Science of Firefly: Laser Weapons
Welcome to the first in a series examining the real-life science behind Joss Whedon’s not-quite-science-fiction-more-of-a-western Firefly and its follow-up film sequel, Serenity. First up, we’ll be...
View ArticleThe Science of Firefly: Hovercraft and Anti-gravity Vehicles
Ni hao and welcome back to our ongoing look at the science and technology of everyone’s favorite cancelled TV show, Firefly. Today, we’re slipping the surly bonds of Earth-That-Was to look at...
View ArticleThe Science of Firefly Side Note: How far away is the Black?
A common misconception that we often encounter is that many people think that space is really far away. Others don’t understand the difference between “sub-orbital” and orbital craft, i.e. why we can’t...
View ArticleThe Science of Firefly: The Wild West on Mars
Ni hao, travellers! With the recent announcement that NASA has found evidence that water still flows on the red planet, and with the highly anticipated film The Martian hitting theaters in the United...
View ArticleThe Science of Firefly: Breakin’ Atmo
Courtesy Dark Horse Comics Like many engineers, I dream of making the fantastic ships and spacecraft of classic science fiction a reality. Take, for example, the simple concept of leaving Earth itself....
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