Author Archives: Lonnie-Morgan
Top Black Characters in Science Fiction
The future. Whether 20 years or 200 years from now, the sci-fi genre is all about new possibilities and new ideas. Change. Often, sci-fi TV shows, movies and books give us the perfect opportunity to envision a time when skin color has stopped being a factor in human-to-human relationships. You know, the novel concept of […] Continue reading
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Tagged African American characters, Armchair Geek, Movies, scifi, TV
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Gaming Geek Camp (Where Were You When I Was A Kid)
This past fall, I was a guest presenter at my kid’s middle school Career Day. Being a software engineer, I tried to impart on them the wide-open field of possibilities that come with a career in programming (if you work for a progressive company, if you have the entrepreneurial spirit, if you are a go-getter, […] Continue reading
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Tagged iD Tech Camp, InternalDrive, Science and Education
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Space 2010
Published in 1982 and put to film in 1984, Arthur C. Clarke’s 2010: Odyssey Two tells the story of a joint U.S. and Russian investigation into the events surrounding Dave Bowman, HAL, Discovery One and the Jupiter monolith mission from 2001: A Space Odyssey. A great story and a great film if you’ve never read […] Continue reading
2009 Planetary Society Advent Calendar Wrap-Up
IMHO, some of the greatest images of all time have not been taken by a human holding a camera. From the Cassini orbiter of today to the Mariner missions of yesteryear, robotic spacecraft have helped to expland our scientific knowledge and fire our imaginations about the wonders of our local planetary system with images beamed […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Cassini, Emily Lakdawalla, Planetary Society, Prometheus, Saturn
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All About Hayabusa (The Spacecraft, Not The Halo Armor)
I know my kids get tired of me tilting my head out from behind my laptop screen and proclaiming the next great achievement from the space realms: “Hey kids, Hayabusa is on its way back!”. This time however, their little faces actually turned toward me and smiled: “Hayabusa? Are you talking about Halo?”.
No!
Hayabusa is also […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, asteroid, Hayabusa, Ion Engine, Itokawa, JAXA, Science and Education
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Last Man On The Moon, For Now
Thirty-seven years ago today, December 18, 1972, Eugene Cernan stepped into Apollo 17’s Challenger lunar module and became the last man to set foot on the moon. With Charlie Bolden, Lori Garver, and the Obama administration weighing the options for the future of America’s role in human spaceflight (unless Congress decides for them first) it […] Continue reading
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Tagged Apollo, Armchair Geek, Gene Cernan, Human Space Flight, LEO, Moon, NASA, Sally Ride, Science and Education, women
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WISE Space Telescope to Launch on December 11
Barring any unforeseen weather events at Vandenberg Air Force Base (I’m sure NASA is glad that they do not have launch facilities in upper Wisconsin right now), the WISE space telescope will be launched around 6 AM Pacific time on Friday, December 11th. Built as a part of NASA’s Explorers Program, WISE will observe our […] Continue reading
What Will Happen When Astronauts No Longer Fly On The Space Shuttle?
There are only five Space Shuttle flights left on NASA’s schedule. Since 1982, astronauts have traveled into low-Earth orbit aboard the workhorse of NASA’s space program. With the exception of the Hubble repair mission earlier this year, the remaining flights have all been focused on adding to and upgrading the International Space Station. However, as […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, astronauts, Bigelow Aerospace, Dragon, Falcon, NASA, Orion, Space Shuttle, SpaceX
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10 Questions For Tobias Buckell, Consulting Editor For the Halo Encyclopedia
Geeks are thorough. We love completeness and detail. When you are playing D&D, you do not fight a monster. You battle a Skullcrusher Ogre with a speed of 30, an armor class of 22, a base attack of +12 and +25 if grappling. Over the years we have looked to “definitive guides” to answer […] Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Bungie, Encyclopedia, Halo, Novel, People, Tobias Buckell, Toys and Technology
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