Showing posts with label Chris Hadfield. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chris Hadfield. Show all posts

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Time Traveling Robots in Space #71 - Reeves Is A Creeper


On Time Traveling Robots in Space #71, We discuss what Star Trek, Doctor Who and Superman all got wrong.  Lethal autonomous weapons systems and what we should do about them.  What India has to prove.  Plus, our picks and the question of the week.




* Seven of the silliest time-travel concepts ever

* Poor countries want space programs more than the rich ones
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/11/poor-countries-want-space-programs-more-than-rich-ones-do/

* Our Audible.com pick; An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything - written and narrated by Chris Hadfield
http://www.audible.com/pd/Bios-Memoirs/An-Astronauts-Guide-to-Life-on-Earth-Audiobook/B00G9QR048/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1384999351&sr=1-1

* Our entertainment pick;

Almost Human

58 Sci-fi Short Films
http://www.reddit.com/r/scifi/comments/1qu1vi/best_scifi_short_films/

Abe
http://vimeo.com/64114843

* And the question of the week...

If every country had autonomous killer robots now, who would use them first?

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Time Traveling Robots in Space #57 - Substitute Swickard


Bots to get busy with! Kirk to ISS.  Is Hamill back for Episode VII?  And, does Galactic Netcasts have a proposal for you!



* A time travel based board game.
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/119781/legacy-gears-of-time



* CNET's Top 5 Robot Girlfriends.
http://cnettv.cnet.com/8301-13489_53-57568732-10389930/top-5-sci-fi-robot-girlfriends/

*  William Shatner conducts interview with ISS Astronaut after Twitter conversation. 
http://www.space.com/19678-william-shatner-calls-space-astronaut.html

*  Mark Hamill is in talks to return to Star Wars for Episode VII.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/02/21/star-wars-episode-7-mark-hamill-luke-skywalker_n_2732400.html

* Our Audible pick, Star Trek: The Return by William Shatner.
http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B002V5IWRA&qid=1360727588&sr=1-1

* And, our entertainment picks;

The web comic Supermassive Black Hole.
http://smbhax.com/

The film Star Trek: Insurrection.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000ILBK?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00000ILBK&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

The movie Timer.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003DLTBXU?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B003DLTBXU&linkCode=xm2&tag=galacnetca-20

* Question of the week; if you could ask an astronaut from any era or mission a question, what would it be?

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