2001 and Beyond

Today on Far Future Horizons we present 2001 and Beyond.

SciFi Science - Destroying the Death Star

Destruction of planet Despayre in the Original Star Wars Film

Today on Far Future Horizons we join Dr. Michio Kaku for another exciting episode of Sci Fi Science. 

Death Star Super Laser

His mission, to come up with innovative ways to destroy the most dreaded weapon in the know Galaxy - The Death Star.

What’s The Real Deal Behind UFO Reports?

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Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the acclaimed Documentary series The Universe to investigate the real deal behind UFO reports.

Many argue that flying saucers and other extra-terrestrial space ships continuously visit the earth. If that were true, what kinds of technologies would such alien spacecraft require? And do eyewitness reports of UFO sightings jibe with modern theories of how interstellar travel might be possible? 

SyFy Channel’s New Mini- Series Ascension

Today on Far Future Horizons we take an exclusive first look at the SyFy Channel’s New Mini-Series Ascension.

Cosmic Journeys ~ Interstellar Flight

Today on Far Future Horizons we present Cosmic Journeys ~  Interstellar Flight.

Mission to Mars: Orion Nuclear Propulsion

Project Orion represents one of the grandest and most audacious “might have beens” ever conceived in the fifty year history of space exploration. With the aid of the Orbiter Spaceflight Simulator designed by Dr. Martin Schweiger of UCL and its associated Project Orion add on, today’s video feature illustrates one possible mission profile that would take a crew to the planet Mars.

According to science fiction author Jerry Pournelle, who is acquainted with the project and its ex-team leader Freeman Dyson, a single mission could have provided us with a large permanent moon base. Alternatively, an Orion could reach Pluto and return to Earth in a year.

Evacuate Earth

"Since, in the long run, every planetary society will be endangered by impacts from space, every surviving civilization is obliged to become spacefaring--not because of exploratory or romantic zeal, but for the most practical reason imaginable: staying alive."  ~ Carl Sagan

Today on Far Future Horizons we examine a nightmarish scenario namely the imminent countdown to the destruction of our home planet and our immediate necessity to evacuate the Earth.  

To Mars and Beyond by A-Bomb

Project Orion represents one of the grandest and most audacious “might have beens” in the fifty year history of space exploration. I have a special interest in this particular project because Project Orion may yet serve as an essential element in a future planetary defence project as George Dyson has hinted in a recent TED talk presentation.

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the BBC documentary To Mars By A-Bomb - The Secret History of Project Orion.

Freeman Dyson – ET In The Solar System

Physicist Freeman Dyson needs no introduction; his name is synonymous with cutting edge science, space exploration and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).

Dyson worked on Project Orion from 1957 to 1961, which proposed the possibility of space-flight using nuclear pulse propulsion. A prototype was demonstrated using conventional explosives, but after the signing of the partial nuclear test ban treaty which banned the testing of nuclear weapons other than underground, Project Orion was terminated.


Today on Far Future Horizons I have posted a TED talk filmed in February 2003 and posted in July, 2008 featuring Dyson. In this wonderful video Freeman Dyson suggests that we start looking for life on the moons of Jupiter and out past Neptune, in the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud. He talks about what such life would be like and how we might find it.