I am Voyager 1 and I have traveled beyond the Solar System, further than any object made by human hands

Conceived and built in a lab by engineers using slide rules and tee squares, I was launched on a rocket, leveraged another rocket to shoot me into space, swept past Jupiter and Saturn, and then exited the Solar System across a career longer than my human creators.  I am Voyager 1 and I have traveled… Continue reading I am Voyager 1 and I have traveled beyond the Solar System, further than any object made by human hands

The Titanic, the Titan, and humanity’s endless hubris

The Titanic claims another five victims in a story that might be even more illustrative of humanity’s boundless pride than the original tragedy.  If the sinking of the world’s largest ocean liner was Shakespeare, the implosion of the Titan is Vonnegut in a sad sign of the decline of our times. For generations, the Titanic… Continue reading The Titanic, the Titan, and humanity’s endless hubris