Epic Lensman

When I was 16, my father gave me a book called Triplanetary by EE Smith. It would be the first science-fiction book I'd read but most certainly not the last .. Much later, a university friend would introduce fantasy to me.. It was Elric of Melnibone.. At some point, which...

NASA Tractor Beam: From Sci-Fi to Reality?

NASA Studying Tractor Beams NASA has secured funding to study "the concept for remotely capturing planetary or atmospheric particles and delivering them to a robotic rover or orbiting spacecraft for analysis". In other words, NASA wants to build a tractor beam. The NASA...