Yesterday, at 9:33 PM, I was out in the driveway, sitting in my lawnchair, staring up at the moon—and the tiny dot of the red supergiant star, Antares. I was waiting for the exact moment when the dark edge of the moon would move in front of the star and it would wink out. These… Continue reading With My Own Eyes: Lunar Occultation of Antares
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Lunar Alpine Trilogy is Complete
Just released is Alpine Destiny, the third and final book of this trilogy. Taking place roughly 500 years after the events in the book Humanicide, the setting is terraformed Luna. But this is a very different place from the gray sterile moon in our sky. Yes, the gravity is still only 1/6th that of Earth,… Continue reading Lunar Alpine Trilogy is Complete