This photo, captured by the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on March 21, 2006, features battered Mimas in chiaroscuro against the hazy limb of Saturn.
We speak for Earth.
My name is London Black. This is my space – a small blip in the universe of things, contained within our grander universe itsel – where I’ll share my written work. This is a work in progress; soon, you’ll find here the following:
- Digests, covering the latest ideas I’m finding fascinating in space technology, research, business, and policy.
- Reflections on the ideas presented to us by classic science fiction and some of history’s great science communicators, juxtaposed against the world we find ourselves in today.
- Think pieces on the history of spaceflight, pivotal space missions, and particularly poignant photographs (and the stories behind them) taken during these missions.
- Questions I’m asking myself, and which I’d encourage others to ask, about what it means to explore the stars: to learn, to map the undiscovered country (…), to benefit humanity?
- Maybe, possibly, some poetry. We’ll see. Watch this space (no pun intended).
