Sep 9, 2014 | Mike Combs Space Settlement Collection
by Mike Combs, Copyright © 1999 This article also appeared in the Summer 1999 issue of Space Front, a publication of the Space Frontier Foundation. Here lately, I’ve found myself arguing a lot with Martians. No, that’s OK, I assure you it’s not a...
Sep 9, 2014 | Mike Combs Space Settlement Collection
by Mike Combs, Copyright © 2000 This article also appeared in the Summer 2000 issue of Space Front, a publication of the Space Frontier Foundation, and was presented at the 2004 International Space Development Conference. Certainly many early space thinkers have...
Sep 9, 2014 | Mike Combs Space Settlement Collection
by Mike Combs,Copyright © 1997 The Christians had it all wrong when they said Hell was a lake of burning fire. Hell, Wendell Drake had decided long ago, was being stuck in a Chicago traffic jam in the middle of December. Wendell held one hand up to block the orange...
Sep 9, 2014 | Mike Combs Space Settlement Collection
by Mike Combs, Copyright © 2004 ‘Well, Dyson’s gone and topped himself again.’ ‘Oh yeah,’ I replied, ‘So exactly how does one top spheres the size of solar systems and trees on comets?’ ‘Actually, Keith, his newest idea...
Sep 9, 2014 | Mike Combs Space Settlement Collection
by Mike Combs, Copyright © 1994 I used to write for the Fanzine of a Star Trek club, and sometimes used this forum for the discussion of High Frontier-type concepts. The following article was written for a Star Trek audience and was published in one of the club...