The Ice Harvest In 2094 the asteroid 16 Psyche was no longer a curiosity. The metallic worldlet—226 km across, 2.41 × 10¹⁹ kg of mostly iron-nickel with a thin silicate rind—had been claimed under the 2047 Lunar Accord extension. Three corporate…
The Slow Ships
The Slow Ships The first colony ship to Proxima Centauri b launched in 2078 from L2 halo orbit. It was not called a generation ship. Generation ships were romantic; this was a freight hauler with people as cargo. The vessel—officially Interstellar…
The Keeper of Still Water
The Keeper of Still Water In the high desert of the Atacama, where the sky is so clear it feels like standing inside the galaxy, there is a place called Salar de Pajonales. The salt flat stretches white and silent under…