Its Time for Twilight Zone Marathons and such, so let’s discuss space travel and its implications in TZ! The Best and Maybe Only Space Travel in Twilight Zone Episodes. Not Spoiler Free (because why would you even care about any of this if you haven’t already seen this 60 year-old show?) I didn’t include such […]

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Since we just recently heard the news from Billy Mumy that his former LIS cos star and friend Mark Goddard has passed, I thought I would post a tribute to Mark. Rather than give a bland Wikipedia bio which you can all look up, I thought I’d mention some of the best Major West episodes: […]

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Since the very beginning, Star Trek has mentioned and sometimes flamboyantly shown (Susan Oliver, anyone?) the famed green-skinned aliens from somewhere in the constellation of Orion. Star Trek: Lower Decks likes to poke fun at the various Orion stereotypes, i.e., that they are all a bunch of pirates (or “animal women” being sold off by […]

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Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has continued his serious search for alien artifacts. His efforts started with his shocking (though justifiable) claim that the interstellar object named Oumuamua was possibly an alien probe or spaceship. This object did not seem to fit into typical expectations for, say, a comet or asteroid, in terms of the shape […]

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Of course, most sci fi fans and all Star Trek fans know that the new series, Strange New Worlds (regarding the voyages of the Enterprise when it was commanded by Christopher Pike) has started on Paramount Plus. Summaries and reviews abound on the internet, so I won’t rehash. However, I will mention a few things […]

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In the sci fi world Kellerman is perhaps best known for her role as Dr. Dehner (a psychologist) in the second crafted pilot episode for Star Trek: The Original Series. In this episode, she and her love interest, Gary Mitchell, played by Gary Lockwood (of 2001: A Space Odyssey fame) attain telepathic and telekinetic powers […]

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My (Steve Bloom) Interview on the Alpha Control Lost in Space Podcast (Interviewed by creator of the podcast, Laen August) is now live! Check it out by clicking on this text!

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As I consider some of the physics of the the third season of the new Lost in Space (yeah, I know, we can hear the asteroid collision!) , I wanted to note some interesting nods to the first series: Vijay playing a vintage beat-up acoustic guitar is a nod to the original series Will strumming […]

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I’m looking forward to seeing the third and apparently last season of the Lost in Space reboot on Netflix. Even though this series clearly has higher production values than its predecessor, I’m still not quite as excited about it as the original series, even realizing that my beloved original Lost in Space descended into sheer […]

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Soon after announcing that he intended to go up on a Blue Origin tourist space shot, William Shatner announced that he will be going up on a flight on October 12, just 5 days from this writing. I have to admit that I was a bit shocked that the decision was made, at least seemingly, […]

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