To found a “colony?”   Colony implies mercantile model - mother country, colonies, back and forth trading, exploitation of the colonists.  Don’t you mean a “settlement?” 

This takes that old (and wise ) truth to a higher physical level, if not a higher intellectual level:   Space Force Intelligence is an oxymoron. 

Just playing with my new Nokia 156 dl.  I use Tracfone; this smart phone was less than 50 bucks, new - and if it weren’t for the damned ads, which are probably NOT from Nokia, it would be darn near perfect.  And, in a way, it too is a return to the early days - my first phone (also tracfone) was a Nokia.  I’ve come…

Correction - NASA’s system, which goes back decades, is not intended to silence the launch. It is intended to break up the harmonics that launch sounds create.

Nice book, interesting series, but it’s NOT Foundation. Why it’s so named is confusing. The entire message of the original trilogy, written during the Cold War, and just after WW II seems buried. Of course, what do I know? I did read the trilogy when it was first released, re-read it many times, then followed the…

Ah...the benefits of running a space program for the benefit of private corporations run by egomaniacs!

Thanks, Kevin Hainline - this is classroom wall worthy.

Are they planning to do any GOOD live-action repeats of old films?