The Space Between Us (feat. Chris Noessel, UI Expert) : Episode 80
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The Space Between Us
What: Tween love story in SPAAAAAAAACE and on MARRRRRRRRRS
Directed by: Peter Chelsom
Starring: Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield, Britt Robertson, Carla Gugino
Featuring guest co-host
Chris Noessel, User Interface Expert from Sci-Fi Interfaces
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Make it So by Chris Noessel
Based on his work on his website Sci-Fi Interfaces, he wrote a really great book on UI design and scifi!
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Show Notes
How we wound up covering this teen romance
Chris was in town and at the last minute, we called together a decipherSciFi meetup! Thanks for coming out, folks!
Settling Mars
Long and short term threats to humanity. Anthropocene. Courage and adventure and inspiration.
Astronaut Quarantine
Frank Borman and space vomit and space diarrhea. Pre-flight and post-flight quarantine protocols.
Mars mission design
Rocket to orbit, dock with the larger ship/station, then on to Mars. Not entirely dissimilar to irl concepts. Finding energy on other bodies in space with lesser gravity wells. Public and private space industry partnership.
Timelines and propulsion
Around nine months to mars (maybe). Ion drives? Mundane solid rocket? Apparent weightlessness?
SpaceX’s proposed Mars travel outline
Robots
Remote Agent architecture. Robots prefabricating a Mars base before the humans arrive.
Weightlessness
Weightlessness as an environmental “stressor.” Insemination in space. Fetal and childhood physical development.
Video Chat
Light speed communication speed limitations. Using AI to simulate realtime conversation. Translucent screens! ? A terrible design for the user, but a good design for storytelling in film. Also of some utility to teachers, who can then see what students are looking at. Parallax.
The hardship of existing on earth
What would a native-born Martian human experience coming to Earth? Higher gravity. Heart enlargement. Blood pressure. Thin bones, low muscle mass.
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