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Solar Library Fines Would Be Astronomical

February 12, 2018 Lisa Mungovan

When SpaceX launched a Tesla Roadster into orbit around the sun last week, they also sent a Solar Library. A coin-sized disc made of quartz crystal called an Arch holds 360 terabytes of data, including Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation” trilogy. The Arch can last 14 billion years. The overdue fines would be astronomical!

National Science Fiction Day

January 2, 2018 Lisa Mungovan

Today is National Science Fiction Day and the birthday of one of science fiction’s greatest writers, Isaac Asimov. Science fiction is a literary genre that often involves space or time travel, alien life, or parallel universes. “A Wrinkle In Time”, “The Missing” series, and ” I, Robot” are some sci-fi novels you might enjoy!