Current：Home > MyHappy Science Fiction Week, Earthlings! -Triumph Financial Guides
Happy Science Fiction Week, Earthlings!
View
Date：2025-04-14 21:29:46
It's Science Fiction Week on Short Wave, earthlings! So strap on your zero gravity suits and polish your light sabers because we're about to get nerdy ... starting with today's episode. It's one of our science fiction myth busting favorites from earlier this year.
Contrary to sci-fi depictions in shows like Iron Man and Star Wars, getting from point A to point B in space is a tough engineering problem. NPR Science Correspondent Geoff Brumfiel, with help from scientist Naia Butler-Craig, explains how space propulsion actually works, and why some new technologies might be needed to get humans to Mars and beyond.
Follow Geoff Brumfiel and Short Wave co-host Emily Kwong on Twitter. Email the show at shortwave@npr.org.
This episode was produced by Brit Hanson, fact-checked by Indi Khera and edited by Gisele Grayson.
veryGood！ (69)
Related
- San Francisco names street for Associated Press photographer who captured the iconic Iwo Jima photo
- These Drugstore Blushes Work Just as Well as Pricier Brands
- U.S. Emissions Dropped in 2019: Here’s Why in 6 Charts
- Eminem's Role in Daughter Alaina Scott's Wedding With Matt Moeller Revealed
- The FTC says 'gamified' online job scams by WhatsApp and text on the rise. What to know.
- New York’s Heat-Vulnerable Neighborhoods Need to Go Green to Cool Off
- Vacation rental market shift leaves owners in nerve-wracking situation as popular areas remain unbooked
- Analysts Worried the Pandemic Would Stifle Climate Action from Banks. It Did the Opposite.
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- Q&A: Why Women Leading the Climate Movement are Underappreciated and Sometimes Invisible
Ranking
- Will the 'Yellowstone' finale be the last episode? What we know about Season 6, spinoffs
- Big Oil Took a Big Hit from the Coronavirus, Earnings Reports Show
- In Afghanistan, coal mining relies on the labor of children
- Vanderpump Rules' Tom Sandoval Defends His T-Shirt Sex Comment Aimed at Ex Ariana Madix
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- Millions of workers are subject to noncompete agreements. They could soon be banned
- See Al Pacino, 83, and Girlfriend Noor Alfallah on Date Night After Welcoming Baby Boy
- Warming Trends: Farming for City Dwellers, an Upbeat Climate Podcast and Soil Bacteria That May Outsmart Warming
Recommendation
Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor
Intense cold strained, but didn't break, the U.S. electric grid. That was lucky
England will ban single-use plastic plates and cutlery for environmental reasons
New tax credits for electric vehicles kicked in last week
Former Danish minister for Greenland discusses Trump's push to acquire island
What Has Trump Done to Alaska? Not as Much as He Wanted To
January is often a big month for layoffs. Here's what to do in a worst case scenario
Extinction Rebellion, Greenpeace Campaign for a Breakup Between Big Tech and Big Oil