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About: Fredrick Haugen

Fredrick Haugen
Perhaps I was a naive kid, but I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey like it was a magical documentary sent from the future. Now I have nostalgia for a promising new tomorrow -- filled with orbiting space colonies -- that never occurred. Maybe there's still time.
Top 5

Top 5 Fathers in Science Fiction


We celebrate Father’s Day with a special Top 5 list of the Best Dads in science fiction. These men go above and beyond in their kid’s lives as role models, protectors, and friends.

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Comics

FloatBall: a Comic about the Sport of the Future


Former NFL pro Ken Harvey wants to create the first sport in space. He’s launched a Kickstarter project to make a comic book of the hard-hitting zero-G game of the future.

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Space

Chris Hadfield covers Bowie’s “Space Oddity” from the ISS


Last week, ISS commander Chris Hadfield unveiled one last surprise in his bag of social media memes — a cover version of David Bowie’s classic astronaut song, “Space Oddity.”

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Polls

What’s the Most Awesome Big Spaceship in Sci-Fi?


Remember the first time you saw a Star Destroyer?For this poll, we’ve got the obvious choices, and a few from left field to keep it interesting. Vote for your favorite today!

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Tech

How the Oceans might Clean the Garbage Patches


Huge islands of plastic swirl in the ocean, and will survive for thousands of years. How do we reverse the damage? The Ocean Cleanup Array could possibly sift plastics out of the water.

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Top 5

Top 5 Songs that Changed the World


These futuristic songs — all of them Top 40 hits — influenced a generation and still resonant today. Love them or hate them, this list ushered us into a brave new future.

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Science

Ancient Mars Could Have Supported Life


NASA’s Curiosity rover hit pay dirt last week — evidence that ancient Mars could have supported living microbes. It’s a fundamental question, and scientists say “the answer is yes.”

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Space

Astronaut Tweets How to “Catch a Dragon”


SpaceX’s Dragon made its third trip to the ISS this month. The entire process of grabbing the cargo capsule was tweeted, in words and photos, by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.

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Space

Space X Tests the Grasshopper: A Reusable Rocket


Elon Musk debuted the Grasshopper — a new reusable, self-landing rocket — to a crowd at the SXSW festival. The test launch was a critical step in making commercial launches economical.

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Polls

What’s the Coolest Sci-Fi World?


The best sci-fi has the ability to transport you to entirely new imaginary worlds — to make you believe that the fictional places described are tangible and real. Tell us what you think!

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Tech

Nanoscribe’s New 3D Printer Creates Tiny Stuff Fast


The creation of medical and electronic devices may be revolutionized by this new tabletop 3D microprinter that works 100 times quicker than anything else available.

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Tech

Robots Ready to Rampage? BigDog Hurls Cinder Blocks


A quadruped robot can toss heavy cinder blocks more than 17 feet. In order to heave each block, BigDog uses the strength of its legs and torso to power the motion of its arm (just like an athlete).

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