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"EXPLOSION OF AWARENESS"
a radical new space philosophy based in aesthetics, ecology, and science.
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“Explosion of Awareness”—Kubrick, Nietzsche, Hubble, and the Starting Point for a 21st Century…
“Explosion of Awareness”—Kubrick, Nietzsche, Hubble, and the Starting Point for a 21st Century…
“Explosion of Awareness”
Barry Vacker
Nov 25, 2017
Honoring the 50th Anniversary of 2001: The Monolith and Hope for the Human Species
Honoring the 50th Anniversary of 2001: The Monolith and Hope for the Human Species
Fifty years after its debut, 2001 is more relevant than ever. Released at the height of the space age in 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A…
Barry Vacker
May 9, 2017
Gargantua, the Tesseract, and Existential Meanings in Interstellar
Gargantua, the Tesseract, and Existential Meanings in Interstellar
Stars, Dirt, and the Cosmic Sublime
Barry Vacker
Jan 14, 2017
NASA’s Icon of Human Narcissism: The 50th Anniversary of Earthrise and What It Means for the 21st…
NASA’s Icon of Human Narcissism: The 50th Anniversary of Earthrise and What It Means for the 21st…
Earthrise — it’s one of the most iconic and important photographs ever taken by the human species. As the Apollo 8 astronauts orbited the…
Barry Vacker
Jul 24, 2018
Against Terraforming Mars, Strip-Mining the Moon, and Militarizing Outer Space
Against Terraforming Mars, Strip-Mining the Moon, and Militarizing Outer Space
“It would be great to be born on Earth and to die on Mars,” said Elon Musk.
Barry Vacker
Nov 19, 2017
Interstellar’s Vision of Cosmic Hope
Interstellar’s Vision of Cosmic Hope
Love, science, courage, the universe, the sublime—these are key concepts that convey Interstellar’s vision of cosmic hope for the human…
Barry Vacker
Mar 4, 2017
“Naked Into the Cosmos” — Space Exploration and the 50th Anniversary of “Future Shock” by Alvin…
“Naked Into the Cosmos” — Space Exploration and the 50th Anniversary of “Future Shock” by Alvin…
“How strange, therefore, that when we hurl a man into the future, we take few pains to protect him from the shock of change. It is as…
Barry Vacker
Feb 16, 2019
Nihilism and the Sublime in the Five Greatest Space Films
Nihilism and the Sublime in the Five Greatest Space Films
“The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent. If we can come to terms with this…
Barry Vacker
Jan 20, 2017
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