Recurrent Patterns
Recurrent Patterns is a venture exploring strategies and insights around leading-edge companies, technology and cultural trends. Vaclav engages with leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists, authors and others who can share their perspectives in long-form conversations.
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Stars and Aliens
3I/ATLAS is just passing through.
It might be older than our entire solar system. Or it might also be alien. The astronomical fight is on.
Big Bada Boom, Christmas 2032?
The year is 2032, and your Christmas plans might include... an asteroid? NASA’s odds of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2032: low. Media panic level: high.
Ode to Engineering
Exploring Space's Marvels: Voyager Probes' Odyssey, Ingenious Solutions, and Cosmic Messages. A Tribute to Human Ingenuity in Space Exploration.
Looking back to the future
There’s something exciting happening if you look up. No, not at your ceiling. Set your sights on the stars. The biggest telescope ever launched into space, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is soon going to be able to send its first images back to Earth. A lot of engineering ‘firsts’ had to happen before this even became possible.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Summertime is when many of us take a break, look at the stars and dream. While looking skyward, I started thinking about space.
Did you know that Voyager 1 has now been in space for over 43 years? It is further from Earth than any other man-made object, at a distance of 152.2 AU (22.8 billion km, or 14.1 billion miles) from Earth.