Caz
@timberwind.bsky.social
she/her | 1998 | seattle | icy moon enthusiast | married
sometime hard science fiction illustrator
just the art: @timberwindart.bsky.social
header: "Green Mars", Peter Elson (1993)
sometime hard science fiction illustrator
just the art: @timberwindart.bsky.social
header: "Green Mars", Peter Elson (1993)
tumblr communities look like fake social media from a video game
January 1, 2026 at 3:08 AM
tumblr communities look like fake social media from a video game
two poachers attempt to steal a baby spaceplane from its adoptive helicopter mom
January 1, 2026 at 2:10 AM
two poachers attempt to steal a baby spaceplane from its adoptive helicopter mom
my posts are all transcribed to bluesky by researchers reading them off this panel on my enclosure
December 31, 2025 at 10:56 AM
my posts are all transcribed to bluesky by researchers reading them off this panel on my enclosure
ARC-1969-AC87-0060-1 through ARC-1969-AC87-0060-4, 1987
December 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
ARC-1969-AC87-0060-1 through ARC-1969-AC87-0060-4, 1987
also enjoyed the 'what if 1990s microsoft were up in some end of eva type business' vibes of the Cynosure complex. and this funny dog
December 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
also enjoyed the 'what if 1990s microsoft were up in some end of eva type business' vibes of the Cynosure complex. and this funny dog
Hm, I think this snippet on the Wikipedia page might be incorrect - the 0.1 mSv day figure from the cited site makes sense as a 'contribution from the Jovian charged particle wiggler' but I think GCR doses would be comparable to Luna? I don't think the Jovian magnetosphere should do much at ~26 Rj
December 28, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Hm, I think this snippet on the Wikipedia page might be incorrect - the 0.1 mSv day figure from the cited site makes sense as a 'contribution from the Jovian charged particle wiggler' but I think GCR doses would be comparable to Luna? I don't think the Jovian magnetosphere should do much at ~26 Rj
workers are always assuming this
December 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
workers are always assuming this
the old shuttle era OMV concept... funky little guy
December 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
the old shuttle era OMV concept... funky little guy
oh yeah but that one's less oversight than handwave - they assumed enough of a slice of neutrons would be soaked up by the smushed hydrogen plasma to render tapering unnecessary. I recall talking about this with @gbruhaug.bsky.social ages ago and him thinking that this is unlikely to be true though
December 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
oh yeah but that one's less oversight than handwave - they assumed enough of a slice of neutrons would be soaked up by the smushed hydrogen plasma to render tapering unnecessary. I recall talking about this with @gbruhaug.bsky.social ages ago and him thinking that this is unlikely to be true though
the Marshall SFC z-pinch ship design is also very fun I think, it's endearing how it's a sort of 2010s tech caveman fusion rocket with a gain barely into the double digits... cutting those massive sixty-tonne capacitor banks down to size with SMES batteries would do wonders for the mass ratio alone
December 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
the Marshall SFC z-pinch ship design is also very fun I think, it's endearing how it's a sort of 2010s tech caveman fusion rocket with a gain barely into the double digits... cutting those massive sixty-tonne capacitor banks down to size with SMES batteries would do wonders for the mass ratio alone
reminded of one of my favorite bits of exposition in A Deepness In The Sky here
December 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
reminded of one of my favorite bits of exposition in A Deepness In The Sky here
clive barker's creepypastas...
December 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
clive barker's creepypastas...
thinking about rereading Blue Remembered Earth (and maybe the rest of the Poseidon's Children books) lately... it's been a looong time. always was fond of the sketch design Reynolds posted of the interplanetary ship 'Winter Queen' on his blog around the time it came out.
December 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
thinking about rereading Blue Remembered Earth (and maybe the rest of the Poseidon's Children books) lately... it's been a looong time. always was fond of the sketch design Reynolds posted of the interplanetary ship 'Winter Queen' on his blog around the time it came out.
The early (circa 2000) solar-electric drive designs for these Mars mission profiles were also cute, very charmingly unconventional - almost evocative of Age of Sail schooners with their great triangular solar wings.
December 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The early (circa 2000) solar-electric drive designs for these Mars mission profiles were also cute, very charmingly unconventional - almost evocative of Age of Sail schooners with their great triangular solar wings.
I still have such a soft spot for the old nuclear-thermal Mars DRA (Design Reference Architecture) mission designs that were all the rage from the late 1990s to the 2010s. I wonder how many historical butterflies you'd need to flap their wings for these birds to have actually taken flight...
December 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I still have such a soft spot for the old nuclear-thermal Mars DRA (Design Reference Architecture) mission designs that were all the rage from the late 1990s to the 2010s. I wonder how many historical butterflies you'd need to flap their wings for these birds to have actually taken flight...
I do think the idea of putting what is effectively the laser driver system of a fusion pulse rocket at the top of a borehole and using it as the powerhouse for god's own drilling rig kind of goes hard, is the thing.
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I do think the idea of putting what is effectively the laser driver system of a fusion pulse rocket at the top of a borehole and using it as the powerhouse for god's own drilling rig kind of goes hard, is the thing.
