
Mark Mortimer
After a wonderful career, I have returned to my passion; space. At Universe Today, I advocate that everyone looks as far into the future as they dare and then envisions how our current actions can bring about this potential utopia. Our future is what we make of today.
Recent Articles
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Book Review: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe - Space, Time and Motion
May 02, 2025Has your dinner time conversations been dragging a bit of late? Feel like raising its knowledge level to a bit higher than the usual synopsis of the most recent reality TV show? Then take the challenge presented by Sean Carroll in his book "The Biggest Ideas in the Universe – Space, Time and Motion". Using this, your conversation might soon be sparkling with grand thoughts about modern physics, time travel, going faster than light and the curvature of the universe.
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Book Review: The Impossible Man
January 29, 2025 -
Book Review: Inventing a Space Mission
March 05, 2018 -
Book Review: Cosmology for the Curious
November 21, 2017 -
Star Ark: A Living, Self-Sustaining Spaceship
August 11, 2017 -
Time Machine Tales
June 14, 2017 -
Rock Legends – the Asteroids and Their Discoverers
November 10, 2016 -
Book Review: A History of the Solar System
October 25, 2016 -
Spaceports and the Future of Space Exploration
August 06, 2016When you think of a spaceport, what do you imagine?
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Book Review: The Caloris Network
July 21, 2016 -
Finding "The Lost Science" of 2001: A Space Odyssey
June 20, 2016 -
Book Review: The Chang'E-1 Topographic Atlas of the Moon
March 24, 2016 -
Astrophotography Book Review: Treasures of the Universe
March 16, 2016Check out André van der Hoeven's book "Treasures of the Universe - Amateur and Professional Visions of the Cosmos". Within it are striking images that display the natural wealth and beauty that constantly surrounds us and that no treasure chest could ever lock up.
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Book Review: Hollyweird Science
February 23, 2016Wondering if the science in that sci-fi movie you just saw is real? Get a hold of the book "Hollyweird Science - From Quantum Quirks to the Multiverse" by Kevin Grazier and Stephen Cass. With it, you can sift through a lot of "tropes and conceits" and glean some wonderful insights of both modern science and modern cinema.
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Book Review: Lunar and Interplanetary Trajectories
January 30, 2016Robin Biesbroek's book "Lunar and Interplanetary Trajectories" will show you some of the tricks of the trade in optimizing missions, whether choosing the best launch system or balancing an orbit about a Lagrange point.
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Book Review: Dawn of Small Worlds
November 15, 2015 -
Book Review: Human Migration to Space
June 22, 2015