Sister blog of Physicists of the Caribbean in which I babble about non-astronomy stuff, because everyone needs a hobby

Wednesday 30 May 2018

Dinoasurs iiiiiinnnn spaaaaaaace !

I was very disappointed when I found that the Osiris Rex mission doesn't have a pharonic space dinosaur logo.
https://www.asteroidmission.org/

One thing has become clear to me: Alien dinosaurs, while seemingly frivolous on the surface, are often potent projections of human fears and hopes about our place in space and time. So for all those seeking enlightenment via space dinosaurs, here’s a guide to the trope’s rich history.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nek7ed/dinosaurs-in-space-history-fiction

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