Space Operas: Alive and Well
WITH NASA’s successful test of the RS-25 rocket engine (the most powerful rocket ever), the recent announcement of the possible discovery of an Earth 2.0 orbiting Proxima Centauri, and the rampant speculation of some variant of a Dyson sphere surrounding Tabby’s star, there is no shortage of fresh science to inspire the burgeoning field of science-fiction, and Edward F. McKeown’s “MAAURO Sci-Fi Series” is a prime example of this.