Even if they probably got the idea from Deep Impact, not that that is
necessarily a bad thing. We could get to Alpha Centauri in 125 years
with an Orion, which beats 77,000 years with the Voyagers. :^)

I hope I am not speaking too soon, but it looks like science fiction is
finally starting to get its due, at least on television. Not to ignore the
few true shining stars of the past, please note, but the majority were
lame at best. Now perhaps we can have consistency and the networks
can start treating SF like they do their vast sea of medical and crime dramas.

As for the cinema, judging by this year's crap - I mean crop - so far,
2001: A Space Odyssey has nothing to fear from 2009 about being
replaced as one of the best SF films ever.

I have not seen Moon made by David Bowie's son, though - has anyone
yet? It looks promising, at least.

Quick - what SF film did David Bowie star in from the 1970s?