Keith Henson

Commented on Why we're not going to see sub-orbital airliners
I tend to agree with your logic about hypersonic airline routes. But the Skylon you referenced looks like it might be the key to low cost, high volume access to space. I have followed Reaction Engines for years. The engineering...
Commented on On the lack of cultural estrangement in SF
Trying to envision the future even a few decades out is really difficult. Charles does it better than anyone else, now that Ian Banks has died, I can't think of anyone else who even tries very hard. It's even harder...

Common Misconceptions About Publishing—a series of essays about the industry I work in.
How I Got Here In The End —my non-writing autobiography, or what I did before becoming a full-time writer.
Unwirer—an experiment in weblog mediated collaborative fiction.
Shaping the Future—a talk I gave on the social implications of Moore's Law.
Japan: first impressions — or, what I did on my holidays
Inside the MIT Media Lab—what it’s like to spend a day wandering around the Media Lab.
The High Frontier, Redux — space colonization: feasible or futile?
“Nothing like this will be built again”—inside a nuclear reactor complex.
Old blog—2003-2006 (RIP)