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Embark on an adventurous journey beginning in the year 1400 and ending in the year 2100…

1400 - 1500

What if we continued sailing westward from Europe? Would we reach India sooner?


1500 - 1600

What if the Earth revolves around the Sun? Would that explain the movements of the other planets better?


1600 - 1700

What if for the same reason the apple falls to the ground and the Earth revolves around the Sun?


1700 - 1800

What if we heated water and used the steam to power machines?


1800 - 1850

What if we harnessed the same power that creates lightning to build an electric battery?


1850 - 1875

What if we built a space cannon and let it fly from the Earth to the Moon?


1875 - 1900

What if we created rays of light that could shine through the human body revealing its interior?


1900 - 1910

What if time passes more slowly for passengers traveling in a fast-moving spaceship?


1910 - 1920

What if continents move around the surface of the Earth? Could it be the reason for earthquakes?


1920 - 1930

What if God plays dice and the building blocks of nature behave in an uncertain way?


1930 - 1940

What if heavy hydrogen nuclei could be forced to react with each other and fused into helium?


1940 - 1950

What if we used binary arithmetic to create machines that carry out mathematical calculations?


1950 - 1960

What if a computer program became intelligent enough to pass a test in which it cannot be distinguished from a human being? What if a program were able to beat the best chess player in the world?


1960 - 1970

What if the universe once began as an infinitesimal point and has been expanding ever since?


1970 - 1980

What if a commercial airplane could transport passengers from London to New York in less than 4 hours?


1980 - 1985

What if every household could afford its own personal computer?


1985 - 1990

What if we discovered extrasolar planets orbiting other star systems?


1990 - 1995

What if the Internet allowed people to retrieve information with a few simple mouse clicks?


1995 - 2000

What if we decoded and understood the entire human genome? Would we be able to cure almost all diseases?


2000 - 2005

What if nanorobots were introduced into the human body to repair damaged tissue and destroy harmful viruses?


2005 - 2010

What if petascale computing systems were developed, capable of performing quadrillions of calculations per second?


2010 - 2015

What if we found new ways and encountered new opportunities to send humans to Mars?


2015 - 2020

What if we built androids that behave almost like human beings?


2020 - 2025

What if we took high resolution pictures of terrestrial planets orbiting other stars? Will some of them resemble Earth?


2025 - 2030

What if we did accomplish nuclear fusion in a power plant on Earth?


2025 - 2030

What if we constructed an artificial womb that nurtures human embryos into healthy babies?


2030 - 2035

What if we developed smart materials that would last thousands of years under the harsh conditions of outer space?


2035 - 2040

What if we could equip spaceships with new propulsion systems allowing for reliable long-distance space travel?


2040 - 2045

What if virtual reality technology could be used for long-distance space travel helping human space crews maintain their psychological health?


2045 - 2050

What if a technological singularity came into existence, a smarter-than-human entity which would rapidly accelerate technological progress beyond the capability of human beings?


2050 - 2055

What if an extinction level event on Earth became imminent? How would we prepare for it?


2055 - 2060

What if it were possible to send frozen human embryos on an interstellar space expedition?


2060 - 2065

What if we built a space elevator that drastically reduces costs of lifting off materials from Earth?


2065 - 2070

What if the practice of cryopreserving humans could overcome the obstacles of tissue damage?


2070 - 2075

What if helium-3 mining became widespread in the solar system?


2075 - 2080

What if there were smarter and simpler planet engineering technologies for terraforming other planets?


2080 - 2085

What if we stored the genomes of all living species in digital seed banks and find ways to bring them to life in the distant future?


2085 - 2090

What if the SETI project at last recorded a message from an intelligent extraterrestrial species?


2090 - 2095

What if there were a complete merger between human technology and human intelligence, could we decorate walls using our thoughts?


2095 - 2100

What if we could slow down the aging process, halt it entirely, or even reverse it?

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Extinction Level Events - Is Space Colonization the Answer? How can we achieve Interstellar Travel? Find out more at

http://www.meet-matt-browne.com

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Official author website of the science fiction author 'Matt Browne'
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Blurb of the science fiction novel ‘The Future Happens Twice’

Debrya Handsen, a 33-year-old professor in computational linguistics at the University of Minnesota, is ready for a career change. She decides to leave her academic post and move to Nevada, where she joins a top-secret project that is being sponsored by the American government.

Using powerful telescopes installed on the far side of the Moon, the project’s astronomers have discovered an Earth-like planet that is eighty-two light years away; simultaneously a major breakthrough in bioengineering presents the project with the unique opportunity of long-distance space travel.

At first Debrya has no idea why the study of language is to play such a central role, and why twin studies are also so important. During her orientation week she discovers a disturbing secret that makes her wish she had never joined the project. Soon she is faced with the dilemma of revealing the dark secrets of the project or being part of the most ambitious undertaking in the history of humankind.

Matt Browne’s beautifully worked space epic explores the bounds of human hope and invention and plumbs the depths of human duplicity. Tender relationships between the budding astronauts are pitched against the disillusion they feel when an embattled President confronts them with their true origins and purpose, only to reveal the real culprit in the entire project - something closer to all of us today.

The author’s fascination with the fields of bioengineering and information technology sustains the reader’s interest all the way in this futuristic roller-coaster ride. And he asks a terrifying question. Setting aside man’s inhumanity to man, what if Nature herself turns against us?

This gripping novel of epic proportions skillfully mixes elements of drama, medical thriller and science fiction. As the story unfolds, Matt Browne takes his readers on a breathtaking journey through vast stretches of time and space.

For more, go to the official author website

http://www.meet-matt-browne.com

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The greater danger for most of us is
not that our aim is too high and
we miss it, but that it is too
low and we reach it.
— Michelangelo
— http://www.meet-matt-browne.com
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For decades scientists have dreamed of sending deep-frozen humans on interstellar missions. But until this dream comes true, they must settle for a much simpler technique available: the freezing of human embryos. However, long distance space travel of this nature poses other challenges, none more so than the management of artificial pregnancies and how to raise the children produced. One viable solution comes in the form of advanced biotechnology and highly sophisticated androids, and a large scale project has been implemented to explore these options. To prove that it can really work, the project’s scientists go a step further. Somewhere in the Nevada desert and well hidden underground, they conduct an eighteen-year-long experiment using a young starship crew unaware of their true environment. Surrounded by complex simulations, the crew believes they are approaching a distant star system, one that appears to host a planet suitable for human colonization. What they also don’t know is the fact that their embryos had been split prior to the implantation in the womb devices. The scientists’ bold plan is to send the twin embryos on the real mission, pioneering the frontier of space. From both identical genes and an identical environment inside the starship, they arrive at the assumption that the future is a mere repetition of the present events. And indeed, about 42,000 years later the twins grow up with the very same android parents. But then things start to drift away from the original plan. The real starship crew now faces a constant battle for survival. Only their fortitude and strong determination to land on the extrasolar planet averts a disaster. The reward is the new exotic world that awaits them, full of overwhelming potential. Matt Browne’s beautifully worked space epic explores the bounds of human hope and invention and plumbs the depths of human duplicity. Tender relationships between the budding astronauts are pitched against the disillusion they feel when an embattled President confronts them with their true origins and purpose, only to reveal the real culprit in the entire project - something closer to all of us today. The author’s fascination with the fields of bioengineering and information technology sustains the reader’s interest all the way in this futuristic roller-coaster ride. And he asks a terrifying question. Setting aside man’s inhumanity to man, what if Nature herself turns against us? This gripping novel of epic proportions skillfully mixes elements of drama, medical thriller and science fiction. As the story unfolds, Matt Browne takes his readers on a breathtaking journey through vast stretches of time and space. To find out more, go to Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Future-Happens-Twice-Perennial-Project/dp/184401830X/ or http://www.meet-matt-browne.com

For decades scientists have dreamed of sending deep-frozen humans on interstellar missions. But until this dream comes true, they must settle for a much simpler technique available: the freezing of human embryos. However, long distance space travel of this nature poses other challenges, none more so than the management of artificial pregnancies and how to raise the children produced.

One viable solution comes in the form of advanced biotechnology and highly sophisticated androids, and a large scale project has been implemented to explore these options. To prove that it can really work, the project’s scientists go a step further. Somewhere in the Nevada desert and well hidden underground, they conduct an eighteen-year-long experiment using a young starship crew unaware of their true environment. Surrounded by complex simulations, the crew believes they are approaching a distant star system, one that appears to host a planet suitable for human colonization. What they also don’t know is the fact that their embryos had been split prior to the implantation in the womb devices.

The scientists’ bold plan is to send the twin embryos on the real mission, pioneering the frontier of space. From both identical genes and an identical environment inside the starship, they arrive at the assumption that the future is a mere repetition of the present events. And indeed, about 42,000 years later the twins grow up with the very same android parents.

But then things start to drift away from the original plan. The real starship crew now faces a constant battle for survival. Only their fortitude and strong determination to land on the extrasolar planet averts a disaster. The reward is the new exotic world that awaits them, full of overwhelming potential.

Matt Browne’s beautifully worked space epic explores the bounds of human hope and invention and plumbs the depths of human duplicity. Tender relationships between the budding astronauts are pitched against the disillusion they feel when an embattled President confronts them with their true origins and purpose, only to reveal the real culprit in the entire project - something closer to all of us today.

The author’s fascination with the fields of bioengineering and information technology sustains the reader’s interest all the way in this futuristic roller-coaster ride. And he asks a terrifying question. Setting aside man’s inhumanity to man, what if Nature herself turns against us?

This gripping novel of epic proportions skillfully mixes elements of drama, medical thriller and science fiction. As the story unfolds, Matt Browne takes his readers on a breathtaking journey through vast stretches of time and space.


To find out more, go to Amazon at


http://www.amazon.com/Future-Happens-Twice-Perennial-Project/dp/184401830X/

or

http://www.meet-matt-browne.com

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Matt Browne Author of the science fiction novel ‘The Future Happens Twice’ that asks the question: ‘Can we send frozen human embryos to the stars?’

Matt Browne

Author of the science fiction novel ‘The Future Happens Twice’ that asks the question: ‘Can we send frozen human embryos to the stars?’