Category Archives: SciFi Q of the Day

SciFi Q of the Day: Women Doctors

SciFi Question of the Day (Via Tor.com) If a woman were to play Doctor Who, would you like to see… Emma Watson or Hellen Mirren? Or someone else? Facebook Answers:     David Gardner   Helena Bonham Carter might be able to pull … Continue reading

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SciFi Q of the Day: Transmitted Power

SciFi Question of the Day: What tech do we need in order to power electronic devices remotely… transmitting power without batteries or plugging into a socket? Could Tesla actually do this a century ago? Facebook Answers:   Douglas S Caprette  The … Continue reading

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SciFi Q of the Day: From the Ocean to Space

SciFi Question of the Day: How can exploring the depths of the ocean prepare us for exploring space? Facebook Answers:   Amanda Prinsloo Decompression factors.    Daniel Beard how to get 200 people living together in a small pipe for months without killing … Continue reading

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SciFi Question of the Day: Those Aren’t Planets…

SciFi Question of the day: OMG! NASA has just revealed that those brighter than usual lights we’ve been seeing in the night sky this month are NOT actually planets as we’d originally thought! So… what are they? Facebook Answers:   Eylat … Continue reading

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SciFi Q of the Day: Play Dough

SciFi Question of the Day: What level of technology will we need to reach in order to separate the rainbow-gray mash of play dough back into it’s individual colors? Facebook Answers   Robert B. Fredricksen I think even if we had a … Continue reading

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SciFi Q of the Day: Asteroid AG5

SciFi Question of the Day: If we discover that asteroid AG5 really is going to hit the Earth in 2040, who should we send to blast/deflect it away? Astronauts trained in explosives/drilling? Drilling/explosives experts trained to be astronauts? Bruce Willis … Continue reading

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SciFi Q of the Day: Can Good SciFi Lack Plausibility?

SciFi Question of the Day: Is it possible to have a good SciFi story when the science behind it lacks plausibility? . Facebook Answers:   Joseph Kerezman No, thats called Fantasy   AmyBeth Fredricksen The STNG episode where they discovered Riker was cloned by … Continue reading

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SciFi Q of the Day: Stranded in the Past

This is a Two Parter. Same question, two very different time periods. SciFi Question of the Day: If you found yourself hopelessly stranded back in the glory days of the Roman Empire, how much of your knowledge of future events … Continue reading

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SciFi Q of the Day: Why Go to the Moon?

SciFi Question of the Day: Why go to the moon? . Facebook Answers:   Joseph Kerezman Because its there.   AmyBeth Fredricksen Yeah, so’s Venus, but I wouldn’t be seen dead there!   Bob Camp because its better than going to Uranus!!!! LMAO! (sorry i have … Continue reading

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SciFi Q of the Day: Religion in Science Fiction

SciFi Question of the Day: In the SciFi you’ve read and watched, what role does religion play? Is it treated as a quaint, backwards practice or as an integral aspect of an enlightened future? Facebook Answers   Didva Zachariel Ruthk religion is … Continue reading

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