Sci-Fi Resources

Or everything you wanted to know about real science but were afraid to ask. This list includes some helpful resources, blogs, etc, that cover real science, starships, and sci-fi weapons in the context of fiction.

The biggest 'real science' site about real spaceships in fiction. The layout does look messy, but this has just about everything you'd ever want to know about spaceships!

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/

http://toughsf.blogspot.com/

http://www.rocketpunk-manifesto.com/

A great place to start if you want to learn how spaceships move in space. Getting into orbit and orbital mechanics can be very counter-intuitive for a lot of people. Kerbal Space Program does a good job of making these difficult subjects approachable and understandable. Plus it has a lot of explosions.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/220200/Kerbal_Space_Program/

Realistic Space Warfare. Real technology. Realistic star ship designs. Real orbital mechanics. This game gets into serious detail right down to what materials you use to make your reactor and the melting point of those components.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/220200/Kerbal_Space_Program/

Things from an Engineer's perspective. Very informative videos with real demonstrations of the technology shown.

https://www.youtube.com/user/TechIngredients/videos