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Looks suspiciously like a Mondasian Colony Ship.... #doctorwho #worldenoughandtime #cybermen

Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · Aug 14

NEWS🚨: Scientists have designed an interstellar ship that can transport up to 2.4k people one-way to Alpha Centauri. The project’s goal is to reach the potentially habitable planet Proxima Centauri b.

Credit: Giacomo Infelise, Veronica Magli, Guido Sbrogio', Nevenka Martinello & Federica Serpe

Engineers proposed a starship named Chrysalis, built for a one-way, multigenerational voyage to Alpha Centauri. It won first place in the Project Hyperion Design Competition for its detailed habitat structure, modular design, and social planning .

Chrysalis spans 36 miles (58 km). It uses continuous rotation for artificial gravity. Its nested, Russian-doll layout includes levels for food production, communal areas, residences, industry, warehousing, and a central core with shuttles and comms.

The vessel would house up to 2,400 people. To maintain a stable and sustainable society, designers expect the population to hover around 1,500. Births would be planned. AI would support governance, social stability, knowledge transfer across generations.

The journey to Proxima Centauri b would take approximately 400 years. Early inhabitants would undergo 70 to 80 years of adaptation in an isolated Antarctic environment. Construction could take 20 to 25 years. Nuclear fusion reactors would power the ship.

The concept remains hypothetical; some core technologies like commercial nuclear fusion do not yet exist. Still, Chrysalis offers valuable insights into living, governing, and sustaining life on large-scale, long-duration interstellar habitats.

August 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM

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Doctor Who #art post!

Here's December's art from my 2018 Doctor Who Calendar, my spoof/commentary art of the 2017 episodes, "World Enough and Time" and "The Doctor Falls"

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The main part of the image is the shoulders and face of a Mondasian Cyberman from Doctor Who (except the handles and central light have been altered slightly in their shape so that they kind of mimic the shape of Bill Potts' hair do)

The Cyberman has long eyelashes (coz it is a girl) and a single tear is falling from the right eye.

The words that the Cyberman is saying are written in multiple different fonts... this was my attempt in visual form to mimic the many different tonal shifts that are present in the Mondasian Cybermen's speech pattern.

Without all the slurring and stuttering, what she says is: "I am Bill Potts. I am a Cyberman. Y'know? As a Millennial Girl who likes girls I never used to classify myself by those old 'types' of lesbian... I wasn't 'Femme' or 'Butch' or 'Chapstick' or a 'Boi'. But given my current circumstances, I wonder... are there 'Plastic and Metal Bars' like there are 'Leather Bars'?"

In the background are four figures. The Master (John Simm) says: "So the future is all girl?"
The 12th Doctor (Peter Capaldi) says: "One can only hope!"
Behind him, Chris Chibnall says: "That's more foreshadowing!"
and an angry, crazy looking Missy (Michelle Gomez) says: "No it's not!!"

December 11, 2025 at 7:38 AM

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