http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/07/24/quantum-quest-potentially-awesome/ The science of futurist technologies—and an excuse to soak in sci-fi TV shows, books, movies, toys, and video games. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:42:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/07/24/quantum-quest-potentially-awesome/#comment-101 SciNoFi Comic-Con Roundup | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:14:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/07/24/quantum-quest-potentially-awesome/#comment-101 [...] Next year’s Quantum Quest movie - the Cassini probe gets deeply weird. [...] […] Next year’s Quantum Quest movie - the Cassini probe gets deeply weird. […]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/07/24/quantum-quest-potentially-awesome/#comment-98 Hermenautic Circle blog » Sarah Michelle Gellar Is a Photon and Brent Spiner Is Her Light Coach [Science Nonfiction] Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:05:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/07/24/quantum-quest-potentially-awesome/#comment-98 [...] Annalee Newitz on 25 Jul 2008 One of the few science nonfiction movies being talked about at Comic-Con is Quantum Quest, the tale of a photon who travels outward from the sun to save the Cassini spacecraft. Discover has a hilarious writeup of the panel devoted to Quantum Quest, which sounds like it could in fact be what you get when you mix extreme astronomy geeks with Star Trek cast members and a wee bit of LSD. Apparently Sara Michelle Gellar plays the photon, Brent "Data" Spiner calls in on his cell phone to "coach" her, and Shatner plays the core of the sun. Um, that sounds creepy. And there's so much more. [Discover] [...] […] Annalee Newitz on 25 Jul 2008 One of the few science nonfiction movies being talked about at Comic-Con is Quantum Quest, the tale of a photon who travels outward from the sun to save the Cassini spacecraft. Discover has a hilarious writeup of the panel devoted to Quantum Quest, which sounds like it could in fact be what you get when you mix extreme astronomy geeks with Star Trek cast members and a wee bit of LSD. Apparently Sara Michelle Gellar plays the photon, Brent “Data” Spiner calls in on his cell phone to “coach” her, and Shatner plays the core of the sun. Um, that sounds creepy. And there’s so much more. [Discover] […]

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