August 10, 2021 updates Posted on August 10, 2021 by Doug Loss Exploration of the solar system and beyond using a thermonuclear fusion drive https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.01689 A Proposed Geobiology-Driven Nomenclature for Astrobiological In Situ Observations and Sample Analyses https://liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2020.2318 Did Solid Surfaces Enable the Origin of Life? https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/11/8/795/htm Third Displacement: Cosmobiology, Cosmolocality, Cosmosocioecology https://www.amazon.com/Third-Displacement-Cosmobiology-Cosmolocality-Cosmosocioecology-ebook/dp/B084T5QSDM Restoring optical forces and torques for passive stabilization of microscopic lightsails https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/11798/2594383/Restoring-optical-forces-and-torques-for-passive-stabilization-of-microscopic/10.1117/12.2594383.short Minimal Crew And Human Evolution In Multi-Generational Interstellar Travel Based On Population Genetics https://bis-space.com/shop/product/minimal-crew-and-human-evolution-in-multi-generational-interstellar-travel-based-on-population-genetics/ On the Need for a Classification System for Consistent Characterization of the Composition of Planetary Bodies https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.03343 Does detecting water vapors on rocky planets indicate the presence of oceans?: An insight from self-consistent mantle degassing models https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.03759 Spitzer Dayside Emission of WASP-34b https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.04101 Idealized 2D Cloud-Resolving Simulations for Tidally Locked Habitable Planets https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.04143