The final-round nominees for the Worldbuilding Awards have been announced! Among those nominations are no less than four articles from Astra Planeta:
Wondrous Nature Award: Earth
Strength & Honour Award: Ares Program
Pillars of Progress Award: Warp Drive
Best Article: Alone Together
I am incredibly humbled to be nominated alongside these other amazing worldbuilders and their stunning work in the first place. VOTING HAS ENDED! Thanks to everyone who voted; tune in to the awards ceremony on May 18th to find out whether any of these articles won!
SAMCO Project
Scientific achievement
In 2078, the first component of the Sagan Multi-spectral Cosmic Observatory -the largest and most powerful orbital telescope yet built by humans- was successfully placed in an orbit around Earth-Luna L5. This ambitious project continued construction for nearly three years, completed in early 2081. Immediately it turned its gigantic eye on nearby star systems, seeking to capture the first detailed direct image of an extrasolar planet.
It succeeded.
On November 9, 2081, SAMCO beamed home the first visible-spectrum photographs of a world bound to a star other than Sol. The subject of the image, though washed out and grainy, was clearly visible as the gas giant Juno, orbiting none other than Sol’s neighbor Alpha Centauri.The Astra Planeta universe and all related works © 2018-2024 Douglas Marshall ("SpyglassRealms"), all rights reserved. Thanks to Hanhula, Nimin, Annie, and the other fine folks in the WorldAnvil Discord for their invaluable help with the world formatting and CSS! Art assets without credits displayed are created by SpyglassRealms. Assets not created by SpyglassRealms are properly credited and are either public domain content, Creative Commons Attribution, or displayed with the permission of the creator(s).
