Earthbound by Alison Evans
Imagining The Future
Pen and their father have travelled back to Earth from Callisto. When they arrive, Pen discovers their comms device isn't working, and is concerned that a radiation wave has caused problems back home. When Pen tries to fix the comms device, they hear a strange rhythmic sound coming from it. Determined to figure it out, Pen seeks the help of an android to help decipher the mysterious sound. Earthbound explores transportation and telecommunication. Read Earthbound at: Earthbound is the final story of Imagining The Future, a five-episode series of STEM-inspired fiction, specially...
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Proof by Gary Lonesborough
Imagining The Future
There’s a view of Jupiter out of the skylight. It’s clear enough to see the clouds shifting across its surface. My mathematics classroom is at half capacity, and the only person in the front row coughs three times before raising his hand.' Tanner’s house is on the outskirts of the lunar town on Callisto. The dome’s edge sits just behind his backyard. Tanner has been noticing that lots of people in the town are getting sick. Some mysterious illness is plaguing his community. Tanner’s sister Rachel thinks she knows what’s causing it and takes Tanner on an eye-opening adventure...
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Semper by Rebecca Lim
Imagining The Future
'The one good thing about Semper, Shang thought, was that it didn’t drool like Earth dogs did.' Shang travelled to Callisto on the Hohmann transfer from Earth, which took almost six years. She sacrificed everything for the chance to explore distant moons for resources and critical minerals, but she gets paired with a Drobo called Semper that always wants to play, like a real dog. Shang doesn't have time for games, so why was she paired with such a useless Drobo? Semper explores robotics, AI and mineral exploration.
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Calculating Apple Pie
Imagining The Future
The nitrogen in our DNA, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies, was made in collapsing stars. We are made of star stuff. Calculating Apple Pie is the second story of Imagining The Future, a five-episode series of STEM- inspired fiction, specially commissioned for Future You. The five stories (The Callistan Cycle) chart the establishment of humanity’s first deep space outpost, on Callisto, the second largest moon of Jupiter. Listen to Nikita Waldron bring this space exploration tale to life, and discover why messing with the food fabricator code on a ship the size...
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Far Out!
Imagining The Future
“My name is Stella Kaufman, and this is my last minute on Earth.” As the seconds count down to the launch of humanity’s first family into deep space, young stargazer Stella is sure that today is going to be the most exciting day of her life. But she has no idea of just HOW exciting and terrifying and important it will be. And what it will mean for the future of interstellar travel. Imagining The Future blasts off with this heartstopping dramacast thriller from leading Australian writer Lili Wilkinson, a rollercoaster ride of rocket thrusters, astronauts, life and death decisions …and a...
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Imagining The Future (Far Out!)
Imagining The Future
Imagining The Future is coming. In the near future, humanity is reaching out far to the stars, establishing an outpost on the distant inhospitable surface of Callisto, the second-largest moon of Jupiter In five breathtaking interlinked stories, written by leading Australian writers* of ficiton for young people, we imagine life in the future and a future in space. The stories feature a line-up of unforgettable, diverse young protagonists, who confront their fears, challenge themselves, and overcome the problems that life offworld presents, using STEM thinking, coupled with ingenuity,...
info_outline“My name is Stella Kaufman, and this is my last minute on Earth.”
As the seconds count down to the launch of humanity’s first family into deep space, young stargazer Stella is sure that today is going to be the most exciting day of her life.
But she has no idea of just HOW exciting and terrifying and important it will be. And what it will mean for the future of interstellar travel.
Imagining The Future blasts off with this heartstopping dramacast thriller from leading Australian writer Lili Wilkinson, a rollercoaster ride of rocket thrusters, astronauts, life and death decisions …and a groovy dancing robot frog.
Get excited about the future and the future of working in space, robotics, engineering, science, maths and technology with Imagining The Future, a Future You program.
The countdown to adventure has begun!
Far Out! by Lili Wilkinson
Read by Brenna Harding
Story Editor Kate Whitfield
Artwork by Cassie Collins
Sound Design by Weronika Raźna
Original Composition by Freya Berkhout
Produced by Dan Prichard
Directed by Dan Prichard and Weronika Raźna
Far Out! (Galaxy Vibes)
Lyrics by Lili Wilkinson and Freya Berkhout
Music by Freya Berkhout
Imagining The Future is a program of Future You, an iniative from the Office of Australia's Women In STEM Ambassador.
See you in the future!