The idea here is to create a collaborative hard-science fiction project that cover the icy moon missions to Jupiter. The project aims to pubish by 2030, and to start November 2025 at the Space Congress.
Between now and **2030** we’ve got a golden runway: real spacecraft will start flooding us with fresh data from the outer Solar System while our creative tools (and collaborations) level up.
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Inspired by *Hitchhiker’s Guide* but grounded in hard science, this project blends real mission data with classic sci-fi.
Small interdisciplinary teams, supported by AI, will co-create a shared story bible, episode briefs, storyboards, and video shorts that make Europa, Ganymede, Enceladus, and Titan feel like places you could actually visit.
# Co-creating artifacts - Small **interdisciplinary pods** (science + writing + art + production) own a page set and meet weekly. - **Bridge editors** translate science into scenes and guard the canon. - AI acts as **power tools** (research, drafting, checks), never as the final arbiter; humans sign off on every release.
# Outputs (what we’ll publish) - Story Bible (v1 by late 2029): locations, tech baselines, glossaries tied to real instruments/data. - Episode Briefs: one per major flyby/press release; includes “What the data shows” and “What it could mean.” - Storyboard Packs: thumbnails, shots, VO drafts, sound cues; AI-assisted but human-directed. - Video Shorts: quick, shareable explainers blending measured reality with speculative near-futures. - Guide Pages: per-topic pages that track facts, sources, and evolving speculation.
# Considerations - Why Now (2025→2030) - Mission Stories - Interdisciplinary Groups
# Reading - Arthur C. Clarke — *2010: Odyssey Two*** (Europa as taboo → re-examined with radar and spectra). - Michael Swanwick — Slow Life (Titan expedition vibes). - Stanislaw Lem — essays & novels (methodical speculation as a tone guide).
# Timeline & Cadence
Let's sketch a feel for how we roll out a new form of Hitchhiker inspired creative collaboration. See Jupiter Timeline for a more detailed breakdown, but for an overview:
- **Now–Q1 2026:** form working groups; pick canon references; build the asset pipeline. - **2026–2029:** dry-run with archival Galileo/Cassini data; publish quarterly story packs; refine style. - **2030 “Season 1”:** Europa Clipper arrival window → monthly flyby briefs, storyboards, shorts. - **2031–2035 “Seasons 2–3”:** JUICE flybys + Ganymede orbit; pre-production for Dragonfly arcs.
# Sources - **Europa Clipper — mission & timeline (NASA):** https://science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper/ and /mission-timeline/ :contentReference[oaicite:6]{index=6} - **JUICE — overview (ESA) & NASA summary:** https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice and https://science.nasa.gov/mission/juice/ :contentReference[oaicite:7]{index=7} - **Dragonfly — overview & schedule (NASA):** https://science.nasa.gov/mission/dragonfly/ :contentReference[oaicite:8]{index=8} - **Enceladus Orbilander — decadal concept (NASA/PSDS):** https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20205008712 :contentReference[oaicite:9]{index=9}