Space ignites the imagination. The most recent SpaceQ podcast quoted CSA president Sylvain LaPorte, telling the audience about how a gymnasium full of kids will absolutely light up when they see an astronaut walk into the room, and how stories of hometown astronauts inspire kids to look to space for their own future careers. Fiction is no different: whether it’s television shows like Gene Roddenberry’s Star …

Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 is being hailed as one of the most striking, beautiful films ever made: a “sumptuously photographed” film noir that provides “staggering new visions of the future”.