Fifty Years ago today, the Apollo crew of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, And Michael Collins made their way to our Moon, with Armstrong and Aldrin completing a successful (if harrowing) landing on the lunar surface.
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Asteroid Hunting with the Big Guns
I just read an interesting article regarding this year’s Planetary Defense Congress, held in College Park, Maryland. The panel held a “wargame” of sorts over what to do with an incoming asteroid of an average
Read moreHappy Thor’s Day – Independence!
For all my fellow Americans, on this day I wish you a good Independence Day holiday. We tend to celebrate by having cookouts and parties, maybe some of us will dust off their copy of
Read moreThe Orion AA-2 Mission
Lockheed launched its Ascent Abort 2 (AA-2) test mission today, and by all accounts it was a complete success. It’s been a long time coming (too long by a number of measures) but it is
Read moreSpaceX Got It On the Nose Today
Great news! SpaceX has been trying for years to accomplish this feat, and today they did it. They recovered the very expensive nose fairing from today’s Falcon Heavy Launch of US Air Force Payload. They
Read moreThor’s Day – Going Viking
There has been renewed interest in the lives and traditions of Vikings, and more and more is being rediscovered about who they really were, and what they may be again. While there is a certain
Read moreRight vs. Wrong – The Way of the Hero
In the popular conception of a Superhero, the main definition is of a person who does good in the defense of the defenseless, lending strength to those that need strength, and to fight evil. I’d
Read moreHappy Thor’s Day!
I’m starting a new feature here on Outbound, in honor of the Hero topic. I have stumbled upon a new blog that really interests me, written by Bjørn Andreas Bull-Hansen. He’s a Norwegian novelist with
Read moreHeroic Attentions
One of the things classic heroes exhibit is the ability to focus on a task or a person and deflect distractions like Captain America with his shield. A solid single-mindedness that brings results and really
Read moreOutbound Operational Plan for Space Migration: Settlement!
The next step, now that we’ve had the robots do the rough preparations, and a succession of human crews fine-tune things at the outpost site, including testing prototypes of equipment meant to make human living
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