We’ve been on a trend of talking about all the places in the Solar System that we shouldn’t go, as they aren’t habitable. That leads to OPS.15, the robotic exploration of the Kuiper Belt. Named
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Hammerstrike Dispatch #2
In a story from SpaceDaily/Sputnik News, it’s fully apparent that under our current ability to detect incoming asteroid or comet impactor we may never have any warning. “Because there may be media coverage tomorrow, I’m
Read moreHammerstrike Dispatch #1
One of these days, a seriously substantial piece of the cosmos is going to hit us. It’s not really a speculative event, other than the date and time. I mean a real and devastating asteroid
Read moreThe Earth: You will be rocked
In a story on Zerohedge about the Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) Apophis, it is noted that the celestial body is to pass within the orbital range of most of our communication satellites, approaching somewhere in the
Read moreOutbound Operational Plan for Space Migration: Robots to Mars
While we’ve talking about Lunar Exploration, a parallel path would be underway to check out the Red Planet. Starting around Robotic Asteroid Exploration (OPS.7), the phase known as Robotic Martian Exploration (OPS.11) would begin. The
Read moreAsteroid 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 moreOutbound Operational Plan for Space Migration: Robotic Asteroid Exploration
So far, I’ve been charting a programmatic course that has taken Outbound to the moon with robotic surveys and construction demonstrations. Now it’s time to flex some operational muscle and go for stretch goals. In
Read moreBennu, Not a Potato This Time
This week has humanity reaching out to another asteroid, this one named Bennu, the target of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Bennu is not content to be a tumbling potato in space, but is rather geometric in
Read moreMars Study – Oldie But Goodie
Robert Zubrin’s The Case For Mars (TCM) has been in publication for a couple of decades now, and is a seminal work in the space advocacy genre. Really, it shares space next to weighty volumes like those
Read moreAres vs. Luna – Should the Siblings Fight?
I am a very long-time supporter and member of the Moon Society, from way back in the 1990’s, and feel pretty strongly about the need to establish a beachhead on the Moon. There are a
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