Keith Cowing at NASAWatch seems offended by this image: #JourneyToMars Facebook hype from @LockheedMartin As if Orion with only a service module will be in Mars orbit Here’s a bit of SpaceX concept art that
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Nuclear Aftermath – Future Studies for the Really Hardcore Student
There is a recent article by Steven Starr over at the Federation of American Scientists, bemoaning yet again the futility of surviving Nuclear War. Suffice it to say, even after a long heritage of debunking
Read moreOhhhh… This is Really Effective
Thanks to Brett Hoffstadt for this really great cartoon summation of Steven Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I didn’t know about the rest of the videos in this series, and will definitely be
Read moreMars Underground and Grumpy
In my continued theme of interesting YouTube wanderings, I’ve run across this video: The Mars Underground It describes the history of the Mars Society and the Mars Direct mission. Again, I wouldn’t recommend this unless
Read moreMore Geeky Inspiration
I’m working on a big CAD project at the office, and I tend to zone out to music or documentaries. Below is another of the latter that I’m really enjoying at the moment. Moon Shot
Read moreFor Diehard Space Geeks
This is a really great bunch of film history of the original astronauts from Mercury through Apollo. The restoration of these candid shots is wonderful, and for those of us who like to see space
Read moreHey! An Area of Investigation for Outbound
One of the dual-purpose areas of interest for us is the blending of space development with terrestrial benefits. Not ancillary spinoffs, but really conscious efforts to make space technology directly applicable to earthly needs and
Read moreSo, About Plans, Mice, Men
Sigh. I had started this year strong, with every intention of averaging a post a day (or better) here. Obviously, I’ve gone off the path for that. I have an out though: I said average.
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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