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Outbound Operational Plan for Space Migration: Robots to Venus

November 3, 2019 Outbound Wagons Ho!

It may or may not occur to the reader that Venus and Mercury have not been early on the list of places to explore. The primary reason for that is the proximity of each to

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ASgardia Update #1

October 18, 2019 Outbound Astrosociology, Thor's Day, Wagons Ho!

I’ve been perusing the Asgardia web presence, and it’s… interesting. I am very impressed with the level of obvious dedication the founder has put in place and the seriousness that is evident in the work

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Thor’s Day – Asgardia!

October 10, 2019 Outbound Astrosociology, Thor's Day, Wagons Ho!

I was walking through building 4N at Johnson Space Center yesterday, and as I entered the lobby I could see scattered about multiple copies of the same magazine. It had a picture of a young

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Outbound Operational Plan for Space Migration: Robots to the Outer Planets

October 7, 2019 Outbound Astrosociology, Wagons Ho!

Last time we discussed robotic Martian exploration, further building the operational infrastructure and experience base to move increasingly farther out into the Solar System. And what’s in the Outer Solar System? The Outer Planets, naturally.

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An A-Peel-ing Recycling Effort

September 19, 2019 Outbound Astrosociology, Wagons Ho!

Okay, this is pretty cool. 3D-Printing With Orange Peels Imagine the possibilities in growing citrus fruits in space and turning the peels into useful secondary products. It’s brilliant.

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Outbound Operational Plan for Space Migration: Robots to Mars

August 12, 2019 Outbound Asteroids!, Astrosociology, Wagons Ho!

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

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Heroes of Apollo

July 20, 2019 Outbound Astrosociology, Heroes, Wagons Ho!

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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The Orion AA-2 Mission

July 2, 2019 Outbound Uncategorized, Wagons Ho!

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

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SpaceX Got It On the Nose Today

June 26, 2019 Outbound Wagons Ho!

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

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Outbound Operational Plan for Space Migration: Settlement!

June 17, 2019 Outbound Astrosociology, Wagons Ho!

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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