Category: Wagons Ho!

As I was working on providing a follow up to my article on the new Lockheed Martin fusion technology breakthrough, I thought it would be good to familiarize myself on the recent history of VASIMR

Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details http://aviationweek.com/technology/skunk-works-reveals-compact-fusion-reactor-details The article above may be one of the most exciting developments in some time, with working fusion power being one of the most-promised developments of the past

I am in the awkward position of being caught between two worlds, or at least to others that might seem so. One world, my day job, is providing engineering that moves forward, inch by agonizing

Dennis Tito (the first space tourist) has continued his entrepreneurial work on a round trip mission to Mars and back. In fact, he has presented it to NASA as a possible new direction for the

NASA Just Cancelled its Advanced Spacecraft Power Program With an adequate supply of Plutonium-238, and considering the current budget-constrained environment, NASA has decided to discontinue procurement of ASRG flight hardware. We have given direction to

Imagine the vista afforded a freighter captain, approaching a moon of the ringed planet, bringing supplies, or perhaps carrying some precious resource back home for use in the Earth/Moon system… This is gorgeous.   The

Astronomers Conclude Habitable Planets Are Common Researchers working with data from the Kepler Space Telescope have arrived at an incredibly interesting figure: 1 in 5 stars have at least one earthlike planet orbiting within its