At NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC), there was held a press conference with SpaceX, Boeing, and their mutual customer, discussing the status of the Commercial Crew program. To put it shortly, both companies plan on
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Fight For Space – Keep Fighting!
The Fight For Space Kickstarter campaign is at just under $25K right now, with ten days to go to get $80K. I will be highlighting this everywhere I can, and I encourage others to do
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The kickstarter for Fight For Space is continuing to collect pledges, but it could be faster. Please consider helping them out, and tell your fellow space nuts! Previous discussion here.
Read moreTwo Space Programs, Double Vision
Dennis Wingo has written a very impressive article on the effect of the Apollo program on the whole of the national space program until the present day. In a way, it provided me a sort
Read moreSpaceX Landing On A Boat, Revisited
Let’s talk about the SpaceX attempt to soft-land on its barge-landing system. Here’s a video of the unsuccessful, but still very exciting landing attempt: Apparently, for the descent trip back after stage separation, they use
Read moreRolling Your Own
(Image courtesy of http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img90/605/stationcomparison.png) For a lot of people, me included, there is a fascination with moving out into space using space stations of various configurations. I have a good number of years under
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There is in production what looks to be an interesting independent film dealing with the fate and future of the American space program. From what I can see on the Fight for Space Kickstarter page,
Read moreBoy Scouts In Space
As a long-time supporter and staff member in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) I am very encouraged to hear of the growing popularity of the BSA STEM/Nova Program. From the BSA About page: STEM—Science,
Read moreA Volatile Wall In Space – Kessler Syndrome
An issue that has concerned me for some time is the proliferation of orbital debris in the skies around our planet. Will it fill our spaceways to such a degree that we lose the ability
Read moreHow To Be A Rocket Scientist
Brett Hoffstadt’s new blog “How To Be A Rocket Scientist” is, in my opinion, one of the more exciting and aggressively optimistic offerings in the arena of space boosterism and education. Brett is a well-experienced
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