One of the subjects near and dear to my heart is the avoidance of Earthly extinction via asteroid or cometary impact. We should be working diligently to get off this planet and spreading ourselves around,
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Fight for Space – They Made It!
The past few days have been nearly meteoric in terms of funding. They passed $100K! CONGRATULATIONS!
Read moreFight for Space – Keep Swinging!
The Fight for Space Kickstarter campaign is still underway, and are at around $56K of $80K needed. Go Go GO!
Read moreTwenty-Nine Years and Looking Outbound
On a far-too-cold day twenty-nine years ago, the space shuttle Challenger was lost on ascent. Here is how we should remember her: Of course, reality and mature thought demand that we also think of her
Read moreBig News: First Commercial Crew Test Flights to ISS in 2017
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
Read moreFight 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
Read moreFight For Space – Part II
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
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(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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