Dennis Wingo has the 2014 edition. Long but worth a read. I disagree with him on the first flight for commercial crew. I think it may happen as soon as next year.
Category Archives: Space History
Safety In Spaceflight
Over an Space News, Donald Robertson has an op-ed that could be a summary of my book, though he doesn’t mention it.
Another Book Review
From John Walker.
He found a misspelling that I’ve been missing. Guess it will have to remain for the next revision (the first one will be available this week).
Space Casualties
…are a necessary tragedy.
My column on this week’s anniversaries, in historical perspective. Actually, it’s a 500-work summary of the book.
[Update a few minutes later]
Right on cue, some idiot comes up in comments with the usual, “End human spaceflight. If you want science, send a robot.”
Of course, the word “science” didn’t appear in the piece.
The Legacy Of Challenger
Here’s a piece I wrote four years ago, but it holds up pretty well today, I think.
The Other Sad Space Anniversary
Its not just Apollo 1. The Outer Space Treaty was opened for signing on the same day the astronauts died, forty-seven years ago yesterday. It was a major setback, in many ways, to opening up space. And for many, that was the idea.
The Apollo 1 Astronauts
Another Book Review
Mark Lardas had a review a couple weeks ago in the Galveston Daily News, but it was behind a paywall. But I just learned that he reposted it at Ricochet. It’s an appropriate time to note it, given that today is the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire, and tomorrow is the 28th anniversary of the Challenger disaster.
[Update late afternoon]
Here’s another brief (partial) review, in comments at the same web site. It’s the first one to discuss the quality, as opposed to the content of the book.
ASAP And My Book
Over at Space Politics, Jeff Foust follows up on his book review from yesterday.
The Normal Healthy Paranoia
…of the launch business.
SpaceX has gone through quite a learning process in the past decade, and now they’re poised to take over the industry.