Has a new job at NASA, to ensure the ability to utilize space resources. I talked to him about this in DC last month, and sent him a copy of my IAC paper.
Category Archives: Space
Space Settlement Summit
I’m attending this two-day event at Caltech, so posting will be light to non-existent.
(Saturday-evening update)
The final afternoon of the conference, the right side of my lower back started to hurt. It got progressively worse, to the point that I went to a sports doctor yesterday, who gave me a shot in the ass, Vicodin and steroids, and a back brace, and I had an MRI this morning, whose results I won’t get until Friday.
Bottom line: I’m trying to get well enough to travel to Houston Tuesday, but posting will continue to be light.
Support For NASA
Both parties support it, for different reasons.
The Limits Of Bandwidth
An interesting Twitter thread by Phil Metzger.
Launch Costs
In light of the latest admissions, some thoughts from Wayne Hale.
Just Fly Already
NASA is planning to reduce crew size on ISS because of uncertainty in Commercial Crew. This probably means no research during that period.
Altius
Congratulations to Jon Goff and his team. This will help with space investment in general, I think.
SLS Costs
For years, NASA has been providing a BS number of a billion dollars a flight (with no basis). Now, at least the White House is admitting that it’s at least two billion.
And here’s an update this morning. Yes, five billion a flight is a low estimate.
A Million People On Mars
It could (maybe) be done in a century.
But no, I don’t think they’d have to learn to eat crickets. The paucity of imagination in studies like this is always amazing.
Central Butte
Bob Zimmerman continues to follow Curiosity’s progress on Mars.