Renaming BFR to Starship
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 20, 2018
I’m more interested in recent design changes than in what it’s called.
[Update a while later]
Alan Boyle has more.
Category Archives: Space
The Revolution That Is Commercial Space
“…is just beginning.” Thoughts from commercial space pioneer Charles Miller.
Why It Took So Long To Replace Shuttle
A frustrating history from Scott Manley.
Seasteading
Bob Zubrin approvingly reviews a new book on the topic. There is an institute to promote this, and I just signed up for the newsletter.
Space Science
How support for it can be a political liability.
This happened to Jack Schmitt in
ArizonaNew Mexico, as well. His opponent's campaign slogan was "What *On Earth* Has Jack Schmitt Done For Us?" https://t.co/FUr9endlmH— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) November 16, 2018
I would note that this is another problem with a government space program in a representative republic, and why it’s hopeless to think we can do Apollo again. People who want to see space science happen need to look to other funding sources.
[Update late morning]
D’oh! New Mexico, not Arizona.
Japan In Space
Eric Berger got an all-expenses-paid trip there, courtesy of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, to see what’s going on there.
The BFR
…is under construction at the Port of LA.
Exo-Mars
Bob Zimmerman examines the planned landing site.
Enceladus
Breakthrough and NASA have signed a Space Act Agreement for support of a private mission. This is the most likely way for it to happen, and it will probably happen before a Europa mission (it probably would have even with Culberson, given the requirement to use SLS).
Space Conferences
I’ve been busy for the past couple days, and will continue to be, with first the Space Settlement Summit, and starting today (and concluding tomorrow) a meeting of the Moon Village Association. For those who want to participate, the latter will supposedly start to be live streamed at 8 AM PDT, but I don’t know the URL. I’ll update when I get there and find out what it is.
[Update after conference start]
Here is the livestream. Scott Pace is speaking.