It’s been one year since the launch failure.
Three days later, SpaceShipTwo would be lost, killing its co-pilot. It was a rough week for commercial spaceflight.
Category Archives: Space
Center For American Progress
They issue a press release saying that Apollo to Mars is financially feasible. Yet another leftist politico-economic fantasy.
Why We’re Stuck On Planet Earth
I found this piece pretty unimpressive.
"The tropics are awesome, we'd never survive at high latitudes, it takes too much technology." — some paleolith guy https://t.co/jmC6lGkTY8
— SafeNotAnOption (@SafeNotAnOption) October 28, 2015
Lowell Wood
Ashlee Vance, author of the biography of Elon Musk, has a nice (and fascinating) piece on him.
The Martian As Time Travel
It takes us back to our society half a century ago.
As I’ve said repeatedly, the part of the film that requires the most suspension of disbelief is that NASA would ever be sufficiently audacious and cost effective to send someone to Mars.
Hall Thrusters
Mr. Aerospace Engineer, tear down those walls.
Appendix N
…you can’t get your childhood back. As someone in my early twenties when it came back, I was a lot less impressed than the kids at the time. After the duds that were Eps 1-3, I’ll probably wait for it to be free on television. Encouraging thoughts from David Brin on what he calls the “best year for space since the 70s.” More thoughts on my USA Today piece, over at Ricochet.Sorry, Star Wars Fans
Bootstrapping A Solar-System Civilization
Mars Is Safe From NASA