Jon Goff has another post up on utilizing the upper atmosphere of Venus.
Category Archives: Space
Book Sales
The book
The Dinosaurs Of The Launch Industry
Their world was just hit by an asteroid, whether they realize it or not.
SpaceX’s Silicon Valley Culture
Can it continue to work?
Australia’s Future In Space
Note the implicit but not necessarily valid assumption — that in order to do space activities, you have to launch from your own soil. For instance, I’d bet that Kodiak would be happy to lease some real estate to them for high-inclination launches.
Book Question
Has anyone actually ordered and received a copy yet?
[Friday-morning update]
Well, as you can see in comments, we have disparate results. One person has received it, one is going to next week, and one got a message that it’s a month away. So huh.
Inspiration Venus?
Jon Goff has an interesting blog post. Also, scroll through recent entries for a lot of useful speculation about utilizing Venerian resources. In many ways, Venus is a more interesting candidate for colonization than Mars is.
SpaceX
An asteroid has just hit the aerospace dinosaurs, in Europe, China, Russia, and here.
Safe Is Not An Option
I didn’t expect the book to be available for purchase at Amazon for another couple weeks. This
Working on e-versions now.
Blue Origin’s New Engine
I’m glad they’re making progress, but I don’t understand why they want a hydrogen engine for a booster, particularly for suborbital. The exhaust velocities don’t match well, and you have a lot of handling and bulk-density issues.