No, NASA has no strategy. And neither does the administration or Congress, when it comes to space policy. We don’t even have a clearly articulated goal.
Category Archives: Space
The New ITAR Rules
Today is the last day to comment. We need to try to get crewed space vehicles off the munitions list.
Million-Dollar Planetary Missions
This would revolutionize space exploration. It would allow massively parallel data gathering.
Alien Stellar Engines
Can we detect them with current telescopes? That assumes they exist at all, of course.
SpaceShipTwo
They were supposed to have another test flight in June. Only three days left.
The Space Show
I’m going to be on at 7 PM PDT tonight to talk about space safety.
The Obligation
Steven Wolfe, a former congressional space staffer, has what looks to be an interesting new book out. It has a lot of good blurbs.
What Is The Destination For Space Development?
As Dennis Wingo (sort of) points out, that question is (as Pauli would have said) not even wrong. If we develop needed capabilities, the destinations will sort themselves out. And one of the capabilities that we don’t need is an overpriced, oversized low-flight-rate government-developed rocket.
The Case For Commercial Rockets
An interview with Gwynne Shotwell of SpaceX.
Book Donors
This is the last chance to give me your full name if you are a qualified contributor and want it listed that way. I’m particularly interested in “Leland.”