Will ride no more.
Rest in peace. I hadn’t even known she was sick. Among other things, I thought she did yeoman’s work on the Augustine panel.
Category Archives: Space
Another Space Kickstarter
Over here. I have to say, I’m not encouraged by either the people he’s interviewed, or the intended thrust. Or his level of knowledge. I really don’t care what Dr. Tyson thinks.
The Chinese are not about to surpass us, and space isn’t about science. Looks like it will be just more of the same. Space is really important, NASA needs more money, it will save STEM, blah blah blah.
I’ve been thinking about putting together a Kickstarter for a space documentary, or a series of web videos, with Bill Whittle. Tentative title: Everything You Know About Space Is Wrong. I wonder how much support I could get?
Evoloterra
One of the saddest things about the atrocity (not “tragedy” — does no one know the meaning of that word any more?) in Colorado (for me personally, of course, obviously not for the friends and families of those involved) is that it completely derailed any commemoration of what we accomplished forty-three years ago today. But while we have done a segment on The Space Show on the subject this time of year every year for the past half dozen, today was the first time that we did one a) with Margaret Jordan, one of the other authors and b) actually performed the ceremony live on air (or rather, on line). It got a good response, with several callers calling in to say that they were moved in listening to it, and were going to perform it themselves. If so, that’s great, because that’s why we wrote it. Perhaps we should have done it years ago. Anyway, here is the link, and the podcast is available now. You might also want to check out The Space Show blog.
Tom Brosz
…has written a book
Good News For Those Worried About China In Space
If this is true, they’re wasting their money on a heavy lifter.
The Apollo Anniverary
Bill Simon and I will be on The Space Show tomorrow morning/afternoon (depending on your time zone — it’s at 0930 PDT until 1100 PDT) to discuss our ceremony to commemorate the first landing on the moon (tomorrow will be the 43rd anniversary). As a special feature, Margaret Jordan, a friend of three decades and one of the authors, will also be on for the first time. This will be a special event, as she, Bill and I haven’t talked together in many years, not because we don’t like each other, but because that’s just how life works.
Listen in. Among other things, we’ll perform the ceremony on Internet radio.
To Fly!
The IMAX movie is still going strong after thirty-six years. I first saw it at the Air and Space Museum thirty-four years ago.
A Preview Of The New Space Age
A report on commercial progress with the Lunar X-Prize, over at Popular Mechanics.
Humans Versus Robots
The pointless debate continues. And of course, it continues to carry its implicit and unshared assumption with it (e.g., that the purpose of this is “science.”).
Brian’s Latest Lunacy
Does anyone think that this insanely bigoted spew is worth responding to?
[Afternoon update]
By the way, for those wondering, this is a perfect example of how he got himself banned from the comments section here (one of the very few people that’s happened to). It must be terrible to go around filled with that much rage and hate.