The Aerospace Corporation is calling for international collaboration to develop the tech for it. Despite Elon’s opposition to it, ironically, Starship may be one of the enablers for it. I think that space-to-space use is more likely than terrestrial applications, though, at least initially.
Category Archives: Space
International Law
Elon Musk says it will not apply on Mars.
Does that imply that he won’t abide by the Outer Space Treaty?
Starlink
…is starting beta testing. It’s a little pricey, at least initially, but it could be a huge boon for the boondocks.
Glenn Reynold’s New Space Book
Laura Montgomery reviews it. He gave me a draft when he was writing it, on which I provided some comments.
Astronaut Versus Astronaut
Buzz Aldrin endorses Martha McSally in her Arizona race against gun-grabbing astronaut Mark Kelly.
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
This looks promising.
SN8
…has been stacked for flight.
Gordon Woodcock
I just learned that he passed a few days ago. He was both a good and great man, devoted to getting us into space. He was the manager of the Boeing SPS study in the late 70s. I knew him both from L-5 and NSS, and from working with him in the 80s when Boeing and Rockwell teamed on a project.
[Update a while later]
Sorry, link is fixed now.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Well, that was fast. This post is already on the first few links at DuckDuckGo.
My Hillsdale Panel Discussion
I just got an email from a friend who saw it on line, so I went and looked it up. Here it is.
I was originally supposed to lead off, but the moderator rearranged things so I ended up batting clean up, and it ended up well. Sercel told me that he was going to talk about some of the things that I did, but dropped them in the interest of time, so all our talks ended up being complementary. A lot of the audience told me later that the panel discussion (the first time space had ever been a topic at this event) “blew their minds.” It was the first time I’d ever met General Kwast, but he has been talking up my book to many people.
The Space Force
…now has a bipartisan Congressional caucus. I’m glad to see this, but I’m still hoping that Horn loses her seat (because I hope that all Democrats lose their seats). And she’s been part of the SLS/Orion swamp.