Image Credit : ULA Editorial Karl Marx once said “The last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope.” He may have been right on at least this point. Underscoring once again America’s self-inflicted dependence on Russian technology for launching its own most expensive intelligence assets, a United Launch Alliance Atlas […]
One of the myriad challenges in establishing a self supporting settlement on Mars (or anywhere else off-planet) will be in developing an interesting, palatable and sustainable diet. Freeze dried ice cream from the KSC Visitors center may be tasty, but you can hardly live on it. Not just survival, but achieving the quality of life […]
Following what might be called a “testy Tuesday” which saw a contentious hearing featuring NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Congressman Frank Wolf turn personal, Wednesday brought the arrival of a wave of bipartisanship in both the House and Senate, at least where the nation’s space program is concerned. First, the House Science, Space and Technology […]
NASA announced a new initiative today, one aimed at achieving breakthroughs in energy storage devices. This is one of those areas where an unexpectedly positive outcome could have unusually broad ramifications. It is worth pointing out however, that one of the reasons the agency needs an alternative to batteries is that it has walked away […]
Although Virgin Galactic has a tendency to draw the headlines, no doubt in part due to its very high profile founder, XCOR Aerospace is pressing equally hard to get its Lynx space plane into commercial service. The company announced a major step forward today with the delivery of the pressurized cockpit for its Lynx Mark […]
(Video starts at discussion on contingencies) In what has become an passage of spring, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden was testifying before Congress once again yesterday, this time before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies. The committee, chaired by retiring Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf, has been the scene of more than […]
You can add this to the growing list of odd pictures from Mars which are the food of life for conspiracy theorists. NASA News Story: Images taken by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover on April 2 and April 3 include bright spots, which might be due to the sun glinting off a rock or cosmic rays […]
With the current focus on difficulties in the U.S./Russian relationship and its implications for the International Space Station, it may be easy to overlook the fact that both Europe and Japan are major partners in the station as well. This English language video gives a good overview of the Japanese space program’s activities in […]
Mars will be at its brightest since December 2007 this evening, as humanity’s home planet, and our next one, come into “opposition,” directly lined up with the sun. If you have a telescope, (and clear skies) even the polar ice cap is plainly discernible. Earthsky.org has an informative article in the relationship between the two […]
Image Credit: NASA NASA released the following media advisory late Friday afternoon: The next SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract is scheduled to launch Monday, April 14, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The company’s Falcon 9 rocket, carrying its […]
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