Solar Array Feasible
by The BBC has a cool article about the relative feasibility of using a low-orbit solar array as a source of renewable energy here. A recent …
Category: Space
China to be on Moon before U.S.?
CNN reports that Michael Griffin, NASA’s administrator, told an audience in Washington D.C. that: “I personally believe that China will be back on the moon …
Space Non-Race
I received an email from a friend today that made the following claim: Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting in …
Spacewalk – Cool!
You’d think that knowing men could do something as freaking cool as this would this whole religious war thing in its proper perspective, wouldn’t you?
Exploring Mars
Wow! Read Bruce Murray’s editorial on what NASA’s mission should be. I wish I could have said it as well. The one thing Dr. Murray …
Columbia Report In: NASA Criticized
The verdict on the Columbia accident is in and reactions vary. Some seek to glorify NASA’s past achievements, while others pretend to know better. It’s …
Time for Shuttle to Retire
Regarding the Houston Chronicle’s July 10 editorial, "BREACH OF CONFIDENCE / Astronauts can’t explore space on a wing and a prayer": If more people had …
Columbia Report In: NASA Criticized
The Houston Chronicle says that astronauts can’t explore space on a wing and a prayer. Sure, they’ve got a point. If more people knew more …
James Hogan on the Columbia Accident
Here’s what the excellent sci-fi writer James Hogan has to say about the Columbia. Mr. Hogan’s a bit of a devil’s advocate when it comes …
A Brave, Classy Woman
For the wife of the shuttle Columbia to say “fix it and fly again” is amazing. What class and vision. She’s a remarkable person. For …