Monday, February 16, 2026

Robert Duvall, All-Purpose Actor With Few Peers, Dies at 95
Isaacman planning to meet with head of Roscosmos
A Soulless Argument
FAA Greenlights New SpaceX Starship Trajectories Over U.S. Mainland
NASA to let private company Vast visit space station for private mission in 2027
A New Concept for Catching Up with 3I/ATLAS
Beyond amyloid: Emerging drug targets for Alzheimer’s
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? #CommissionEarned
3 Unique Ways Smart People Think
Astronomers Are Baffled by a Truly Amazing ‘Inside Out’ Star System That Places a Rocky Planet Where a Gas Giant Belongs
Spinal Cord Organoids Help Test Paralysis Treatment

Sunday, February 15, 2026

Musk’s lunar city plan supercharges America’s return to the moon

Recently, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk made a history changing announcement on his social media platform X. It read, in part: “For those unaware, SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon, as we can potentially achieve that in less than 10 years, whereas Mars would take 20-plus years.”

Bezos vs. Musk: The New Billionaire Battle for the Moon
SpaceX Veteran Says He’s Figured Out How to Make Rocket Fuel From Water
Secretary Marco Rubio Remarks at Munich Security Conference
Gabriella's War: A Vampire Gabriella Novel #CommissionEarned
NASA has a new problem to fix before the next Artemis II countdown test
Musk vs. Bezos, China in the mirror: A strategic analysis of the new moon race
America Reclaims Its Dominance in Space

Saturday, February 14, 2026

It is time to take astronomy off Earth
Babylon 5 | Full Episode | The Gathering: Season 1, Episode 1
Why haven’t humans been back to the moon in over 50 years?
Why is Bezos trolling Musk on X with turtle pics? Because he has a new Moon plan.
NASA Will Now Allow Astronauts to Bring Their Smartphones into Space. Here's What That Means
The Billionaire Space Race Is Really Heating Up
America Gets a Raise
Virginia Democrats Try an Unconstitutional Gerrymander
HHS Tries Crowd-Sourcing Medicaid Fraud Detection
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Four astronauts launch to space station after prior crew's early departure
Second U.S. aircraft carrier expected to head to Middle East, officials say, amid Iran tensions
Consumer prices rose 2.4% annually in January, less than expected

Friday, February 13, 2026

Soft Power and the Race to the Moon: Why Cislunar Norms Are the Next Hill to Hold
Why China's first-ever in-flight abort test matters for its lunar ambitions
NASA Moon Mission Spacesuit Nears Milestone
SpaceX and NASA launch astronauts to relieve bare-bones crew at ISS
Another Climate Pipe Dream: Capturing Carbon Out of Thin Air
Pentagon Prepares Second Aircraft Carrier to Deploy to the Middle East
Climate Alarm On The Run
Will Life on Mars Require a Genetic Rewrite?
Is Help Still on the Way for Iranian Protesters?
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
Patton in Palestine #CommissionEarned
The further adventures of Anne Frank: An alternate history of a life uninterrupted #CommissionEarned
Trump’s Climate Liberation Act
Reading Books and Writing Is Linked to a 40% Drop in Alzheimer’s Risk
Kim Jong Un chooses teen daughter as heir, says Seoul

Thursday, February 12, 2026

The End of 2Tier Keir
Saturn's moon Titan could have formed in a merger of two old moons
Mars Organics Are Hard to Explain Without Life, NASA-Led Study Finds
Large Scale Desalination Belongs in California’s Water Strategy
We Told You So: EPA Was Wrong About CO2 From the Start
What if AIs set out to conquer the world . . . with love?
New Ocean Is Being Born As Africa Splits Into Two Continents
China showcases new Moon ship and reusable rocket in one extraordinary test
What a Creationist Astrophysicist Thinks of UFOs
What I Suffered Being ‘Transgender’
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned
A Welcome Jobs Rebound
Why Perovskite LEDs Might Soon Replace Every Light in Your Home
Paralysis treatment heals lab-grown human spinal cord organoids

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

CONSIDER THIS: Did the Ancient Chinese Know About Jesus?
NASA chief: Artemis moon landing is litmus test for ‘American exceptionalism’
Trump Is Set to Make the 'Largest Act of Deregulation in the History'
Iran, Gaza, and ending military aid to Israel hang over Trump and Netanyahu meeting
Uranus' moon 'Miranda' seems to have an ocean and possibly life
SpaceX Kicks Russian Soldiers Off Of Starlink
Core Survey by NASA’s Roman Mission Will Unveil Universe’s Dark Side
Momentus and NASA Partner to Advance In-Orbit Servicing and Space Operations
NASA Still Has a Lot of Work to Do to Return to the Moon
NASA, Boeing still working on Starliner return to flight
Abolish ICE? Dems Can’t Even Plow Snow
Lost Soviet Moon Lander May Have Been Found
Elon Musk Lands on the Moon
The Pronoun Wars in Public Schools
Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
Two Discoveries Hint That the Building Blocks of Life Form in Deep Space Long Before Planets Even Exist
AI Just Cracked the Rules of a Lost Roman Board Game, and It’s Unlike Anything We Expected
Trump's isolation of Cuba dries up nation's jet fuel supplies, forcing airlines to adjust

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

NASA, Boeing still working on Starliner return to flight
Mark R. Whittington booka
Mark Whittington articles
Russian military scrambles to find Starlink alternative after access blocked
SpaceX Is Building Its Own Particle Accelerator
NASA Conducts Repairs, Analysis Ahead of Next Artemis II Fueling Test
DEI ‘Doomsday’ Policies Infected Biden-Era Climate Research
Israel Grows Up
NASA Still Has a Lot of Work to Do to Return to the Moon
Why would Elon Musk pivot from Mars to the Moon all of a sudden?
All claims of extraterrestrial life must pass these 7 hurdles
Olympia’s Plan to Repel Startups
Good Sense on Transgender Children
The Political Battle for AI in Space
Sinking Giant Concrete Orbs to the Bottom of the Ocean Could Store Massive Amounts of Renewable Energy
Scientists Find a Massive Hidden Lava Tunnel Beneath the Surface of Venus
Large Harvard Study Finds Coffee and Tea Significantly Lower Dementia Risk
Astronomers Think They Found What Looks Like a Frozen Twin of Earth 146 Light-Years Away
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Two Tales from the Coming Space Age #CommissionEarned
How Big Can a Planet Be? With Very Large Gas Giants, It Can Be Hard to Tell
‘Hidden’ bugs in our gut appear key to good health, finds global study
Brain train game may help protect against dementia for up to 20 years

Monday, February 09, 2026

Attacking Russia’s Center of Gravity: A Clausewitzian Answer
Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s in mice and restore memory
As China and the US vie for the moon, private companies are locked in their own space race
Musk clips his Mars settlement ambition, aims for the moon instead
These 'avatars' will fly around the moon with NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts
When It Comes to Climate and Energy, Let’s Retire the Politics of Fear
Trump Accounts will help reverse the tide of socialism
I Was Born in the Shah’s Prison. Now I Support His Son
America Reclaims Its Dominance in Space
Texas Parents Rush for School Choice
Takaichi Rolls to a Landslide Victory in Japan
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? #CommissionEarned
A Failed Climate Coup in the Courts
Fire Forged Our Civilization, But It Also Literally Rewrote Our DNA
Two New Nasal Sprays Could Stop the Next Bird Flu Pandemic Right in Your Nose

Sunday, February 08, 2026

We Need a Private-Sector Overhaul of U.S. Space Exploration
The world of Artemis II is very different than that of the Apollo moon landings

Much history has occurred between the last time humans went to the moon and the next time they will. The Soviet Union fell into ruin. The terror attack on 9/11 happened, sparking a decades-long global war on terror. The AIDS and the COVID pandemics took tens of millions of lives.

But three developments stand out that will make the return to the moon effort different from the first time we visited Earth’s nearest neighbor.

SpaceX Delays Mars Plans To Focus on Moon
What’s the Difference Between SpaceX’s Starlink, Amazon Leo, and Blue Origin’s TeraWave?
NASA Study: Non-biologic Processes Don’t Fully Explain Mars Organics
Gabriella's War: A Vampire Gabriella Novel #CommissionEarned
A Second Wave of Popular Anger Is Building in Iran
How Kevin Warsh Could Make the Fed Great Again
Epstein, Peter Mandelson and the Labour Party

Saturday, February 07, 2026

Philosophical Society of Washington (PSW) Science talk at COSMOS Club, Washington DC, on Molten Salt Reactors for energy, Net-zero, ESG, sans pollution and CO2:
SpaceX is hiring to turn Elon Musk's plan for data centers in space a reality
SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA is officially on for Feb. 11 as FAA clears Falcon 9 rocket to fly again
SpaceX Delays Mars Plans To Focus on Moon
Ellie in Space talks with Jared Isaacman: 50 Days as Head of NASA
Isaacman Wants to Restore NASA’s Core Competencies
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (as an Irish Folk Rebel Song)
‘Spartacus’ Creator on Killing [SPOILER] in the ‘House of Ashur’ Finale and His Advice for the ‘Buffy’ Reboot: ‘Swing for the Fences’
Elon Is Always Selling . . . Like any Revolutionary
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Sanity Will Be on the Ballot in Washington State
Iran Returns to Its Negotiating Stall
Russian lieutenant general shot by assailant in Moscow, investigators say