Navy Preparing for First Splashdown Recovery of NASA Spacecraft in Decades

Supreme Court Voting Rights Act Case Fans Racial Conflict

Obama White House Plays with Fire Threatening Bob Woodward

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Mulls Use of Drones for Border Interdiction

'Space Leadership Preservation Act' reintroduced to reform NASA

Inspiration Mars Crewed Flyby Mission to Launch in Five Years

Piano Maestro Van Cliburn Has Died

Special Election for Texas State Senate Seat District 6 Turns Nasty

John Kerry Exercises the 'Right to Be Stupid'

Chris Christie Deserves to Speak at CPAC

The Man from Mars -- Chapter Ten

The girl who couldn't reach the moon. In many ways, I feel her pain.

'Vulcan' and 'Cerberus' Top Poll to Name Pluto's Moons

'In the Flesh' to Examine the Problems of the Formally Walking Dead>/P>

Islamic Studies Lesson at Lumberton, Texas, High School Causes Political Firestorm

Can Chris Matthews Make Hillary Clinton President?

Nikki Haley Shows Republicans Know How to Govern

Asteroid mining mentioned in the TV series 'Bones'

'Castle' Goes Looking for His Little Girl and Finds Someone Else as Well

Sequestration Cuts to NASA's Commercial Crew Program Causes Concern

Ted Cruz 'Communists at Harvard' Speech Creates More Controversy

Michelle Obama Cameo Ramps Up the Awful at the Academy Awards

China's Desire for a 'Place in the Sun' Could Lead to War

'Lincoln' was Not Harmed by the Politics of the Men Who Made the Film

I've only seen three of the films that are up for Big Picture. Each of them could be a worthy selection. My reviews of Lincoln, Argo, and, Zero Dark Thirty.

Rand Simberg has an an unusually insightful analysis of Dennis Tito's proposed Mars mission.

At Last, 'Twilight' Gets a Well Deserved Razzie

Graphene super capacitor could make batteries obsolete

Full Trailer for 'Game of Thrones' Season Three Now Out

Cheap Fusion energy a few years away according to Lockheed Skunk Works

In 'The Big Bang Theory' Raj Koothrappali Finds Love at Last

NASA Announces Contributions to European JUICE Mission to Jupiter's Moons

NASA developing home nuclear power

Democrats' Drive to Turn Texas Blue May Be Harder Than it Seems

Florida's Rick Scott's Faustian Bargain with Obamacare Will Do Him No Good

Time for Rush Limbaugh to Buck Up and Get Back into the Fight

'The Americans,' the Reagan Shooting, and Who is Really 'In Control?'

They Can't Stop Talking About Ted Cruz

Texas Rep. Steve Stockman denounced NASA cuts under sequestration

Dennis Tito to Announce Private Mars Expedition to Take Off in 2018

Repeal and Replace Obamacare with Free Market Exchanges

What Mitt Romney Should Say at CPAC

Texas Lawmakers Consider Gun Legislation

Space Mining Visionaries, Scientists Excited by Recent Space Resource Findings

Microfilm Bibles flown to the moon subject of a legal battle

Lack of Condemnation of Joe Salazar Shows Left's Moral Depravity

How Insect-Sized Micro Air Vehicles Could Change the Face of War

Texas Lawmakers Grapple with Education Reform Measures

'Vulcan' first choice for name of Pluto moon thanks to Star Trek fandom

In Which Castle is Going to Go Full Bore Bryan Mills (or Mal Reynolds)

Brownsville Mayor Martinez and SpaceX CEO Musk discuss Texas space port

In the Wake of 2012 DA14, Russian Meteor, New Interest in Asteroid Detection, Deflection

Could the Houston Obama Painting Vandals Just Be Art Critics?

Alec Baldwin Needs Help Soon

COBOL is Still Relevant in the Modern World

NASA Struggles to Make the Kennedy Space Center a Multi-Use Launch Facility

Media Debate on Sen.Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Rages

Reasons to Approve the Keystone XL Pipeline are Not Complicated

Taxpayer-Funded Smearing of the Tea Party a Scandal

Don't Known Much About History -- or Alternate History Too

2012 DA14, Russia meteor strike, highights NASA, commercial asteroid plans

How to Bring Back Han Solo, as a Champion of Free Market Capitalism

Ann Richards Play to Be Respectful Portrayal, in Contrast to the George W, Bush Show

How Sequestration Will Impact NASA Programs

Christmas on the Moon is an excerpt from my alternate history novel, Children of Apollo. Recently I got the following comment:

Mark, Came across this by accident. I have worked with NASA, sent science payloads to ISS, etc. It's a bit spooky. Lew Jacobson

Lew Jacobson is the name of a character in the book, who oddly enough also works for NASA.

America's Future is Bright -- if the Politicians Will Allow It

Senate Republicans Should Stand Fast on Hagel Nomination

Former NASA chief Griffin critiques Obama commercial space, touts lunar option

Golden Spike to Crowdsource $240,000 for Lunar Marketing Campaign

Celltex Controversy Raises Questions About Adult Stem Cell Therapy

The 'Waterboarding' of Marco Rubio Shows Fear on the Left

Gay Rights Campaign Against Card Pernicious and Counter-Productive

Lack of mention of NASA or space in Obama's State of the Union noticed

Israeli Team Shoots for the Moon with the Help of a New Corporate Sponsor

Ted Cruz Statement on Hagel's Iran Ties, Financial Nondisclosure Causes Outrage

Obama Sounds Charge for More Government While Rubio Calls Halt

Fake Story About Al Jazeera Shows Palin's Ability to Confound

NASA's Garver Insists that American Commitment to Space Exploration Undiminished

Bill Introduced in Texas Legislature to Permit Same-Sex Civil Unions

'Man in the High Castle' Coming to the SyFy Channel

Sequestration Politics like a Game of Chicken with the Economy at Hazard

Republicans Should Put Carson in Charge of Real Health Care Reform

Poll finds overwelming support for Mars exploration, doubling NASA spending

Public Invited to Name Two Moons of Pluto

Government Policy Promotes Wind in Texas at the Expense of Nuclear and Coal

In 'The Walking Dead' Madness Reigns in 'The Suicide King'

How Young Supporters of Obama Will Suffer Under Obamacare

Christopher Dorner is Not a Hero

Europe Contemplates Space Alliance with China

Will Smart, Breathable Building Materials Make Air Conditioning Obsolete?

George W, Bush Takes the Art World by Storm

Because we were sorted this way...

Ravenclaws...

I love me those Gryffindor Gals

We R Slytherins

Asteroid flyby blamed on global warming by CNN talking head

Hobbit Hole Style Buildings: For the Tolkien Fan with Everything

'The Lost Legion' to Depict Romans in China

NASA accused of revealing classified technology to the Chinese

'The Americans' in 'The Clock' Uncover a Terrifying Secret that Will Change the World

Dr. Benjamin Carson speaks truth to power (i.e. Barack Obama about fiscal responsibility, real health care reform, and death panels.

Body of Richard III Found

Rick Perry Headed for California to Rustle Businesses for Texas

Reviving space adventure TV series 'Firefly'

Is Chris Christie Too Fat to Be President?

Of Course Obama and Morgan Will Not Be Blamed for Christopher Dorner

Prediction: Space Flight in 2033 to Be Dominated by Commercial Space

Texas Gov. Perry Disccuses Moving Businesses to Texas and Other Issues

Rand Paul's Foreign Policy Speech Reasoned but Still Flawed

Bruce Willis Defends Gun Control as Having a Steady Aim

Personal State of the Union: The Right to Create Wealth Violated

Scientists: 4.5 Billion Earth-Like Planets in the Galaxy

California Gov. Brown Unhappy with Texas Gov. Perry Over Radio Ad

Karl Rove Must Reach Out to Conservatives to Be Effective

Republican 'Energy 20/20' Proposal Good Policy and Politics

Now a Kickstarter proposal to build a private Death Star

American distribution rights for 'The Europa Report' for release in late 2013

Report: Obama's Asteroid Mission More Challenging Than Going to Mars

Ron Paul Faces Storm of Criticism Over Chris Kyle Remarks

Menendez Sex and Money Scandal Threatens Democratic Senate Control

America as the Next Great Energy Super Power

The Man from Mars -- Chapter Nine

Chris Kyle, Former Navy SEAL Sniper, Murdered at Texas Shooting Range

On a related noted, Ron Paul is slime.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wants to Be Iran's First Man in Space

Do you have what it takes to be part of Cobra?

Obama with a Gun is His Dukakis in the Tank Moment

To Tamp Down on Gang Violence, Legalize Drugs or Fight a Real War on Drugs

In 'Guilty Conscience' Anthony Hopkins Shows How Not to Contemplate Murder

For Chris Kyle to die like this is bitterness beyond the capacity to comprehend. All prayers for him and for those he left behind.

Bill Maher plagiarist.

Ed Koch, a Liberal Capable of Sanity Who Had Style

London firm to develop lunar buildings using inflatable modules and 3D printing

Paul Spudis gives the back of his hand to both the current NASA and the purveyors of commercial "New Space" as constituting a "pseudo space program." I am personally not quite as down on all of that as he is as I am on people who support the current program. It is true, however, that the current NASA program is moribund and dysfunctional and a lot of commercial space ventures are being oversold.

NASA, Others Hold Memorials for Fallen Columbia Astronauts

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz Subjects Chuck Hagel to Tough Questioning

Senator Geraldo Rivera?

Now Super Bowl Commercials are Racist; Who Knew?