Random thoughts on politics, current events, popular culture, and whatever else interests me.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Monday, April 29, 2019
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Saturday, April 27, 2019
If China is the first country back to the moon in this century, it will not matter that America landed a man on the moon 50 years ago. The world will see that the country that landed there no longer exists and that the future belongs to China, with its science fiction, dystopian social credit system and its imperialist ambitions. Thus, Pence was right to throw down a new challenge, to confirm the verdict of Apollo, that the United States and her allies own the future and not the latest tyranny to trouble the peace of the world.
Friday, April 26, 2019
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
When Vice President Mike Pence announced that NASA would put moon boots on the lunar soil by 2024, four years earlier than the previous deadline, incredulity spread through aerospace and political circles like the shock waves of a nuclear blast. Could NASA return Americans to the moon in five years? Should the space agency undertake the task?
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Monday, April 22, 2019
Sunday, April 21, 2019
I still remember the Kooks Burrito incident in which two women were threatened with murder for borrowing a recipe for tortillas from some ladies they met while vacationing i9n Mexico. Some people need to get a life.
Related: SJWs Excoriate Chef Gordon Ramsay For Wanting To Open An ‘Authentic Asian Restaurant’ His reaction was as one might imagine.
Saturday, April 20, 2019
Friday, April 19, 2019
Before the first Apollo missions, the moon was thought to be a bone-dry, rocky world of interest to geologists and few others. However, the Apollo lunar samples, as well as decades of remote sensing missions, suggest that Earth’s nearest neighbor has abundant natural resources. These resources will not only facilitate the building of lunar settlements but might fuel a space-based industrial revolution.
Thursday, April 18, 2019
This venture is apparently a project by Lori Garver. Considering her spotty record at NASA, some skepticism is warranted. But it is worth a watch.
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Rocket science has become a synonym for something that is incredibly hard to do for good reasons. However, the phrase can also mean heartbreak, as the SpaceIL team discovered when their Beresheet moon probe crashed on the lunar surface last week. The heartbreak was shared around the globe by well-wishers who watched the attempted landing.
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Monday, April 15, 2019
Friday, April 12, 2019
From the perspective of doing science, going back to the moon is a no brainer. The United States is a country that values basic science research, partly out of the principle that knowledge is better than ignorance, and partly because basic research often pays dividends in unexpected ways. The Apollo geology samples are still yielding secrets, decades after they were brought back to Earth, as analytical tools advance.
Thursday, April 11, 2019
Recently, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testified before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. His testimony took place soon after Vice President Mike Pence announced that the date of the next moon landing was being brought forward to 2024, just five years from now. The committee’s chair, Democratic Texas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, took a decidedly dim view of the new moon program. in her opening statement.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Tuesday, April 09, 2019
Monday, April 08, 2019
Sunday, April 07, 2019
Saturday, April 06, 2019
Friday, April 05, 2019
At the most recent meeting of the National Space Council, held at NASA’s Marshal Spaceflight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Vice President Mike Pence ordered NASA to get American moon boots on the lunar surface by 2024, by any means necessary. The challenge, and NASA’s response, has created a curious situation fraught with both technical and political peril.