Monday, July 27, 2020

How the late John Lewis saved NASA's International Space Station from cancellation

Lewis, less than 30 years after having his skull fractured by a state trooper’s baton, performed another service to the country he loved and strove to make better when he used his vote in Congress to save the International Space Station from cancelation.

Space Force reorganizes former Air Force space wings into “Deltas” and “Garrisons”
AMENDMENTS TO FY2021 MINIBUS SEEK $2.6 BILLION MORE FOR NASA, CHANGES FOR OTHER CIVIL SPACE OFFICES
NASA added 6 HD video cameras to its next Mars rover so we can all watch the first footage of a spacecraft landing on another planet
US, China jockey for advantage in space race
America's second victory in space has lessons for today
Rock from Mars heads home after 600,000 years on Earth
Building an Innovative and Affordable Healthcare System

Thursday, July 23, 2020

A New Era for Deep Space Exploration and Development
Russia rejects joining NASA's Artemis moon program in favor of China
China launches ambitious attempt to land rover on Mars
NASA's Juno spacecraft snaps first images of Ganymede's north pole
Plutonium power source installed on NASA’s next Mars rover
Why Japan is emerging as NASA’s most important space partner
What Is It Like As You Approach The Edge Of The Universe?
Planned Parenthood Is Finally Jettisoning The Eugenics Legacy of Their Founder Margaret Sanger
Draft 2020 Democratic Party Platform Statement On Space

We support NASA's work to return Americans to the moon and go beyond to Mars, taking the next step in exploring our solar system.

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

'Rodham': Sarah Treem Adapting Hillary Clinton Fictional Novel as Hulu Series

The premise is that Hillary does not marry Bill and thus eventually becomes president in 2o16. Personally, I prefer the alt-hist where she becomes an astronaut and marries Richard Feyham. Much less horrifying,

Watch SpaceX catch an entire rocket nose cone that fell from space for the 1st time
Stanford scientists anticipate the Mars 2020 rover launch
Are we ready to recycle the “rare earths” behind an energy revolution?
How NASA Built a Self-Driving Car for Its Next Mars Mission
Researchers say blood test can detect cancer years before symptoms
Moon craters hint huge asteroids bombarded Earth 800 million years ago
Coronavirus: What I learnt in Oxford’s vaccine trial

Sunday, July 19, 2020

Russia rejects joining NASA's Artemis moon program in favor of China

Russia, being a senior partner with the United States in the ISS, would be a natural for Artemis. However, it looks like Russia, in an apparent fit of pique, has decided to include itself out of the effort to return to the moon. According to Ars Technica, Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin was quite caustic about the idea of Russia joining the Artemis Coalition, describing the U.S.’s mission to get back to the moon as a “political project,” and one that resembles NATO.

RV BUILT BY TOYOTA, JAXA COULD BE THE FIRST HABITAT FOR NASA ASTRONAUTS ON THE MOON
Will astronauts ever visit gas giants like Jupiter?
Emirates Mars Mission counting down to liftoff today from Japan
Lancaster company will help lunar craft keep its cool during deliveries to Moon
SpaceX appears to be targeting next week for Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral

Sunday, July 12, 2020

House appropriators extend middle finger to NASA's 2024 moon landing goal

"The Trump administration proposed in its budget submission for NASA for FY 2021 that $4.7 billion be allocated to exploration research and development (R&D), including the Human Landing System (HLS). The numbers were designed to assure that NASA could return astronauts to the moon by 2024."

"However, the House Appropriators were pleased to disagree. The subcommittee that funds NASA marked up a bill that allocated $1.56 billion for exploration R&D. That means that the HLS would get just over $600 million for the next fiscal year, inadequate for achieving a 2024 moon landing."

SpaceX set to fly its Starship rocket prototype nearly 500 feet into the air next week- but some say it is 'too soon'
Elon Musk Invites Family Of Famed Soviet Rocket Scientist To Tour SpaceX
Venus and Earth used to be twins. NASA wants to learn why they diverged
Ring of Firepower: Electric Hall Thruster for NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Propulsion

Design Complete for NASA’s Psyche – Spacecraft to Explore a Metal-Rich Asteroid

Previously: Reaching The ‘Golden Asteroid’ Is Well Worth Our Tax Dollars

Saturday, July 11, 2020

Could green sand solve climate change better than the Green New Deal?

"Those who understand the science of climate change and American politics know that the solution to the phenomenon resides less in upending the world’s economy than in doing a number of simple things, such as using carbon capture power plants, nuclear energy, and planting trees. Add to that solution set a new technique, as reported by MIT Technology Review, involving green sand."

NASA, China and the UAE are scheduled to send missions to Mars in July
Japan and NASA sign agreement to cooperate on manned lunar probe
NASA chief still hopeful to get more money for moon landing effort
NASA Teases New ‘VERITAS’ Mission To Explore Earth’s Super-Hot Sister Planet
Astronomers Have a Plan to Detect a Possible Black Hole in Our Solar System
Lava tubes may be havens for ancient alien life and future human explorers
Gene That Protects Against Alzheimer's Found in Human Cell Model