Monday, July 31, 2023

Sunday, July 30, 2023

What Arch of Titus teaches us about what to do with Confederate statues
Could your clothing help fight the climate crisis? Walmart is testing that idea
The Pew poll is actually good news for NASA’s moon and Mars missions

Recently Pew Research released a survey measuring public attitudes about NASA, space exploration and the burgeoning commercial space sector. The results are illuminating, not the least of which are the numbers for public support for sending astronauts to the moon and then sending them to Mars.

The results are good news for Artemis, though one would not know it from how it was reported by some in the media.

In the Heart of Mars: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Unearths Ancient Rivers’ Secrets
The Wealth Tax Is A Poor Idea
Gabriella's Holy War
Moon mining gains momentum as private companies plan for a lunar economy
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launches world’s most massive communications satellite
Scientists say microbes can be engineered to create renewable plastics

Friday, July 28, 2023

REPS LIEU, CALVERT, CARBAJAL AND FITZPATRICK INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO DESIGNATE SPACE AS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Argentina signs Artemis Accords
Why Oppenheimer Has Hotter Women Than Barbie
Pennywise, Future Foolish: Congress Moves To Cut NASA Science Budget
NASA spacecraft takes next steps to drop off asteroid bits in UtNASA spacecraft takes next steps to drop off asteroid bits in Utah
Our Universe wasn’t empty, even before the Big Bang
Saturn may have 'failed' as a gas giant
Muslims vs. Democrats: A Story of Betrayal
A Brother on the Moon
The Climate Policy Implosion Begins
Ron DeSantis at a Crossroads
Aging process slows when older mice share circulatory system of young

Thursday, July 27, 2023

Researchers tried out AI preachers — and it didn’t go so well

Heat waves and hot air
Why India’s Moon mission matters
Boeing used to be a premier American manufacturer. Apparently not anymore
Russia’s Return to the Moon With Luna-25: High Risk, High Stakes
The UFO reports piquing Nasa's interest
Spectacular New Einstein Cross Discovered Warping Space-Time
Breaking Superconductor News
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories
Oppenheimer Mansplains Barbie
Hunter Biden’s Plea Deal Implodes
Whistleblower tells Congress the US is concealing ‘multi-decade’ program that captures UFOs

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

New type of super killer immune cells found in cancer survivors
Boeing has now lost $1.1 billion on Starliner, with no crew flight in sight
NASA, DARPA Partner with Industry on Mars Rocket Engine
If you’re going to the south pole, go to the south pole
How Artemis 2 astronauts are training for their 2024 moon mission
SpaceX Preps Both Falcon Heavy and Starship For Next Flight
NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission: Live updates
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond
Russia’s Space Program Reels After Putin’s Ukraine Invasion
Only Biden Can Elect Trump in 2024
You’d Go to Prison for What Hunter Biden Did

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Freeman Dyson’s Thoughtful Discourse On Science and Religion
NASA Partners with American Companies on Key Moon, Exploration Tech
Archaeology on the moon: How to preserve spaceflight artifacts from Apollo era
After bopping an asteroid 3 years ago, NASA will finally see the results
The King of Late Night by Greg Gutfeld
Holy smoke and mirrors: Solar panels THREE TIMES more carbon intensive than natgas?
Washington is gaslighting on "climate change"
Why is America Going Back to the Moon
CAPSTONE working well more than a year after launch
SpaceX teases another application for Starship
Potent anti-cancer therapy created using ‘click chemistry’

Sunday, July 23, 2023

The climate witch trials
India, Russia, Japan and the US have launched the next phase of lunar exploration

Recently, India launched the Chandrayaan-3 lunar probe. If all goes well, it will land on the moon’s south pole in late August. The mission comes after the failure of Chandrayaan-2 to land on the lunar surface.

If successful, it will not only buttress India as a major space power but will begin the next phase of lunar exploration with as many as six moon shots from four countries scheduled for the remainder of 2023, according to Arts Technica.

Air Force general says 'Judeo-Christian' roots will help the U.S. military's ethical use of AI
Who was the real J. Robert Oppenheimer?
Gabriella's Holy War
From Apollo to Artemis: How Axiom Space’s new suits will handle the harsh moon dust
India's Chandrayaan-3 moon rover mission aces orbit-raising maneuvers around Earth
NASA offers details on commercial space capabilities agreements

Saturday, July 22, 2023

Thursday, July 20, 2023

Extracting a Clean Fuel From Water – A Groundbreaking Low-Cost Catalyst
NASA plans for lunar fission power systems face fiscal challenges
Europe’s “48°C Horror That Never Was”…ESA, Media Sharply Criticized For Manipulative Reporting
Return to the moon: The race we have to win (again)
Cell ‘atlases’ offer unprecedented view of placenta, intestines and kidneys

Apollo 11: The final 13 minutes to the Moon - BBC World Service, 13 Minu...

The second-greatest thing I ever saw was the moon landing
A lot has changed since Apollo 11 — how will we experience the next moon landing?
SpaceX Rival Rocket Lab Launches NASA's First Satellite Swarm
NASA’s Psyche Mission Enters Home Stretch Before Launch
New study reveals NASA's Roman could find 400 Earth-mass rogue planets
Children of Apollo (3 book series)
Is Star Trek’s warp drive possible?
John Kerry’s Cool Chinese Reception
Next Target for Ron DeSantis: the Military

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

This giant solar power station could beam energy to lunar bases
Donald Trump and the Lost Lamps of Israel
Nelson’s NASA push in South America
Returning to the Moon can benefit commercial, military and political sectors – a space policy expert explains
Why is everyone rushing to the moon?
Venezuela signs up to China’s moon base initiative
Fire-in-space experiment could soon make its way to the moon
SpaceX Tests Starship Water Deluge System That It Should’ve Built in the First Place
Proposed $27 billion NASA budget includes Marshall moon, nuclear projects
NASA starts building ice-hunting Moon rover
A Brother on the Moon
John Kerry Tilts at Chinese Coal Plants
Biden, Netanyahu and the Anti-Israel Democrats
Countering Russia’s Grain Deal Extortion

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Finally. McCarthy embraces "Plant a Trillion Trees"
Can China claim the moon? Xi Jinping's bid to win the new space race against US
SpaceX Forecasts Doubling of Revenue to $8 Billion
NASA's first new wind tunnel in 40 years will turn science fiction to fact
Bjorn Lomborg: The Cost of Climate Alarmism
Former astronaut says it’s “extremely important” to study artificial gravity
Can life exist outside of the habitable zone?
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories
There were two big bangs
China’s Economy Hits the Skids
John Kerry Tilts at Chinese Coal Plants

Monday, July 17, 2023

For the first time in 51 years, NASA is training astronauts to fly to the Moon
Why Renewables Advocates Protect Fossil Fuel Interests, Not The Climate
Science is never settled
How Physicists Are Using Dyson Maps to Build a Working Fusion Reactor
Just Stop Oil is hardly grassroots
NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne Put Gateway Thruster System to the Test
A functional cure for brittle diabetes is now available in the US
THIS FUSION REACTOR IS HELD TOGETHER WITH TAPE
Researchers turn to CRISPR to unlock one of the trickiest diseases to treat: Alzheimer’s
Physicists Just Figured Out How Wormholes Could Enable Time Travel
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond
A Mineral Strategy for American Security
The U.S. Navy Needs More Attack Submarines
Sydney astronomers identify the coldest star yet that emits radio waves

Sunday, July 16, 2023

Trump describes how he could solve Russia-Ukraine conflict in 24 hours "I know Zelenskyy very well, and I know Putin very well, even better. And I had a good relationship, very good with both of them. I would tell Zelenskyy, no more. You got to make a deal. I would tell Putin, if you don't make a deal, we're going to give him a lot. We're going to [give Ukraine] more than they ever got if we have to. I will have the deal done in one day. One day."
AI robots could be our best bet for exploring the moon and Mars

Understandably, with America leading the world back to the moon under the Artemis Program, NASA has some interest in using humanoid robots like Valkyrie to help astronauts explore the lunar surface. Robots can assist with more mundane tasks such as setting up the lunar base. In the early days of the Artemis program, when human explorers will be on the moon for brief visits, robots can maintain the nascent lunar base. They can even help to collect geological samples for later study. They can do the dangerous tasks associated with lunar mining.

Apollo 11 launches, beginning epic journey to the moon

Woman Hit by a Meteorite While Having a Coffee With a Friend
Palestinian Boy's 'Decapitated' Head Reattached by Israeli Surgeons Using Amazing Rare Procedure
Harnessing Bacteria and Sunlight: A Revolutionary Path to Sustainable Energy
Industry offers wish list for commercial space legislation
Kamala Harris's mistake-filled week continues with call to 'reduce population'
Why is America Going Back to the Moon
ARTEMIS – THE FRA MAURO JOB
Explained: Why Chandrayaan-3 Needs Over 40 Days To Reach The Moon When NASA's Apollo 11 Took Only Four
RFK Jr. says COVID may have been ‘ethnically targeted’ to spare Jews

Friday, July 14, 2023

Silver Lining: Hollywood Strikes Let Conservative Art Thrive
House and Senate appropriators cut NASA’s budget
A Common Project for Humanity
'The Blacklist' Series Finale: How the NBC Thriller Ends
After Wagner: Could the Russian army now turn against Putin?
FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill amid pressure over reproductive rights
India launches historic Chandrayaan-3 mission to land spacecraft on the moon
The Senate just lobbed a tactical nuke at NASA’s Mars Sample Return program
Genetically edited wood could make paper more sustainable
This Mirror-Like Exoplanet Is the Most Reflective Ever Discovered
Gabriella's Holy War
James Webb Space Telescope finds possible evidence of dark stars
What Does Biden Have Against Israel?
Detailed map of the heart provides new insights into cardiac health and disease

Thursday, July 13, 2023

This magnetic robot could worm its way into human blood vessels
A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb – goodbye mirrors, hello diffractive lenses
World’s first mass-produced humanoid robot aims to solve China’s aging population problem
Who was the real Robert Oppenheimer?
To the moon and back: China reveals first details of crewed lunar landing mission by 2030
A Look at SpaceX’s Starship Upgrades as it Prepares for Second Flight
Vivek Ramaswamy Would Likely Bring ‘Anti-Woke’ to NASA
Trump Brings Loaded NASA Track Record to 2024 GOP Race
Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Joins NSSA Board of Advisors
Gabriella's War
Could Tim Scott Pull an Upset?
Only Weapons Can End the Ukraine War
Perseverance finds more evidence of life’s building blocks on Mars

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Ron DeSantis Brings Home State Advantage to GOP Contest
Here come the Moon landing missions
Artemis 4 and Artemis 5 moon missions will include European astronauts
Chandrayaan-3 launch: Why are we rushing back to the Moon?
NASA awards “crossover” spacesuit task orders to Axiom and Collins
We can leave the Solar System, but arriving anywhere is not happening soon
MPOSSIBLE QUANTUM DRIVE THAT DEFIES KNOWN LAWS OF PHYSICS SCHEDULED FOR “DO OR DIE” OCTOBER SPACE FLIGHT
Why didn’t the Aztecs invade Europe?
Harvard-Backed AI Tool Cracks Cancer's Genome During Surgery
A One-Time Shot for Type 2 Diabetes? A Biotech Company Is On I
Democrats Worry about Plan G
This Isn’t Your Father’s NATO
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories
Donald Trump’s 2024 Panderama
The States in America Where Incomes Grow Faster
Cosmic vision: By showing us a new cosmos, the discoveries of the James Webb Space Telescope will ripple through our moral universe

Sunday, July 09, 2023

How I would have done 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny'
"Musically Scheherazade And Other Stories is the one.” Annie Haslam on Renaissance's 1975 masterpiece

The Drinker Recommends... Sound of Freedom

No, private space colonies will not be dystopian hellscapes

The idea of pulling up stakes and moving to a space colony to start a new life is a compelling one. SpaceX’s Elon Musk wants to build a city of a million people on Mars. Jeff Bezos wants to build free-flying colonies, first envisioned by Gerard K. O’Neill, that can sustain even more people. Space colonies are the stuff of science fiction dreams, invoking the settlement of the American West.

The ‘Sound of Freedom’ stuns Hollywood
There’s a huge radioactive slab of volcanic granite buried on the moon
Did aliens prevent nuclear war? Former NASA astronaut claims they did
Why is America Going Back to the Moon
NASA plans to mine resources from the Moon within the next decade
Yes, solar storms are increasing, but don't lose sleep over an 'internet apocalypse.'
A new era for Alzheimer’s treatment begins

Saturday, July 08, 2023

How Much of a Threat Does China’s Commercial Space Sector Pose?

Commercial space and China are usually not two things that are mentioned in the same sentence. China, after all, is ruled by a totalitarian government that doesn’t permit power centers, especially those that are privately run and separate from Beijing. Chinese culture does not encourage the kind of freewheeling, outside-the-box thinking that has given rise to space capitalists such as SpaceX’s Elon Musk and Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos in the United States.

Can the Climate Heal Itself?
Meta's Twitter clone launches, immediately censors anyone with unapproved thoughts
Physicist Claims Spherical Meteor Fragments May Come From Alien Ship
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon?
BURIED ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON, THE DETECTION OF A MYSTERIOUS HEAT-EMITTING OBJECT LEADS TO AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY
Humanity Should Split More Atoms
Hottest Days Ever? Don’t Believe It
The Future of War Has Come in Ukraine: Drone Swarms

Friday, July 07, 2023

SpaceX focuses on launch site readiness ahead of Starship Flight 2
Humanity Should Split More Atoms
Can the Climate Heal Itself?
Do You Love America?
Australian start-up aiming to grow plants on the Moon within four years receives government funding
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Now Has a ‘De Facto’ Monopoly on Rocket Launches
NASA Has a Humanoid Robot Called Valkyrie and a New Mission Was Just Announced for It
NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour Will Stand Tall Once More
Gabriella's Holy War
Why Saturn's moons have been so hard to find
The White House Tells the Truth About Climate Change
FDA approves Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi, paving way for broader Medicare coverage

Thursday, July 06, 2023

Biden killing whales and raptors for wind, now using a lizard to shut down oil
CRISPR rice can withstand devastating fungal disease
Seattle-area Space Summit features NASA leader and hints at new manufacturing institute
'Sound of Freedom' becomes top grossing July 4th movie, beating out Indiana Jones
ISRO moon mission: Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft integrated with launch vehicle
SpaceX Wants Environmental Lawsuit Against Its Starship Rocket Dismissed
India, a growing space power, is forging closer ties with NASA
Seven Amazing Accomplishments the James Webb Telescope Achieved in Its First Year
Gabriella's War: A Vampire Gabriella Novel
Leading astronomers are hunting for alien messages in supernova explosions. Here’s why
Microbial Composition May Affect Lifespan
2024 Presidential Race: Throw the Grumpy Old Men Out

Monday, July 03, 2023

Poland has potential to become a leader in lunar exploration: scientist
Lawn and Garden products from Amazon
What's next for Europe's Euclid 'dark universe' telescope after stunning SpaceX launch?
NASA awards contract for commercial astronaut jetpack
Could This Common Blood Condition Protect Against Alzheimer's?
‘It was an accident’: the scientists who have turned humid air into renewable power
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Two Tales from the Coming Space Age
Mars has liquid guts and strange insides, InSight suggests
Volodymyr Zelensky: Happy Birthday, America
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Phones Home

Sunday, July 02, 2023