Friday, August 22, 2025

Climate Narrative Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
NASA needs bold leadership — or we’ll be watching on TV while Beijing lands on the moon
4,500 Marines and sailors deploy to Caribbean for anti-cartel mission
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Teflon Elon
If aliens explore space like humans do, NASA scientists know where to look for their signals
Can the U.S. Break China's Hold on Critical Minerals?
Yes, the U.S. Should Put a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon
Scientists Master the Process For Better Chocolate and It’s Not in the Beans
Space Solar Panels Could Cut Europe’s Reliance on Land-Based Renewables by 80 Percent
Does a short nap actually boost your brain? Here’s what the science says
How to Think About Trump and Ukraine
A Brother on the Moon (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 1) #CommissionEarned
Patton in Palestine (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 2) #CommissionEarned
Who Is a ‘Journalist’ in Gaza?
Putin’s Ukraine Summitry Was a Big Con
Letitia James Gets Trumped on Appeal

Thursday, August 21, 2025

SpaceX has built the machine to build the machine. But what about the machine?
Patton, the man, the movie, and the “they just don’t write ‘em like that anymore” phenomenon
US Space Force's secretive X-37B space plane will test quantum alternative to GPS navigation
Room-temperature reactor uses electrochemistry to boost nuclear fusion rates
NASA to Announce New Astronaut Class, Preview Artemis II Moon Mission
Scientists May Have Found a New Mineral on Mars. It Hints The Red Planet Stayed Warm Longer
Bed, Bath and Beyond California
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned
Trump Forces D.C. to Get Real About Homelessness
RFK Jr.’s Misguided War on mRNA
The ICC Is a Danger to Americans

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

World's first spinal cord transplant to take place in Israel, could allow patients to walk again

Somewhere Christopher Reeves and Charles Krauthammer smile.

Biggest losers, all of those keyboard jihadis who want to destroy the State of Israel.

Scientists Warn About Scientists’ Warnings
China eyes Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus in the hunt for habitability
China's Getting Ready to Land Astronauts on the Moon While NASA Flails Helplessly
Finally, an Unbiased and Objective Climate Science Report
New Moon Discovered Orbiting Uranus Using NASA’s Webb Telescope
Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
Solar Trees Could Save Forests From Deforestation While Generating the Same Power as Solar Farms
Zohran Mamdani Is Like a Bad Therapist
RFK Jr.’s Misguided War on mRNA

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

An Atheist Has Second Thoughts After Strange Experiences Caring for Dying People
Sean Duffy on NASA efforts to beat China in race back to the moon
NASA-developed printable metal can withstand extreme temperatures
An alternative to LASIK — without the lasers
Google, Kairos Power to launch small modular nuclear reactor in Tennessee
‘Skin in a Syringe’ Might be the Future of Scar Free Healing For Burn Victims
You Can Now Buy a Humanoid Robot for Under $6,000 – Here’s What It Can Do
China Conducts First Static Engine Test For Long March-10 Lunar Rocket
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond #CommissionEarned
RFK Jr.’s Dangerous Attack on mRNA Research
How the West Can Halt Putin’s Battlefield Momentum
Trump Gets Real on Ukraine’s Security

Monday, August 18, 2025

In which Eric Berger throws in the towel on the second race to the moon
NASA and Google test AI medical assistant for astronaut missions to the moon and Mars
What Should Humanity Do on the Day After an Interstellar Object is Recognized as Technological?
Getting to the Moon or Mars? Musk and Bezos Tackle Space Travel’s Refueling Problem
The Final Vacation Frontier
SpaceX reveals why the last two Starships failed as another launch draws near
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? #CommissionEarned
The Real House Democratic Nightmare
The Phantom Patients of ObamaCare
What Kind of Peace in Ukraine?

Sunday, August 17, 2025

Some People Are Immune to All Viruses. Scientists Now Want To Replicate This Ability for a Universal Antiviral
Critics shouldn’t block NASA’s nuclear path to a moon base

Sean Duffy, NASA’s interim administrator, proved that the U.S. is serious about establishing a lunar base when he announced the deployment of a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030. The idea, although a sound one, is not without its critics.

NASA Probe Could Intercept Interstellar Comet, Scientists Say
Crew Sets Up Space Hardware to Make Fiber Optics and Brew Lunar Sake
Why on Earth would NASA build a nuclear reactor on the Moon?
Gabriella's War #CommissionEarned
How Newsom’s Retaliation Against Texas Redistricting Could Backfire
To the Moon and Back: A Novel #CommissionEarned
Asteroids

Saturday, August 16, 2025

China conducts first seven-engine static fire test for moon rocket
Blue Origin's 2nd New Glenn rocket launch will fly twin NASA Mars probes to space on Sep. 29
SpaceX reveals why the last two Starships failed as another launch draws near
Scientists may have found a powerful new space object: 'It doesn't fit comfortably into any known category'
Finally, an Unbiased and Objective Climate Science Report
Will the Democrats Go Centrist in the 2028 Election?
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommmissionEarned
In France, Sweltering Is a Climate Virtue
The Real House Democratic Nightmare
No Ukraine Cease-Fire From Putin

Friday, August 15, 2025

California rejects Elon Musk’s rocket-launch proposal
Investing in Space: All aboard the SpaceX Mars express
Intuitive Machines Submits Proposal for NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle Delivery and Operations Contract
Trump signs executive order to boost commercial space — and shift NASA's balance of power
Duffy says climate science will ‘move aside,’ with NASA only focusing on space exploration
Social Security is 90 years old. We are making it smarter, better, faster under Trump
Private Spaceflight Enters the Wild West as Trump Slashes Regulations
Brain-computer interface could decode inner speech in real time
This New Indoor Solar Cell Could Power the Entire Internet of Things Using Only the Light From Your Ceiling
A Brother on the Moon (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 1) #CommissionEarned
Patton in Palestine (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 2) #CommissionEarned
A Man With Type 1 Diabetes Produces His Own Insulin After Receiving Millions of Gene Edited Pancreatic Cells
How Trump Can Win at the Alaska Summit
Iran Invites ‘Snap-Back’ Sanctions

Thursday, August 14, 2025

'Take to the Streets!': Benjamin Netanyahu’s Message to the People of Ir...

This stock could benefit as Trump tries to put a nuclear reactor on the moon, according to Bank of America
Featherweight flyers could ‘levitate’ above Earth indefinitely
Scientists Found a Way to Turn Hair into Toothpaste That Repairs Your Teeth
Trump orders cull of regulations governing commercial rocket launches
ENABLING COMPETITION IN THE COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories
Midterm Strengths and Dangers
Trump, Chicago and No Cash Bail
Why Putin Wants All of Donetsk in Ukraine

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Coming soon from Christian Davenport Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New, Trillion-Dollar Space Race #CommissionEarned
Vulcan Centaur rocket launches experimental military satellite on its 1st-ever national security mission
How to Build a Medieval Castle
Why I Stopped Being a Climate Catastrophist
Neuroscience needs a new paradigm: The brain is not a machine
We Need a 'Mini-Manhattan Project' for Nuclear Electric Propulsion By Jared Isaacman , Newt Gingrich
Elon Musk says he’s suing Apple for rigging App Store rankings
AI Can Hear Cancer in the Voice Before Doctors Can Detect It
Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
Expand the Abraham Accords to Azerbaijan and Beyond
If the U.S. Doesn’t Set Global Tech Standards, China Will
Trump, Chicago and No Cash Bail

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

PM Netanyahu: Today I'm going to make an unprecedented offer to Iran.

This was made 7 years ago, but considering the current water apocalypse looming, it had a current urgency.

'Allahu Akbar and Thank God': Meet the Al Jazeera 'Journalist' the Mainstream Media Are Mourning
Mark Whittington's books #comissionearned
Mark R. Whittington articles
William F. Buckley and the Conservative Future
Yes, a Moon Base
Off-the-shelf vaccine shows promise in preventing cancers returning, study finds
Why Were Dinosaurs So Big?
Sugar Compound from Deep-Sea Bacteria Causes Cancer Cells to Self-Destruct
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond #CommissionEarned
Napoleon’s Lessons for Trump
Donald Trump, D.C. Police Commissioner
The Putin Stakes for Trump

Sunday, August 10, 2025

Mark R. Whittington articles
Mark Whittington's books #comissionearned
Sean Duffy is doing a great job at NASA, but it might not be enough

The naming of Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy as interim NASA administrator was as much of a surprise as was President Trump’s withdrawal of his nomination of Jared Isaacman to the same post.

So, how is Duffy doing, trying to bring the space agency out from its summer of discontent?

Is Gaza Starving? Searching for the Truth in an Information War.
Gina Carano Achieves Complete Victory In Disney Lawsuit Settlement Over 'Mandalorian' Firing
Trump’s first-term space policy was great, but now he’s dropping the ball
Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus: Assessing the continued misrepresentations about Hamas and Gaza by Tucker Carlson and Retired Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar
Texas-based Firefly made history with its moon landing. Here’s how it’s fueling its next adventures
China completes landing and takeoff test for crewed moon lander
Gabriella's War: A Vampire Gabriella Novel #CommissionEarned
Firefly lights the markets up; SpaceX starts selling trips to Mars
NASA's Hubble telescope reveals most detailed photos of interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS to date
Trump is returning NASA to its glory days

Saturday, August 09, 2025

Hyundai to deliver nuclear power to Fermi America's 11GW AI campus in Amarillo, Texas
New research pipeline fuels the development of universal vaccines
SpaceX signs deal to fly Italian experiments to Mars on Starship's 1st commercial Red Planet flights
Republicans Push Back On OMB NASA Budget Request
Is your brain really necessary for consciousness?
Reforming NASA: A path to Mars and beyond by Jared Isaacman and Newt Gingrich
How Phil Murphy Caused New Jersey Electricity Prices to Soar
Living in Zohran Mamdani’s America
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Tom Hanks Honors Astronaut Jim Lovell, Who He Portrayed in ‘Apollo 13’: ‘God Speed You, on This Next Voyage’
James Arthur Lovell Jr., 1928-2025
Trump Is Right on ‘Debanking’

Friday, August 08, 2025

Apollo 13 - Ending Scene (HD)

Note the older gentleman who salutes Tom Hanks at 3:09 into the video.
Jim Lovell has passed. Acting NASA Administrator Reflects on Legacy of Astronaut Jim Lovell
A mysterious substance on Mars might be an undiscovered mineral
RFK Jr. defends $500M cut for mRNA vaccines with pseudoscience gobbledygook
NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon – a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say
Space Company Firefly’s Stock Zooms in Wall Street Debut
Evidence Found for Planet around Closest Sun-Like StarEvidence Found for Planet around Closest Sun-Like Star
This Common Ingredient in Chocolate May Outperform Tamiflu Against the Flu In New Drug Combo
Scientists Have a Plan to Launch a Chip-Sized, Laser-Powered Spacecraft Toward a Nearby Black Hole and Wait 100 Years for It to Send a Signal Home
AI Is Here, and a Quiet Havoc Has Begun
A Brother on the Moon (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 1)
Patton in Palestine (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 2) #CommissionEarned
Democrats’ Gerrymander Flub
Lebanon’s Showdown With Hezbollah
California Homes for We, But Not Thee

Thursday, August 07, 2025

DHS Turns South Park Smear of ICE Agents Into Epic Recruiting Ad
CBS host questions Trump admin plans to create moon base, warns of new 'age of colonialism'
Scientists Were Wrong: Apollo 16 Rocks Rewrite the Story of the Moon’s Exosphere
What a nuclear reactor on the Moon really means for NASA’s future
Could Lithium Explain — and Treat — Alzheimer’s Disease?
Is Iran running out of water?
Elephants Use Dozens of Gestures to Ask for Apples and Scientists Say That’s No Accident
The Texas Walkout: All Hat, No Cattle?
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned
Gerrymandering and JB Pritzker’s Inferno
Kill Jews, Get Your Own State
No Alzheimer’s Drug for Old Men?

Wednesday, August 06, 2025

80 Years Later: The Case For Hiroshima
NASA’s new chief has radically rewritten the rules for private space stations
Neil deGrasse Tyson weighs in on plans for a moon-based nuclear reactor
The California Coastal Commission’s fight with Elon Musk’s SpaceX is back on
NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory: the future (or end) of NASA science
Congress Passes Small Spending Cut, Republic Survives
Trump, the Working Class and Social Order
Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
The Scholar Who Saw Zohran Mamdani Coming in 2003
Britain Is on the Verge of Regime Change
Kill Jews, Get Your Own State

Tuesday, August 05, 2025

Trump’s first-term space policy was great, but now he’s dropping the ball
Lockheed Martin targets 2028 demo of space-based missile interceptors

The Humans Where The Heroes Of Avatar All Along

Death rates from cardiovascular disease have fallen dramatically — what were the breakthroughs behind this?
Is the Dream Chaser space plane ever going to launch into orbit?
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Two Tales from the Coming Space Age #CommissionEarned
This mRNA HIV Vaccine Produces the Virus-Fighting Antibodies That Have Eluded Researchers for 40 Years
Hamas Starves Jews and Palestinians, and Israel Gets Blamed
Texas Reopens the Gerrymander Wars

Sunday, August 03, 2025

Books by Mark R. Whittington
Articles by Mark R. Whittington
Support for NASA returning to the moon and going to Mars is surging

A recent poll conducted by CBS News provides an encouraging look into public support for the Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon and eventually send humans to Mars.

Texas House advances newly drawn congressional map that favors GOP
Senate confirms Jeanine Pirro as top DC prosecutor
Palestinian Terrorists Release Videos of Hostages Being Starved, Tormented, Digging Own Grave

Why Materialism Can't Explain the Mind: Journalist Denyse O'Leary

Gabriella's War #CommissionEarned
Things Worth Remembering: How P.J. O’Rourke Skewered the Swamp
Understanding the SpaceX-Era Economy
Space program funding is good news for Louisiana and Gulf Coast

Friday, August 01, 2025

Here is an archive of my most recent appearance on The Space Show podcast
New drug could halt Alzheimer’s
Russia's Roscosmos, NASA agree to extend ISS operations until 2028
Trump’s man in NASA
Trump’s Historic Energy Deal with Europe Proves U.S. Energy Dominance
The Space Station’s Russian Segment Won’t Stop Leaking Air
A Brother on the Moon (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 1) #CommissionEarned
Patton in Palestine (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 2) #CommissionEarned
Lab-Grown Beef Now Has Real Muscle Fibers and It’s One Step Closer to Burgers With No Slaughter
The Rise of the Climate Right
A Nixonian Trump Offer to China?

Thursday, July 31, 2025

This city could run dry ‘within weeks’ as it grapples with an acute water crisis

First thing when the Shah is restored, bring in Israeli water experts to start fixing the problem.

NASA Locked Them Up for a Year to Simulate Life on Mars. Today, They Reveal What They Did With Their Time: A Lot of PS4 Gaming
The Push For a Sustainable Lunar Economy
How the forces of militant Islam precipitated the English Civil War and changed England forever
Space Policy Edition: Are Democrats falling behind on space policy?
Mark R. Whittington --- Articles
Mark R. Whittington --- Books
How NASA Engineered Its Own Decline
Abundance in Orbit—The Case for Democrats Reclaiming NASA's Bold Vision
The First Soda in Space: When NASA Got Caught Up in the Cola Wars
Helion Secures Land and Begins Building on the Site of World’s First Fusion Power Plant
We’re going back to the Moon during Trump’s presidency, acting NASA administrator says
Australia’s first orbital-class rocket stalled seconds after liftoff
India and US launch 'first-of-its-kind' satellite
What if the Secret to Sustainable Cities Was Buried in Roman Cement?
Solid-State Batteries Charge in 3 Minutes, Offer Nearly Double the Range, and Never Catch Fire. So Why Aren’t They In Your Phones and Cars Yet?
A Revolutionary Reflection
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned
Generation Z Walks Into a Bar—and Grows Up
The Specter of Chaos in New York
Gaza Starvation Photos Tell a Thousand Lies

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Russia's Roscosmos, NASA to hold first in-person talks at heads level since 2018, Russia says
Firefly Awarded $177 Million NASA Contract for Mission to the Moon’s South Pole
Inspiring Star Trek and NASA

Inspired Enterprise: How NASA, the Smithsonian, and the Aerospace Community Helped Launch Star Trek #CommissionEarned

Small Modular Reactors are a game-changer for Africa and the world
A secretive space plane is set to launch and test quantum navigation technology
The first company to complete a fully successful lunar landing is going public
First Lunar Radio Telescope on the Moon’s Far Side Will Revolutionize Space Science
Leonard David: America must get back to the Moon
SpaceX Unveils New Version of Mars-Bound Starship
Congress’s NASA and NSF Budgets Counter Trump, Fund Science
Trump isn't gutting Medicaid and food stamps. He's fixing our broken welfare system
The Bad Science and Bad Policy at the Heart of the Climate Movement
Why You May Get Future Vaccines Via Dental Floss
Athens Is Tapping a 2,000-Year-Old Roman Aqueduct To Help Survive a Megadrought
Super Robot Threatens Washington
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Two Tales from the Coming Space Age #CommissionEarned
How an ‘America First’ Policy Can Benefit U.S. Allies
Trump and the EU Dodge a Trade War
Trump’s New Timeline for Putin

Monday, July 28, 2025

Can America Be Great Again Without a Return to the Moon?
Mark R. Whittington will appear on The Space Show podcast, hosted by Dr, David Livingston, on July 29 starting at 10 pm Eastern, 9 Central, 8 mountain, and 7 Pacific. He’ll be discussing the latest news and developments about all things space. The number to call will be toll free 1-866-687-7223
Apple TV+’s Most Acclaimed Sci-Fi Series Prepares For Earth vs Mars Conflict In Upcoming Season
What Pregnancy in Space Would Look Like
Popular Fruit is Overlooked Superfood, Researcher Claims
Trump announces EU trade deal with 15% tariffs
Surgeons Found a Way to Resuscitate Dead Hearts and It Already Saved A Baby’s Life
We Won’t Miss Government Media
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
Antisemitism Moves Into the Political Mainstream
Macron Embraces a Palestinian Mirage
Trump and the EU Dodge a Trade War

Friday, July 25, 2025

This Was Supposed to Be the Year China Started Catching Up With SpaceX
Investing in Space: NASA’s months of reckoning
Optimus in Action: Tesla’s Humanoid Robot Debuts at Drive-In
Cancer DNA Can Be Detected in the Bloodstream Up to Three Years Before Diagnosis, Study Suggests
Astronomers Spotted a Ghostly Star Orbiting Betelgeuse and Its Days Are Already Numbered
Uranus Is Hotter than We Thought and Probably Deserves a Visit
An Impossible Choice for Priests
A Brother on the Moon (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 1) #CommissionEarned
Patton in Palestine (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 2) #CommissionEarned
Democrats’ ‘Autopsy’ Flop
Gazans Are Finished With Hamas
How to End the Epstein Follies

Thursday, July 24, 2025

President Trump and the next six months – the second reconciliation
The latest episode of South Park was a bit uneven to me. The Trump Derangement Syndrome part was eye rolling and cringe. However, Cartman being suicidal and Jesus literally in a public school were a hoot.
When will NASA get a permanent leader and why is it taking so long?
Trump Has Golden Opportunity To Blow Up Climate Agenda’s Crown Jewel
Gaps in our knowledge of ancient Rome could be filled by AI
CAR-T Cells Generated Inside the Body via Messenger RNA Therapy
Stealth Genetic Switch in Mosquitoes Halts Malaria Spread
This Startup Claims It Can Turn Mercury Into Gold Using Fusion Energy and Scientists Are Intrigued
A Russia ‘Collusion’ (and Clinton) Reckoning
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned
The Future Is Local for Research Funding
Ronald Reagan Was No Protectionist
Liberation Day for American AI

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

No, Israel Is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza
Moran wants to expedite passage of spending bill for NASA
Fact Checking The Climate Claims
Is It Worth Going Back to the Moon?
Archaeologists Made a Real-Life ‘Indiana Jones’ Discovery at a True Wonder of the World
Japan eyes nuclear revival with first new reactor plan since Fukushima disaster
Listen To This Musician Playing Beethoven on a 50,000-Year-Old Bone Flute Made By Neanderthals
Scientists Taught Bacteria to Make Cheese Protein Without a Single Cow
Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
‘Zionist’ Contains Multitudes
Putin’s Blitz Has United Ukraine
Democrats Attack Gig-Worker Benefits

Monday, July 21, 2025

Warrior's Heart #CommissionEarned

Even wizards can get PTSD

NASA's current interim administrator embraces the idea of a lunar base

@NASAArtemis will finish what we started: we're going back to the Moon &, this time, we're STAYING! Then, we're going to MARS!

Pope Leo XIV marks 56th anniversary of moon landing with observatory visit, call to Buzz Aldrin
Gabbard Drops Bombshell, Claims Obama-Era Coup Targeted Trump
Why climate change and wars are reviving interest in nuclear energy
Strange New Worlds Season 3 Gives Captain Pike A Moment We've Never Seen In Star Trek Before

Captain Pike prays on screen to God to save his lover from certain death. If religion can be brought back to Trek, maybe free market capitalism is not far behind.

3D-printed steel capsules endure nuclear reactor testing
A Simple Heat Hack Could Revolutionize How We Produce Yogurt
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? #CommissionEarned
Predatory Sparrow Hacks Iran’s Financial System
Canada Is the Best Friend America’s Got
An Economic Agenda for the Class of 2028

Sunday, July 20, 2025

South Korea wants to build a moon base by 2045
NASA’s summer of discontent may be coming to an end

NASA has had a difficult early summer, between a proposed budget that would eviscerate the space agency’s science programs and President Trump’s sudden withdrawal of billionaire private space traveler Jared Isaacman from the nomination to be administrator of NASA.

Even so, there are signs that NASA’s fortunes may be looking up.

Never Stop Celebrating Apollo 11
On the Anniversary of Apollo 11: The Ethics of Our Lunar Legacy
Trump Aides Discussed Ending Some SpaceX Contracts, but Found Most Were Vital
5 Reasons Why We Need a New Moon Landing Today
How China will own the moon — unless we act now
Sorry, Candace Owens, but men really did walk on the moon
Starship Salvage Operation Underway off Coast of Mexico
What Did Ayn Rand Think Of Apollo 11?
The second-greatest thing I ever saw was the moon landing
Apollo 11: How millennials can grasp the greatest event ever — for now
Apollo 11’s memories are fueling excitement for the Artemis generation
How the flight of Apollo 11 won the Cold War

Restored Apollo 11 Moonwalk - Original NASA EVA Mission Video - Walking ...

Gabriella's War #CommissionEarned
Twin NASA Mars probes will fly on 2nd-ever launch of Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket
NASA's Roman Space Telescope could discover 100,000 new cosmic explosions: 'We're definitely expecting the unexpected'
Critical Minerals: Related to Fracking, Nuclear Power, and Solar Energy

Saturday, July 19, 2025

CBS News poll: Most Americans favor U.S. returning to moon, going to Mars
From Malta With Lies: Sergio Gor and the Sabotage of the Trump-Musk Alliance

The consequences for NASA were dramatic and negative. Thanks to Gor’s last-minute intervention, NASA was left without a Senate-confirmed administrator for the foreseeable future. Officials warned the agency wouldn’t get a new chief approved for “at least nine months,” hampering leadership of the nation’s space program. A Trump adviser involved in the process vented frustration to Axios: “Isaacman is eminently qualified… exactly the type of person we want. And now look at it.” In short, Gor’s purity tests sacrificed a crucial agency head for a partisan grudge. Even Senate Republicans were angry. According to Axios, GOP senators privately blamed Gor for undermining the NASA pick purely to “settle a score” with Musk.

Looks like the Grima Wormtongue of the Trump administration is not pleased and is threatening to sue. I bet discovery would be fascinating,

Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
AI Is Growing Up, and So Are Users
Christian Brose on the Coming Revolution in Military Tech
Europe Gets Tougher on Putin

Thursday, July 17, 2025

AMERICAN APOCALYPSE : The Second American Civil War #CommissionEarned
Scientists extracted water and oxygen from moon dust using sunlight. Could it work on the lunar surface?
SpaceX will launch next Starship flight in 'about 3 weeks,' Elon Musk says
How the Brain Increases Blood Flow on Demand
How Did America End Up With State-Backed Media?
'Doghouse' days of summer — Boeing's Starliner won't fly again until 2026, and without astronauts aboard
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned
Mamdani and the Left’s Alliance With Radical Islam
Can Anything Save the Democrats?
If Clinton’s Welfare Reform Was Big, Trump’s Is Huge

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Apple Agrees To $500M Deal To Buy Rare Earths From American Company, Reduce China Dependence

Apollo 11 Launch (Original NASA Video)

Congress moves to reject bulk of White House’s proposed NASA cuts
Trump’s Tariffs Are Bringing Us Closer to Global Free Trade
UBCO researchers create 3D-printed living lung tissue
AI-Powered Surgical Robot Performed a Full Operation With Zero Help From Humans
Scientists Just Showed How Alien Life Could Emerge in Titan’s Methane Lakes
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Just Flew Closer to the Sun Than Ever Before and the Footage is Breathtaking
Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
Cycling Is Four Times More Efficient Than Walking. A Biomechanics Expert Explains Why
Obama to Democrats: ‘Toughen Up’
Rescission Time for the GOP Senate

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

SpaceX plans Starship program for in-orbit drug research
Astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary return with NASA veteran from space station
Mamdani Vs. The Billionaires
Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI granted up to $200 million for AI work from Defense Department
This New Bioplastic Is Clear Flexible and Stronger Than Oil-Based Plastic. And It’s Made by Microbes
This Bionic Knee Plugs Into Your Bones and Nerves, and Feels Just Like A Real Body Part
Astronauts Could Soon Be Growing and Eating Moon Rice
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Two Tales from the Coming Space Age #CommissionEarned
This Strange Material Flips Between Conductor and Insulator and Could Replace Silicon
Bill Gates: U.S. Aid for Global Health Is Saving Lives
Trump Sends a New Message to Putin

Monday, July 14, 2025

Massive shipbuilding project could soon transform Galveston
Trump announces US will send Patriot missiles to Ukraine, says Putin ‘talks nice but then he bombs everybody in the evening’
Some gut microbes can absorb and help expel ‘forever chemicals’ from the body, research shows
Researchers stop Parkinson’s symptoms in mice using a copper supplement. Could humans be next?
A New Vaccine Could Stop One of the Deadliest Forms of Breast Cancer Before It Starts
Al Gore Helped the U.S. Surpass Europe Americans didn’t buy into his economy-destroying climate-change nonsense.
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? #CommissionEarned
Newsom’s Politically Dubious Defense of Pot Growers
Democrats’ School Choice Dilemma
Palestinian Terrorism, American Funds?

Sunday, July 13, 2025

NASA funding is an ugly casualty of the ‘big, beautiful bill’

The “big, beautiful bill” recently signed into law enacted a number of tax, spending and regulatory measures. President Trump and his supporters regard the new law as a triumph. Trump’s enemies not so much.

NASA spending measures are tucked inside the bill that can best be described as ugly, or at the very least ill-advised.

Butler assassination attempt proved to be turning point for Trump
Billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman donating $15 million for Space Camp programs
IAI launches Dror-1 communications satellite to reach 36,000 km above Earth with the help of SpaceX
SpaceX to Invest $2 Billion Into Elon Musk’s xAI
Gabriella's War (The Gabriella Doria Stories) #CommissionEarned
Could asteroid mining actually work? Maybe if we start with impact sites on the moon

Homer Hickam Space Camp Hall of Fame 2025

Senate Armed Services’ defense bill includes mandates on space launch, missile defense, spectrum protection
What is Barbecue?

Saturday, July 12, 2025

Firefly Aerospace files to go public
About That Farm Raid the Democrats Are So Angry About...
China Could Beat US Back to the Moon, Former Astronaut Warns
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 to Support Health Studies for Deep Space Travel
NASA's asteroid-crash Earth defense tactic has a complication — DART ejected large boulders into space
How the CBO got it wrong again: Trump's economic bill set to generate trillions in surplus, not debt
Would widespread adoption of organic farming practices be a good idea from a climate change perspective?
Senate bill under debate aims to restore NASA budget funding, Artemis and science missions
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Israel Goes to War, and Dancing Breaks Out
Mayor Daniel Lurie: ‘San Francisco Needs to Save Itself’
A Second Push for Mike Lee’s Federal Land Sales

Friday, July 11, 2025

NASA considering flying only cargo on next Starliner mission
China eyes the moon, Mars and space dominance
Potential Saboteurs, Spies, and Hackers from China Getting Busted Around the World
Chang’e-6 unearths volcanic and magnetic mysteries on the Moon’s farside
NASA Selects Instruments for Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle
Is This 26-Year-Old America’s Nuclear Prometheus?
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