Random thoughts on politics, current events, popular culture, and whatever else interests me.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Monday, September 29, 2025
Sunday, September 28, 2025
Recently, NASA announced that the Mars Perseverance rover has found indications that life may have at one time existed on the Red Planet. The announcement did not mark the first time the space agency had announced life on Mars.
If it pans out, it may complicate Elon Musk’s dreams of founding a settlement on the fourth planet from the sun.
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Friday, September 26, 2025
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New, Trillion-Dollar Space Race #CommissionEarned
Monday, September 22, 2025
Sunday, September 21, 2025
One of the projects being undertaken by Blue Origin, the space company founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, is a device called Blue Alchemist. It is an attempt to access the moon’s natural resources in a single process and transform them into useful materials for future lunar settlers.
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Friday, September 19, 2025
Thursday, September 18, 2025
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Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Monday, September 15, 2025
Sunday, September 14, 2025
Recently, yet another Apollo astronaut, Jim Lovell, passed on. Lovell’s fame was as defined by his role as a pop culture icon as it was by his astronaut heroics.
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Friday, September 12, 2025
Patton in Palestine Audible Logo Audible Audiobook – Unabridged #CommissionEarned
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Tuesday, September 09, 2025
Monday, September 08, 2025
Sunday, September 07, 2025
The Senate Commerce Committee, which oversees NASA, recently held a hearing with the colorful title of “There’s a Bad Moon on the Rise: Why Congress and NASA Must Thwart China in the Space Race.”
As the title suggests, the committee convened to examine the possibility that China might actually be the first country back to the moon and what could be done about it.