How the flight of Artemis II brought us together

The crew of the Artemis II have returned to Earth, covered in glory, having splashed down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego. They have returned to a planet riven by war and political division. But their mission seems to have brought humans on Earth together in support and awe of the first voyage to the moon in many decades.

No pressure: How Isaacman could get the US back to the moon before China

With his renomination by President Trump, billionaire private space traveler Jared Isaacman has won the space Game of Thrones. All he has to do is go through the confirmation process again before he assumes the Iron Throne of NASA. Let that process be done with all due speed, since Isaacman has a lot to do when he becomes head of the space agency.

The latest target in the war against space billionaires

President Donald Trump has renominated billionaire private space traveler Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator. While Isaacman is expected to sail through confirmation, not everyone is enamored with the man. The same people who disdain space-faring billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos dislike Isaacman, too.

Trump clears the way for a commercial space revolution

Recently, President Trump issued an executive order entitled “Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry.” Its text suggests that the real title should be “Making commercial space great again.”

Failure is more than an option in rocket science — it’s a necessity

Recently, two events — the second attempt by Intuitive Machines to land on the moon and the eighth test of the SpaceX Starship — proved an old adage: Rocket science is really hard.

Both of these examples took place on the same day, March 6.

Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned

Children of Apollo: The Space Race Gambit #CommissionEarned

Children of Apollo: The Hard Road to the Stars #CommissionEarned

Children of Apollo: The First Woman on the Moon #CommissionEarned

The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned

Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned

Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned

Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned

A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned

Finding a Dyson sphere could be our first contact with alien life

Recently, according to Live Science, the results of two scientific studies have been released that could, if verified, prove the existence of advanced alien civilizations elsewhere in the universe capable of building megastructures called Dyson spheres. Such a confirmation would be the most significant in the history of the world.

Is China ahead of the US in the new race for the moon?

On the face of it, it looks like America and its international and commercial allies should get back to the moon years before China, if everything turns out right, avoiding the embarrassment of being beaten in Moon Race 2.0.

Could sending an Israeli and an Arab to the moon spark peace on Earth?

With NASA having selected two Japanese astronauts to fly on Artemis missions to the moon, speculation abounds about which other country will get a ticket to walk on the lunar surface. Recent world events and the technological acumens of countries in the region suggest the next non-American moonwalkers should be from the Middle East.

The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World #CommissionEarned

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