Sunday, May 23, 2021

The day President Kennedy sent America to the moon

On May 25, 1961, 60 years ago, President John F. Kennedy stood before a joint session of Congress to deliver an address on “Urgent National Needs.” The speech was a laundry list of proposals, including a nuclear rocket called Rover and weather satellites. However, all that most people remember about the speech is the following line:

“First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”

ExxonMobil pitches massive Houston carbon-capture ‘hub’ to Biden and Congress
Europe unveils plans to bring 'GPS' and Skype to the moon with satellites
Brownsville sees impact throughout the years thanks to SpaceX
Trump Remains the Key to Republican Election Victories
The rivalry between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos already was intense. Now it's extending to the moon.
Virgin Galactic completes first spaceflight in over two years, in step toward finishing development

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Newly published Why is America Going Back to the Moon

The moon has held a fascination with Americans ever since President John F. Kennedy threw down the gauntlet and challenged the Soviet Union to a race to land a man on Earth’s neatest neighbor and return him safely to the Earth. 60 years later, a different president of the United States, Donald Trump, proposed that Americans and astronauts from American allies return to the moon. Trump’s Artemis project, unlike previous attempts to return to the moon, looks like it actually may succeed.

Why does American want to return to the moon? Is it science? Is it riches? Is it glory? Or, perhaps, it is a combination of the three. Mark R. Whittington, author of Why is it so Hard to Go Back to the Moon and Children of Apollo, seeks to answer that question in Why is America Going Back to the Moon.

The FCC’s big bet on Elon Musk
Astronomy's future waits on NASA's next big telescope
Project Hail Mary: A Novel
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon?
Why the China Mars rover’s landing site has geologists excited
Rage of the NeverTrumpers
Shrinking Blue States Have ‘Defund the Police’ to Blame

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

The Arecibo Observatory Was Like Family. I Couldn't Save It
A brilliant 100-year-old Nikola Tesla invention is just beginning to make sense
South Korea to join NASA’s Artemis project: reports
Liftoff in Brownsville
China's core space station module Tianhe completes in-orbit tests
What Will Israel Look Like at 100?
Musk's SpaceX has a competitive advantage over Bezos' Blue Origin
STARSHIP SN15 ON PAD B FOR POSSIBLE ENCORE FLIGHT
NASA CHIEF BILL NELSON TALKS ROCKETS, MOON PLANS, AND PARTNERSHIPS
Irresistible Revolution: Marxism's Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military
Children of Apollo
NASA adds astronaut to commercial crew mission
US Government Says UFOs are “Real”
Did Biden Peak on Inauguration Day?

Sunday, May 16, 2021

Musk's SpaceX has a competitive advantage over Bezos' Blue Origin

SpaceX’s strong competitive advantage over Blue Origin arises from its wealth of flight-proven hardware, including its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets and Dragon spacecraft. It is developing a Starship rocket that promises to revolutionize space travel. Blue Origin has a suborbital rocket called New Shepard, which is about to be operational, and an orbital rocket called New Glenn in development.

Elon Musk’s “City-State” on Mars: An International Problem
https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-orbital-propellant-transfer-nasa/?fbclid=IwAR3LecrY4i44Hl2Vl6eQpHxmWSSwpC_cUt99txqsgsXJ7kCe4DMfCTJQ1i4
Pentagon Confirms Authenticity Of UFO Footage That Shows Flying Object Defying The Laws Of Physics
Fauci, the NIH, the Wuhan lab, bats, and COVID-19: Everything you need to know
Dark Invasion (The Vampire Gabriella Book 3)
How to Buy SpaceX Stock
Blue Origin Stock: When Will Bezos’ Space Company IPO?
NASA partners with deep-ocean explorers to develop tech for Europa mission