Friday, November 11, 2022

Blood Stem Cell Transplant Could Reboot Immune System in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
This Personalized Crispr Therapy Is Designed To Attack Tumors
At a rigged press conference the day after the midterms, President Biden praised election integrity, mocked Republican ‘red wave’ that didn’t happen and was given a list of 10 friendly reporters to call on. I was not one of them
Could electrical stimulation and robot-assisted exercise reverse paralysis? New results are a resounding ‘yes!’
NASA investigating “very minor” Artemis hurricane damage
British missile-killing laser is successfully tested
China’s Emulating SpaceX’s Designs to Build a Reusable Megarocket
NASA's tiny CAPSTONE moon probe gearing up for lunar arrival on Nov. 13
NASA's inflatable flying saucer aces Mars heat shield reentry test
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
CRISPR cancer trial success paves the way for personalized treatments
Mike Pence: My Last Days With Donald Trump
The School-Choice Election Wave

Tuesday, November 08, 2022

Has Cleopatra's tomb been FOUND?
Lab-grown blood given to people in world-first clinical trial
Dems’ disastrous crime fail, Libs’ hysteria over Twitter and other commentary

“NASA generates $71.2 billion in total economic output, maintains 339,600 jobs across the nation and generates close to $7.7 billion in federal, state and local tax revenues,” cheers Mark Whittington at The Hill. Since its 2021 budget was $23.3 billion, that’s a “hefty return on investment.” But non-financial payoffs are bigger: In winning the race to the moon, the Apollo program hastened the collapse of the “Soviet Union because it spooked the Kremlin about American technological prowess.” Now a successful Artemis Alliance uniting US allies in a space exploration could create “a prosperous, peaceful world” and also prevent a “Chinese space hegemony.” Add the gains for science, and the benefit from supporting NASA “is the long-term increase of knowledge, prosperity and peace for the human race.”

Why is America Going Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
Biden’s Closing Argument: Higher Energy Prices
Israel’s Right-Wing Coalition Gets the Cold Shoulder From Biden
A GOP Game Plan: Get Federal Spending Under Control

Sunday, November 06, 2022

How much does NASA return to the American economy?

NASA recently released its second annual economic impact report, laying out how much money the space agency returns to the American economy. The three chief takeaways are that NASA generates $71.2 billion in total economic output, maintains 339,600 jobs across the nation and generates close to $7.7 billion in federal, state and local tax revenues. The economic benefit created by NASA is spread out over all 50 states. Considering that NASA’s fiscal 2021 budget was $23.3 billion, the space agency seems to have a hefty return on investment.

However, as impressive as these figures are, do they represent the true value of the part of the federal budget that NASA spends? That is only the case if one thinks of the space agency as a jobs program, something that may impress members of Congress but likely doesn’t excite the rest of us.

SpaceX's next Falcon Heavy rocket launch may fly before Christmas
As Psyche Mission Moves Forward, NASA Responds to Independent Review
The Gabriella Novels #CommissionEarned
NASA Asteroid Threat Practice Drill Shows We’re Not Ready
Hubble vs. Webb: New NASA telescope reveals never-before-seen details from the early universe, within 400 million years after the Big Bang
Elon Musk continues Twitter feud with AOC by saying not everything she says is 'accurate'

Tuesday, November 01, 2022

World-first gene therapy clinical trial for type 1 diabetes
Juicy bots: Withering passion fruit gives rise to a robot that can clean space junk
Sen. Mark Kelly was against the Artemis return to the moon before he was for it

Kelly has a problem concerning space policy, especially the Artemis return-to-the-moon program, that speaks to his character. To put the matter bluntly, Kelly was against the Artemis program before he was for it.

China's 'space dream': A Long March to the Moon and beyond
Time for the United States to extend SpaceX’s Starlink to Russia
NASA has a life-detecting instrument ready to fly to Europa or Enceladus
NASA predicts first Starship orbital launch as soon as December
NASA plans its second human moon landing on Artemis 4 after all: report
It’s time to play “find the falling Chinese rocket” once again
The world’s most powerful rocket finally returns after a 3-year absence
Why is America Going Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
The High Cost of Low American Military Spending
Climate Doomsday Is Nigh—Again
SALK SCIENTISTS DISCOVER ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MOLECULES THAT DECLINE IN THE AGING BRAIN