Monday, April 22, 2024

Why is it so hard to send humans back to the moon?

Somebody should write a book about that.

Rocket Lab to refly reusable Electron boosters rivaling SpaceX, China
NASA's Artemis 3 astronauts will put a moonquake detector on lunar surface
Biden’s Energy Policies Harm U.S. Producers While Helping America’s Rivals
What’s the Most Effective Way to Explore our Nearest Stars?
The GOP Isolationist Caucus
How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again (2 books) #CommissionEarned
The House Votes for a ‘Strong America’
A look at what’s in the $95 billion foreign aid package passed by the House
Tesla cuts price of Full Self-Driving software by a third to $8,000

Sunday, April 21, 2024

Natale di Roma 2024

New sodium battery that can be charged in seconds developed
Japan’s planning its first lunar steps with the Artemis program

According to the White House, in exchange for Japan providing a pressurized vehicle that will greatly expand astronauts’ ability to explore the lunar surface, NASA will include two Japanese astronauts in future Artemis missions to the moon. They will be the first non-Americans to walk on the moon should their Artemis mission happen before a planned Chinese flight.

How Japan beat Europe to become America’s BFF on the moon
NASA's Juno probe captures amazing views of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io
EXPERTS SUGGEST USING SPACEX'S STARSHIP TO RESCUE STRANDED SAMPLES ON SURFACE OF MARS

Imagine how great minds think alike: NASA can save the Mars Sample Return mission by going commercial

The Gabriella Doria Stories (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Work Underway on Large Cargo Landers for NASA’s Artemis Moon Missions
HEAD OF NASA SAYS CHINA IS HIDING MILITARY EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE
Biden Admin’s Title IX Rewrite Obliterates Female Spaces, Free Speech, And Due Process

Saturday, April 20, 2024

Are we prepared for Chinese preeminence on the moon and Mars?
How We Could Detect Life on Saturn's Moon Enceladus
NASA VETERAN’S PROPELLANTLESS PROPULSION DRIVE THAT PHYSICS SAYS SHOULDN’T WORK JUST PRODUCED ENOUGH THRUST TO OVERCOME EARTH’S GRAVITY
Losing Ukraine Isn’t Necessary
Biden Piles Sanctions on Alaska
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Could these big expandable habitats help humanity settle the moon and Mars?
Kombucha Could Trigger Similar Benefits to Fasting, Study Finds
Scientists' 'super banana' could save thousands of lives, reduce blindness — but it still has major opposition to overcome

Friday, April 19, 2024

NASA may alter Artemis III to have Starship and Orion dock in low-Earth orbit
Israel’s war against Hamas posts lower civilian-to-combatant death ratio than other urban battles
IT ISN’T ABOUT ISRAEL
Universities like Columbia must end the double standard and stop tolerating campus antisemitism
Are Iran’s Nine Lives Nearing an End?
US Air Force confirms first successful AI dogfight
Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel retaliates against Iran, US official says
The Politics and Policy of a National Climate Emergency Declaration
All the pieces are in place for the first crew flight of Boeing’s Starliner
Russian space chief says new rocket will put Falcon 9 reuse to shame: There's just one catch...
Houston Would Welcome BP and Shell
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
What Would Russian Victory in Ukraine Look Like?
Put Growth Back on the Political Agenda
Mike Johnson Makes His Case on Ukraine

Thursday, April 18, 2024

AI Method Accelerates Drug Discovery for Parkinson’s 10-Fold, Study Finds
SpaceX Plans Permanent Moonbase
WHY YOU CAN'T BE AN IRAN HAWK AND A RUSSIA DOVE
Maybe larger families will produce better leaders, as in the early US
Federal government announces creation of National Space Council
Nelson defends “very tough choices” in NASA’s budget proposal
Hubble goes hunting for small main-belt asteroids
Was Biden's Uncle Eaten By Cannibals?
Among the Activists Plotting to Disrupt the DNC:‘We’ve got to give them a 1968 kind of welcome.’
The bodega visit was Donald Trump at his finest
NASA still investigating Orion heat shield issues from Artemis 1 moon mission
NASA has greenlit plans to send a giant drone to Saturn’s largest moon
China Hiding Military Presence In Space: NASA Head Bill Nelson
The belief that mandates and massive subsidies can summon a world without fossil fuels is magical thinking.
Medusa: Deep Space via Nuclear Pulse
Mentally stimulating work plays key role in staving off dementia, study finds
Never seen an exploding star? This year, you'll have your chance
Hopes of Big Bang Discoveries Ride on a Future Spacecraft
Ancient human evolution is “unparalleled” in nature
IRAN UPDATE, APRIL 17, 2024
Ronald Reagan Just Saved Israel From Iran’s Attack

The late Paul Spudis on the relationship between Apollo and SDI

How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again (2 books) #CommissionEarned
Be a Wary Reader in the 2024 Election
Iran’s Attack Ended the Shadow War
AI traces mysterious metastatic cancers to their source

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

‘For All Mankind’ Renewed for Season 5, Soviet Space Program Spinoff in the Works at Apple TV+
Missile defenses defeat ‘the science’ and ‘the experts’
NASA's electrodynamic dust shield will repel clingy, abrasive Moon grit
NASA Embraces Sweden as Newest Member of Artemis Accords Family
NASA’s Dragonfly Rotorcraft Mission to Saturn’s Moon Titan Confirmed
May God Save Us From Populist Socialists of Any Party Affiliation!
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FUSION DISCOVERY COULD ALLOW PHYSICISTS TO TAME VOLATILE PLASMAS
IRAN UPDATE, APRIL 16, 2024
Is Jan. 6 the Political Winner Democrats Think It Is?
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned
Israel Has No Choice but to Strike Back Against Iran
Biden Winks at Iranian Oil Exports
Oregon State researchers advance pigment chemistry with moon-inspired reddish magentas

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Scientists make the first single-atom-thick sheet of gold. It’s called ‘goldene’: The new material could revolutionize catalysis and more.
Nine Lives and Counting: A Bounty Hunter’s Journey to Faith, Hope, and Redemption by Dog the Bounty Hunter #CommissionEarned
Switzerland signs Artemis Accords
NATO plans to ‘leverage human enhancement technologies’
Trump trial: No jurors selected on day one
Johnson unveils ambitious path forward on Israel and Ukraine aid to break standstill
Since Peregrine, Astrobotic has been busy building a future in space
Why Renewable Energy Cannot Replace Fossil Fuels by 2050
7 Stocks Jeff Bezos Is Buying
Biden's Economic Message: I Don't Feel Your Pain
Biden’s Middle East policy is beyond parody
IRAN UPDATE, APRIL 15, 2024
AI-powered personalised medicine could revolutionise healthcare (and no, we’re not putting ChatGPT in charge)
Israel Shouldn’t ‘Take the Win’ Against Iran
The Deep State Lies in Wait for Trump
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond #CommissionEarned
The Lessons of Israeli Missile Defense
How Pluto got its 'heart'
Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains: End of the line for endless boosters?

Monday, April 15, 2024

Carbon beads help restore healthy gut microbiome and reduce liver disease progression, researchers find

NASA Sets Path to Return Mars Samples, Seeks Innovative Designs

NASA can save the Mars Sample Return mission by going commercial

The Cass Review shames the gay-rights establishment
Alan Ritchson’s Tough Guy Talk Rings Hollow. Here’s Why

If you turn the other cheek, you get it in the neck with Iran: John Kennedy

More wit and wisdom from the irreprisble Sen. John Kennedy. No not that one, the other one.

Natty Nation: These 11 Charts Show Why The U.S. Is A Natural Gas Superpower
Wafer-thin, stretchy and strong as steel: could ‘miracle’ material graphene finally transform our world?
Climate Cooking: How a few billionaires helped push climate science to the extremes
An artificial womb could build a bridge to health for premature babies
IRAN UPDATE, APRIL 14, 2024: More of the aftermath of the Iranian attack on Israel
America’s New Regulation Busters
How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again (2 books) #CommissionEarned
The Trump Trial Spectacle Begins: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s hush-money case is a legal stretch that should not have been brought.
Scientists discover first algae that can fix nitrogen — thanks to a tiny cell structure: A newly discovered ‘organelle’ that converts nitrogen gas into a useful form could pave the way for engineered plants that require less fertilizer.
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on record 20th reflight of a Falcon 9 rocket first stage

Sunday, April 14, 2024

Elon Musk, SpaceX and benevolent megalomania

Recently, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk addressed employees at the Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas and shared his thoughts about the future of the Starship launch vehicle, in which hopes of returning to the moon and going on to Mars are invested.

‘Stupid person’: Trump comes out swinging on Biden’s home turf ahead of Pennsylvania primary
Iran’s terror-enabling supreme leader only opens the door for Israel to hit back hard
'Fly Me to the Moon' trailer mixes real-life Apollo history with moon landing hoax
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on record 20th reflight of a Falcon 9 rocket first stage
The Gabriella Doria Stories (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Elemental Surprise: Physicists Discover a New Quantum State
China moving at 'breathtaking speed' in final frontier, Space Force says
IRAN UPDATE, APRIL 13, 2024 on the Iranian attack on Israel and its aftermath