Sunday, August 09, 2026

The No. 1 threat to getting America back to the moon and beyond
A forgotten mission: NASA once planned to send astronauts to Venus

“Star City” — the spinoff of the alternate history television series “For All Mankind” — concerns a Soviet-crewed flyby of Venus taking place in the early 1970s. The mission is fraught with Cold War intrigue and Soviet-era paranoia and corruption.

However, many people do not know that NASA seriously considered a similar space mission during the same timeframe.

China’s lunar research station could be guarded by robot watchdogs, space scientists say
SpaceMD Signs Starfall’s First Deal: 32 Drug Labs to Eclipse ISS Program in One Flight
The first self-driving vehicle on Mars has proven to be a smashing success
Gabriella's War: A Vampire Gabriella Novel #CommissionEarned
A mission to save NASA’s falling observatory spun out of control. What happens next
Bill Maher calls Francesca Hong ‘Debbie Downer’ for wanting to get rid of Thanksgiving
Joe Biden’s cancer ‘has spread’ and is ‘very painful’: Hunter Biden

Saturday, August 08, 2026

Lessons for the future of NASA Mars exploration from a 1970s mission
Three companies building the tech to grow crops on the moon
A new space race is unfolding at the moon’s south pole. Here’s what to know about China’s game plan
NASA's SkyFall Mars helicopters will wear tiny capes
Vitamin D During Pregnancy Could Boost Kids' Cognitive Performance
America Needs to Go on Offense With AI
Ukraine’s 4-D Chess Move
Meet Mineral Mappers Flying NASA Tech Out West
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Tim Walz Has Hit the Wall
The Saudis Spurn the Abraham Accords
Russia Hears From Lindsey Graham

Friday, August 07, 2026

‘Pure insanity’—Elon Musk details SpaceX’s plan to turn the moon into its newest manufacturing site
Debunking the Allegedly Prohibitive Cost of Desalination
When Will The Climate Liars Stop Lying?
We Might Soon Have the Tech to Reach Other Star Systems
Early Humans Likely Ate Carbs and Sugary Foods
This new human genome has almost no gaps
AI creates first synthetic viruses
Venus May Still Be Tectonically Active and Pulling Itself Apart
Can Democrats Resist Socialism?
Is Israel Really Obligated to Lay Off Hamas?
New Project Engages Public on Moon Safeguarding
Intuitive Machines Becomes First Commercial Firm to Own Full Moon Mission Chain
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
Patton in Palestine #CommissionEarned
The further adventures of Anne Frank: An alternate history of a life uninterrupted #CommissionEarned
America Needs to Go on Offense With AI
The FDA, Replimune and a New Flu Shot
Trump Fixes a Biden Medicare Trick

Thursday, August 06, 2026

NASA moon base: Administrator Jared Isaacman details plans for long-term presence
NASA, SpaceX studying how to prevent future upper stage lunar collisions
Most planned natural gas pipeline capacity additions in 2026 and 2027 originate in Texas
The market is wrong to hate SpaceX earnings
This Atlantic hurricane season is looking like a dud, but there will be a price to pay
Scientists unveil more than 600 new tissue models of human cancer
The Vera Rubin Observatory Captures More Than 500,000 Galaxies in a Single Image
Irish leader's jet 'can't land in fog after he had its navigation system removed... because it was made in Israel'
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned
El-Sayed’s Deflected Bigotry
Give John Adams His Place on the Mall
Success Builds in the South Bronx

Wednesday, August 05, 2026

NASA's Jared Isaacman Wants America Back on the Moon — and Beyond
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott effectively pauses new data center projects pending statewide grid audit
NASA Provides Updates on Moon Base Cargo Landers, Tech Demonstrations
Next Starship Will Deliver Operational V3 Starlinks to Orbit, Maybe Catch Ship
NASA’s moon base will be a reality and Americans will live there within 20 years, agency’s chief says
SpaceX earnings takeaways: Soaring AI costs outweigh revenue beat in first report since IPO
Huge SpaceX rocket part believed to have hit Moon as Nasa prepares to study crash
Climate Crusaders Turn to Flimsy ‘Extreme Event Attribution’ to Bring Down Oil, Gas, and Coal
Interstellar Travel II: the Birth of Fusion Drives
How scientists are perfecting chocolate
Pluto’s Atmosphere May Finally Be Starting to Collapse
Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
New Stroke Treatment Turns Brain Cavities Into Repair Hubs
Learning to Live With AI
Democratic Socialism Is No Tea Party

Monday, August 03, 2026

Time to buy SpaceX?
Why Are Heterosexual Women Attracted to Each Other?
Hell-World Venus May Have Once Had Oceans Across 90% of Its Hot, Dry Surface
Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science
Scientists finally find a way to recycle plastic indefinitely
This study suggests zapping people’s brains could make them better at math
A Brief History of Wealth Creation
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
How Green Policies Fuel Fires In Europe
The Public Pension AI Boom
This ‘Tiny’ Breakthough Could Make AI Data Centers Obsolete and Change Digital Storage Forever

Sunday, August 02, 2026

Flight 13 of Starship was (mostly) a triumph for SpaceX

The miracle of the latest test flight of the SpaceX Starship was not the launch, as spectacular as it always is. The true miracle of the Starship’s 13th flight occurred at the very end.

Ganymede is a moon, yet it is larger than the planet Mercury, may contain more water than exists on Earth's surface, and even generates its own magnetic field, making it less like a conventional moon than a full-sized world that happens to orbit Jupiter.
NASA Searches Couch Cushions, Finds Another $600 Million for Moon Missions
Inside JK Rowling’s rape support centre that took on Amnesty – and won
Scientists finally have a biological explanation for why long COVID patients lose motivation and can’t think clearly. They scanned their brains and found the dopamine system was physically damaged
Gabriella's War: A Vampire Gabriella Novel #CommissionEarned
NASA still assessing Starliner-1 flight opportunities
Here’s how engineers plan to save the satellite sent to save NASA’s Swift mission
The True Cost of Decoupling from China

Friday, July 31, 2026

Morgan Stanley Projects the Space Economy Could Reach $1 Trillion in the Coming Decades. 3 Companies Positioned to Benefit.
Mark Zuckerberg Articulates the Brilliant AI Future Ahead
We All Know the Story of the Pompeii Victims Who Died When Mount Vesuvius Erupted 2,000 Years Ago. Archaeologists Are Still Learning About Those Who Made It Out Alive
Bacteria and Cancer: The Latest Word
FDA grants fast track designation to Insilico's AI-designed mesothelioma drug candidate
New AI-based program is a shrink ray for proteins
Anthony Fauci Unmasks Himself
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
Patton in Palestine #CommissionEarned
The further adventures of Anne Frank: An alternate history of a life uninterrupted #CommissionEarned
Reading Shakespeare in Suburbia
The Nimble U.S. Space Force Presses Its Advantage
This Italian Man Built a Fake Roman Theater — and Charged Tourists $45 to See It