Moon Direct: A purpose-driven plan to open the lunar frontier

Election news? Cruz vs O’Rourke race puts NASA’s future on the Texas ballot and How NASA became an election issue for Rep. John Culberson

Keith Cowing, in his usual dishonest way, quotes from the Houston Chronicle editorial endorsing Lizzie Fletcher without providing any context. However, Tom Matula, in the comments, has some interesting information:

...but it’s also a matter of someone making a case out of an issue beyond his control. The Addicks and Barker Dams were built by the U.S. Army Corps of engineers in the 1940’s to prevent Buffalo Bayou from flooding the city of Houston. Both were located in an area of woodlands/meadows and intended to hold the water there to allow a slower controlled release during heavy rain events. Then about 20 years ago the county allowed developers to start building expensive housing in the “beautiful” and “natural” setting. When Hurricane Harvey hit the dams did there job holding the bulk of the water and only allowing some to flood the woodlands downstream. Only now of some that woodland held new housing developments.

So I am not sure what he could have done other then pass a Federal Law preventing folks from building on flood plains. He did get flood aid for them afterward. But as Forest Gump says “Stupid is what stupid does.” What is funny is his opponent works for a law firm known for representing local developers. It’s interesting to note they are just parroting Ms. Fletcher’s campaign line.

The Kepler Space Telescope is dead

Would E.T. Contact Cause Panic Today?

If You Want to Save the Planet, Drop the Campaign Against Capitalism

How NASA Will Use Robots to Create Rocket Fuel From Martian Soil

Billionaires Chase ‘SpaceX Moment’ for the Holy Grail of Energy

Warrior's Heart

The great war against the Dark Magus was over. But Merien, a wizard who had played a key role in the final battle, still had nightmares about what he had experienced. Even during the day he found himself shaking with dread with no reason and sometimes even crying in the corner of the farm where he lived. Merien has warrior’s heart, a great wound of the mind and spirit. He must set forth in the company of his best friend, an elf warrior, to find a cure before it is too late.

How NASA became an election issue for Rep. John Culberson

Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) is the chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees NASA and other science agencies, such as the National Science Foundation. Culberson is facing a stiff challenge for reelection by a Democratic lawyer named Lizzie Fletcher. These two facts have created an issue involving Culberson’s support for NASA’s Europa Clipper mission and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, currently under construction at the tip of South America.

The Coincidence Between Two Overachieving NASA Missions

NASA Needs Help Shipping Cargo to Its Future Lunar Space Station

Researchers reveal the incredible seasons of Triton

Parker Solar Probe: Nasa's Sun mission smashes records

Directed Energy Weapons: Can the Pentagon and Industry Deliver?

The Politics Behind Choosing a Mars 2020 Landing Site and Scientists call for ‘mega-mission’ to find ancient life on Mars

The Final Days Of NASA's Dawn

Phew! NASA Confirms Hubble Space Telescope Is Back In Action

A Brother on the Moon

On a December day in 1967, a pilot whose jet fighter is in the process of cracking up ejects a moment sooner and therefore lives when he otherwise might have died. A life that would have ended on the tarmac at Edwards Air Force Base continues on. Six years later, Major Robert Lawrence, United States Air Force, becomes the first black American to walk on the Moon.

Who will get to Mars first? Oddsmakers favor SpaceX and Blue Origin over NASA

Want to end poverty? Promote capitalism, not socialism

Boycott Israel Movement Is All Tricks, No Treats

US Troops Deploy ‘Overwhelming Force’ Against Iceland’s Beer Supplies

China’s first private rocket fails after launch

Comets and asteroids may be spreading life across the galaxy

Ethanol Is Bad Science And Bad Policy

Is Anti-Gravity Real? Science Is About To Find Out

A Millennial Activist Leads Disaffected Democrats Out of the Wilderness

Cruz vs O’Rourke race puts NASA’s future on the Texas ballot

The space program has not become an issue in the race for the U.S. Senate in Texas between the incumbent, Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican, and his opponent, Rep. Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke, the Democratic challenger.

SpaceX Seeks $500 Million Loan Via Goldman Sachs

NASA's InSight Will Study Mars While Standing Still

Why Don't We Put A Space Telescope On The Moon?

There's a Strange Cloud on Mars Right Now, and It's Just Hanging Around

The Blue Wave Was a Lie, But It Could Be Even Worse for Democrats

Game-Changer: A Pluto Orbiter and Beyond

Russia returns Soyuz rocket to flight with Lotos-S1 mission

Discovery of Ancient Spearpoints in Texas Has Some Archaeologists Questioning the History of Early Americas

On Neptune’s distant moon, the frost moves

'Spectacular' diabetes treatment could end daily insulin injections

Wave goodbye to the blue wave? GOP starting to think they could hold the House

NASA’s Return to the Moon Could Include a Reusable Lunar Lander

SpaceX ships another huge propellant tank to South Texas BFR test site

Countdown to Space Force continues as Trump administration details trajectory of plan

Vice President Trump, speaking at a meeting of the National Space Council, has declared that by next year we will have a National Space Force. What I have written about the subject in the past:

The case for a new branch of the military: United States Space Force

What would the mission of the United States Space Force be?

Deterring World War III with Trump's Space Force

Why you should take Trump’s Space Force seriously

China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran Set For Electronic Pulse Attacks on U.S.

Children of Apollo (3 Book Series)

July, 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 has triumphantly returned to Earth. In this alternate history thriller, President Richard Nixon puts into a motion a scheme to ramp up the space race to pressure the Soviets into making diplomatic and military concessions. Thus begins a story of high adventure on the final frontier and of low intrigue in the corridors of power back on Earth. It will prove to be the fulfillment of a dream for Wendy Pendleton to be the first woman to walk on the moon. It will be a nightmare for Cal Lauren, a political operative determined to stop the space race at all costs to fund the social programs he holds dear.

PREPARING FUTURE EXPLORERS FOR A RETURN TO THE MOON

NASA brings a Hubble gyro back to life after a seven-year hibernation

Tiny NASA spacecraft snaps its first view of Mars

New Space Age Requires Greater Focus on Astronaut Safety

Pancreatic cells can naturally morph to combat diabetes, pointing to new avenues of treatment

Scientists regrow hair cells in mice, suggesting hearing loss is reversible after all Hope for Rush Limbaugh?

Gabriella's War

In 1944, with the world convulsed with war, the Contessa Gabriella Doria haunts the piazzas and canals of Venice. Few people know that she is not only an agent for Britain’s MI6 but that she is also a 450 year old vampire. But one SS officer, Kurt Hesselman, knows and has vowed to destroy her, using the occult powers he was born with. Their battle will rage from Gabriella’s beloved Venice to occupied France, and hence to Great Britain on the eve of the largest sea borne invasion in history. The outcome of the war and the fate of the world will hang in the balance

How humans could explore the hellscape on Venus

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Eyes Vandenberg Air Force Base Launch Site

Boring Co’s “Loop Lift” elevator and tunnel concept are coming to life at SpaceX site

Defectors from SpaceX and Blue Origin are developing a remarkable technology called 'Stargate' to help colonize other planets

Trump campaign holding 'Big Texas Tailgater', claims '100,000+' flocking to Houston rally

India’s tryst with Moon: 10 years and two missions

Arizona Republic Publishes Cartoon Depicting Sinema With Rocket Launcher Shooting Down McSally

Report calls for NASA to ramp up search for alien biosignatures

Beto campaign sued for alleged spam texts

BepiColombo spacecraft starts seven-year journey to Mercury

The Moon, Mars, and Beyond

The Last Moonwalker – In the near future, as human explorers prepare to take the first voyage to the Moon in decades, Charles Gerald, the last Apollo Moonwalker, lends his advice to the crew of the expedition as he wrestles with his own legacy.

The Man from Mars: The Asteroid Mining Caper - Colin Fraser was the first man to walk on Mars as commander of the Ares. But little did he know that his greatest adventure would take place after he returned to Earth from the Red Planet. With further voyages of interplanetary exploration curtailed due to budget cuts, Fraser joined a private company that proposed to capture an asteroid and mine it for its almost limitless wealth. The only catch was that he would have to commit the first act of space piracy in history by stealing his old ship and using it to divert the asteroid named Daedalus.

Stealing the ship, diverting the asteroid, and avoiding federal prison or destruction will be the least of Fraser’s worries, however.

Ocasio-Cortez: Defeating Nazis Is Blueprint For Defeating Global Warming Time to bomb climate change.

Preparing future explorers for a return to the Moon

Would a Space Force mean the end of NASA?

NASA aims to land payloads on Moon next year, signaling more local space activity

How humans could explore the hellscape on Venus

Venus, the second planet from the sun, seems like the last place one would want to send human beings. The surface of the cloud-shrouded planet is a hellscape.

Trump moves Cruz rally to larger venue after 'unprecedented' demand for tickets

NASA and Roscosmos trying to avoid an empty Space Station

Did Texas Democratic Party engage in voter fraud?

Would a Space Force Mean the End of NASA?

Moon Science! NASA Needs Experiment Ideas for Commercial Lunar Landers

Why does SpaceX stay in the costly Los Angeles area? It's where the talent is Of course, if Elon's company were to move to low-tax Texas I bet a lot of that talent would follow.

One Giant Flop for Moviekind

China’s Moon Missions Could Threaten US Satellites: Pentagon

The next battleground: What do we really know about what adversaries do in space?

Children of Apollo (3 Book Series)

July, 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 has triumphantly returned to Earth. In this alternate history thriller, President Richard Nixon puts into a motion a scheme to ramp up the space race to pressure the Soviets into making diplomatic and military concessions. Thus begins a story of high adventure on the final frontier and of low intrigue in the corridors of power back on Earth.

Lunar Facility brings Moon to Earth

Rocket Lab follows footsteps of SpaceX with new NASA launch pad

We Could Solve the Mysteries of Time and Space—If We Had a Particle Accelerator the Size of the Solar System

Our Latest Global Warming Scare

How ‘First Man’ became a casualty of pop culture’s new political meat grinder

IN DEFENSE OF ELON MUSK

Airbus is developing a 9-tonne living quarters and research lab module for astronauts aboard Nasa's Gateway space station that will orbit the MOON by 2024

Supreme Court agrees to hear a case that could determine whether Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies can censor their users

NASA to make huge decision in the hunt for alien life on Mars

NASA astronaut describes close call following failed launch

50 years after Apollo moonshots, will rivalry with China spark a new space race?

Moon Express Signs Agreements With Seven Canadian Organizations – To Open Toronto Area Office

NASA's 'brilliant' plan for a cloud city of airships in the atmosphere of Venus

SpaceX begins huge dirt pile removal to pave way for BFR spaceship hop tests

A Brother on the Moon

On a December day in 1967, a pilot whose jet fighter is in the process of cracking up ejects a moment sooner and therefore lives when he otherwise might have died. A life that would have ended on the tarmac at Edwards Air Force Base continues on. Six years later, Major Robert Lawrence, United States Air Force, becomes the first black American to walk on the Moon.

Old narrative: Robert ‘Beto’ O’Rourke is doing surprisingly well in Texas New Narrative: Beto O’Rourke’s War Chest Bothers Some Democrats as He Struggles Against Ted Cruz

Jeff Bezos predicts we'll have 1 trillion humans in the solar system, and Blue Origin wants to help get us there

Even Ganymede is Showing Tectonic Activity. We’re Going to Need Another Icy Moon Orbiter

Wanted: Non-Chinese rare-earth elements

After briefly going offline, NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescope is back in action

Chiefs of NASA, Russian Space Agency Pledge Swift Return to Soyuz Launches

Waking Up to China’s Space Dream

In such a future, where China establishes space dominance, it is likely that we will see the establishment of China-driven “specially managed zones” and China-led adjudication courts to settle disputes. It is highly likely that China will establish dispute mechanisms for space once it establishes “specially managed zones,” say on the lunar surface, or establishes a permanent space presence. That has been the trajectory of its international initiatives here on earth, to include its behavior in the Antarctic.

Imperialism

A space-based survey, not luck, must be our plan against hazardous asteroids

Beta, Wildside, Israeli Trio Team On Drama ‘German Moon’ About NASA Space Mission

HOW WILL NASA TRANSFORM BY JOINING FORCES WITH PRIVATE SPACE TRAVEL

Sino-Dutch team claim cleaner coal-to-liquid fuel conversion

SpaceIL's spacecraft in a series of environmental tests on its way to th...

Israel shoots for the moon.

Space Station May Be Stranded; Here's When U.S. Rockets Can Get There

'First Man': A Giant Step for America

‘White Women’ Becomes a Disparaging Term

NASA Is Cooler Than Ryan Gosling

You’re about to see a bunch of libs attack Trump about Robert E. Lee. Shockingly, it’s all BS or the mainstream media flunks Civil War history

Pizzas must shrink or lose their toppings under Government anti-obesity plan This make me quite happy that we split from Great Britain. Shrinking Pizza?

American Exceptionalism — Not! First Man Falters

NASA Space Historian: 'First Man' Is "Not a Movie About the Moon Landing"

New ALPHA-g Detector Poised to Search for Signs of Anti-Gravity

Russian Soyuz rocket failure leaves NASA with no ride to International Space Station

NASA and the Roscosmos, the Russian state enterprise that handles spaceflight for that country, now has a big problem on their hands.

A Soyuz spacecraft headed for the International Space Station experienced a launch failure early Thursday. The good news is that the two passengers, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin have landed safe and have been picked up by a search and rescue helicopter. The bad news is that there is now no reliable means of taking crew to and from the ISS.

Israel’s first mission to the moon – to launch on a Falcon 9 – delayed a few weeks

Moon matters: Why NASA, SpaceX and others are aiming for lunar missions

18,000 Pages Of NASA Archives Uncover JFK's Speech Strategy That Inspired The Moon Landing

Japanese startup ispace is tapping Apollo-era expertise to build lunar landers for NASA

So Can We Terraform Mars or Not?

Update on Opportunity Rover after Martian Dust Storm

What "First Man" Gets Right About the Apollo Moon Landing

Mysterious Deep-Space Flashes: 19 More 'Fast Radio Bursts' Found

Interstellar Visitor Found to Be Unlike a Comet or an Asteroid

American Flag Backlash Could Hurt ‘First Man’ at the Box Office

Astronauts make emergency landing after Russian Soyuz launch experiences failure This is going to complicate things for the next few months until, it is hoped, commercial crew starts flying.

The program to build NASA’s moon rocket could double in price to $9 billion, IG says

Europa or Enceladus? If NASA switches from SLS to Falcon Heavy, it won’t have to choose

However, a way may be found to do both. The Europa Clipper and Europa Lander are envisioned to be launched to Jupiter space by NASA’s planned heavy-lift Space Launch System. The SLS will be able to lob huge payloads toward Jupiter on a direct flight path, avoiding the time-consuming gravity assist maneuvers that previous probes to the outer planets have had to use.

The problem with the Space Launch System is that it is a fully expendable rocket that could cost between $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion to launch. NASA is struggling to make the SLS more affordable to operate, but the sad fact is that using the heavy-lift rocket is a great expense for the missions to Europa. NASA does have the option of using a commercial rocket, say the SpaceX Falcon Heavy, to launch the twin missions to Europa.

Draper bids on NASA commercial lunar lander competition

Defying Henry VIII And you thought Trump was not a man to be crossed.

There’s a new report on SLS rocket management, and it’s pretty brutal Apparently Boeing has screwed the pooch on this one.

Hubble Space Telescope Malfunction Won't Last Long, NASA Says

The Universe Has A Speed Limit, And It Isn't The Speed Of Light

Scientists connect 3 actual human brains

How to avoid a bloated Space Force

Children of Apollo (3 Book Series) July, 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 has triumphantly returned to Earth. In this alternate history thriller, President Richard Nixon puts into a motion a scheme to ramp up the space race to pressure the Soviets into making diplomatic and military concessions. Thus begins a story of high adventure on the final frontier and of low intrigue in the corridors of power back on Earth. It will prove to be the fulfillment of a dream for Wendy Pendleton to be the first woman to walk on the moon. It will be a nightmare for Cal Lauren, a political operative determined to stop the space race at all costs to fund the social programs he holds dear. A science fiction alternate history like none other.

Richard Branson says Virgin Galactic will be in space for test flights 'in weeks not months'

Japan space tourist says moon training 'shouldn't be too hard'

Democrats Are Losing Because They Believe Their Own Press

Europa Lander Could be Greeted by Massive Ice Spikes

The 7 Wild Energy Technologies That Just Got a Billion-Dollar Boost

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is offline after a steering component failed

Intergalactic light beams might be just the ticket for making contact with space aliens

Melania Trump And Her Imperialist Hat Are Traveling In Africa

SpaceX Aces First-Ever Rocket Landing in California After Spectacular Satellite Launch

Destination, Asteroid: NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Starts Final Approach

Robert ‘Beto’ O’Rourke is doing surprisingly well in Texas But he is still going to lose

Israel sets sights on moon landing

NASA Voyager 2 Could Be Nearing Interstellar Space

Fly me to the moon: lunar travel looms as UAE signs Nasa deal

Hyperloop company unveils its full-scale 750-mph 'passenger capsule'

First SpaceX mission with Nasa astronauts set for June 2019

Scouting out the moon base

Democrats’ foul tactics on Kavanaugh may come back to bite them

Will New Landers and NASA’s Lunar Outpost Get Us Back to the Moon?

Boeing may have used a lobbying firm to plant a scathing opinion piece about SpaceX in US news outlets. At stake is billions of dollars in NASA contracts.

Israel sets sights on moon landing

Will Israel become the next deep space exploration super power? Because of a private expedition to the moon, some are thinking about the possibility of the Jewish state joining the United States, Russia, China, India, and other countries in the exploration of space.

No, Secret Russian Agents Probably Aren’t Behind ‘The Last Jedi’ Hate

Social media reacts to Houston's sex robot brothel ban

Robert ‘Beto’ O’Rourke is doing surprisingly well in Texas

Democrats' big miscalculation: Conservative women like me won't abandon Brett Kavanaugh

DARPA IS MAKING INSECTS THAT CAN DELIVER BIOWEAPONS, SCIENTISTS CLAIM

NASA revises launch targets for Boeing, SpaceX crew ships

ASTROBOTIC ANNOUNCES JOINT 
ECUADORIAN-COLOMBIAN PAYLOAD PARTNERSHIP TO THE MOON

Jeff Bezos explains why Blue Origin is 'the most important work I'm doing'

A shadowy op-ed campaign is now smearing SpaceX in space cities

U.K.'s Healthcare Horror Stories Ought To Curb Dems' Enthusiasm for Single-Payer

Most ambitious Mercury mission yet will explore mysteries of innermost planet

FLY ME TO THE MOON: NASA BOOST FOR FIRST ISRAELI LUNAR LANDER

In a 'significant step,' Blue Origin is building a second facility on the Space Coast

'Moon Race' Backed by Blue Origin, Airbus Aims for 2024 Lunar Flight

This is Lockheed Martin’s idea for a reusable lander that carries people and cargo to the Moon

DARPA Is Researching Quantized Inertia, a Theory Many Think Is Pseudoscience

The ray-gun is no longer science fiction

A colossal elevator to space could be going up sooner than you ever imagined

Touchdown! Japan space probe lands new robot on asteroid

NASA telethons? PBS model should be fundraising moonshot

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine recently suggested that the space agency seek corporate sponsorships to help augment the meager appropriations Congress grants it to do everything from exploring the solar system to operating the International Space Station. Ideas range from selling naming rights to spacecraft to allowing astronauts to endorse products in exchange for advertising fees.

A Brother on the Moon or what if Major Robert Lawrence had lived?

First Man is the moon landing experience my generation is missing Related: Children of Apollo

THE PHYSICS OF LAUNCHING A LUNAR LANDER FROM THE MOON'S SURFACE

Amazon Raises Minimum Wage to $15 for All U.S. Employees, Including Full-Time, Part-Time, Temporary, and Seasonal

Beto O’Rourke Apologizes for Comment About ‘Phenomenally Large Breasts and Tight Buttocks’

NASA needs to return to ‘pushing our boundaries,’ says Neil Armstrong’s son

Hundreds of People Have Died Taking Selfies, Study Says

Why NASA's manned Mars missions start with the moon

The Moon Race - Introduction

Moon Race

Robert ‘Beto’ O’Rourke is doing surprisingly well in Texas

One of the most astonishing political developments of the 2018 midterm elections is the race between Rep. Robert “Beto” O’Rourke, a Democrat, and Sen. Ted Cruz, the Republican incumbent, for a United States Senate seat in Texas. While O’Rourke has never led Cruz in any poll, he has been unexpectedly close in some, especially considering that Texas is a deep red state. O’Rourke has been as close as one point in the Emerson Poll, but the most recent poll performed by Quinnipiac has him nine points back. Nevertheless, Real Clear Politics has judged the race a tossup.

Would Trump’s “Space Force” Patrol the Moon?

Sex Crimes Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell COMPLETELY EXONERATES Judge Kavanaugh in NEW REPORT

The first “social network” of brains lets three people transmit thoughts to each other’s heads

U.S. reaches trade deal with Canada and Mexico, providing Trump a crucial win

Is NASA getting its mojo back?

Moon Express raises $12.5 million