Sunday, April 26, 2020

How the United States plans to make space exploration pay

How the United States plans to make space exploration pay © Getty Images President Donald Trump’s space policy has certainly evolved since the campaign when he was telling people that he doubted sending people to Mars was a good idea with American infrastructure needing to be rebuilt. During his presidency, Trump has set America on a course back to the moon. He has also started encouraging space commercialization, including the mining of the moon and other celestial bodies.

Monday, April 20, 2020

NASA's Artemis program is a perfect response to China's coronavirus cover-up

What does the NASA Artemis program, which would return humans to the moon, have to do with the coronavirus pandemic? It may be a good way to respond to the country that is suspected of being responsible for causing hundreds of thousands of deaths, costing trillions of dollars in lost wealth and putting half the population of the planet in forced lockdown.

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Monday, April 13, 2020

Apollo 13: When flights to the moon stopped being boring

The flight of Apollo 13 was so compelling that it became the subject of the first major motion picture to come out of the moon program. The movie has some interesting lessons to teach about the political dimension of spaceflight.

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Apollo 13: Home Safe







Remember, 50 years ago, while practicing social isolation, three guys managed to turn a boring voyage to the moon into an epic rescue mission. The experience was even turned into a hit movie.

Monday, April 06, 2020

How SpaceX is prospering in the year of the coronavirus pandemic

SpaceX’s Elon Musk must count himself lucky that commercial space is considered an “essential industry” while the coronavirus pandemic ravages the world. The designation has allowed SpaceX to not only survive but to prosper as the company continues its efforts to open the space frontier, both in partnership with NASA and alone.

Addendum: Picked up by Drudge.