Random thoughts on politics, current events, popular culture, and whatever else interests me.
Saturday, October 31, 2020
Friday, October 30, 2020
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Monday, October 26, 2020
Sunday, October 25, 2020
A space probe called OSIRIS-REx reached out and touched an asteroid named Bennu and collected a small amount of soil and pebbles left over from the formation of the solar system. In the fullness of time, OSIRIS-REx will carry this science treasure back to Earth, where it is eagerly awaited by researchers.
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Friday, October 23, 2020
Thursday, October 22, 2020
If Joe Biden is elected president, he will have a decision to make concerning a new international agreement governing space exploration. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced that eight nations have signed the Artemis Accords, an agreement that cover relevant areas of space exploration ranging from resource utilization to space debris removal. The agreement is meant to complement the Outer Space Treaty of 1967.
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Monday, October 19, 2020
Sunday, October 18, 2020
Recently, Blue Origin launched its New Shepard suborbital rocket into the skies over west Texas. The flight was the 13th time a version of the New Shepard flew into space, the 12th time it was entirely successful. The flight was one more small step toward making Blue Origin a major launch company that could compete with SpaceX.
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Friday, October 16, 2020
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Monday, October 12, 2020
Sunday, October 11, 2020
Captain Mark Kelly, a candidate for senator from the state of Arizona, has an impressive resume. He flew combat missions during Operation Desert Storm. He flew on the space shuttle four times, twice as a mission commander.
However, Kelly’s views on space policy, a subject with which he should be familiar, given his former profession, are problematic.
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Friday, October 09, 2020
Wednesday, October 07, 2020
Tuesday, October 06, 2020
Monday, October 05, 2020
Sunday, October 04, 2020
Italy joins Japan, Australia, Canada and the European Union in what is shaping up to be a NASA-led Artemis Alliance to return humans to the moon for the first time since 1972 to build a “lunar base camp” at the moon’s south pole. Astronauts will conduct science and enable commerce on Earth’s nearest neighbor as well as test technologies and practice techniques for a human mission to Mars.