Thursday, December 30, 2021

Japan wants a JAXA astronaut to be first “non-American” to join a NASA lunar landing
Elizabeth Warren goes to war against SpaceX's Elon Musk
Could Godzilla-Sized Creatures Ever Exist?
JWST’s Precise Launch and Near-Perfect Course Corrections Mean Fuel Savings. And That Means a Longer Mission
MIT Scientists Design a 'Flying Saucer' That Could Float Across The Moon
NASA will launch mission to an unexplored world in 2022
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Two Tales from the Coming Space Age #CommissionEarned
Integrating AI, Blockchain, and Wearable Tech for Chronic Disease Management
I Got a Lot Right in 2021, but I Overestimated Biden
Invisible Catastrophes: Why Global Warming Goons Sell Fake Science

Thursday, December 23, 2021

The Holy Grail Is Here: A Stable, Solid-State, Lithium-Metal Battery
NASA Announces US Industry Partnerships to Advance Moon, Mars Technology
Building a Bridge to the Future
The James Webb Space Telescope is a $10-billion gamble
Experiments, holiday gifts delivered by SpaceX to International Space Station
NASA Artemis delegation tours SpaceX’s Starship factory and launch pad
Something is making Venus’s clouds less acidic
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
Astronomers Spot Upwards of 170 Rogue Exoplanets, the Largest Trove Yet
10 unbelievable but true facts about NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
The Strategic Case for Risking War in Ukraine

Monday, December 20, 2021

Scientists want to send human cells into space in battle against aging
Ryugu asteroid rocks brought back by Japanese spacecraft get their first look
New microbots can travel to the brain via the nose and deliver treatments
NASA selects Axiom for second private astronaut mission to ISS
Boeing Starliner test flight planned for spring 2022
China’s new rocket for crewed moon missions to launch around 2026
SpaceX vs. the world
She who shall not be named
Why is America Going Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
So You Wanna Move (to a Red State)?
Fury From The Left After George Will Calls 1619 Project “Historical Illiteracy” and “Not Innocent Ignorance”
Big Tax Cuts in Arkansas

Sunday, December 19, 2021

Senator Manchin Says He Won’t Support Build Back Better: ‘I Can’t Get There . . . This Is a No.’
The James Webb Space Telescope is a $10-billion gamble

No earlier than Dec. 24, if all goes well, an Ariane 5 rocket will blast off from French Guiana carrying the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a joint project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency. If the JWST successfully deploys a month later at the Earth-Sun L2 point, it will revolutionize space-based astronomy and enhance humanity’s understanding of the universe. However, if something goes wrong, the latest space telescope could become a $10 billion write-off.

Problem with Artemis hardware to push NASA moon shot until at least March
NASA's Juno probe 'hears' sounds of Jupiter's moon Ganymede
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? #CommissionEarned
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope officially set to launch Dec. 24
Elon Musk is the hero we need today
Will — or should — Kamala Harris become the Spiro Agnew of 2022?

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission #CommissionEarned
Solar parks could act as life rafts for bumblebees and other pollinators
Seeing a new side of Kamala Harris at National Space Council
NASA begins testing robotics to bring first samples back from Mars
John Ioannidis and the Carl Sagan effect in science communication about COVID-19
Why is America Going Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
5 critical moments will determine the success or failure of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
Nancy Pelosi’s January 6th Select Committee Hoax
Isolationists Aren’t Conservatives

Monday, December 13, 2021

Gordon Ramsey is the latest to tell California, "You can go to Hell! I'm going to Texas!"
Moonfall's Opening Is Like Gravity Meets The Blob where the space shuttle still flies and the laws of physics bend to the need of the plot.
Rush on the Radio: A Tribute from His Sidekick for 30 Years #CommissionEarned
Elon Musk is Time Magazine's Person of the Year
Bounteous harvest in Antarctic greenhouse may bode well for Mars colonization
Not Just Water, There Could be Frozen Carbon Dioxide on the Moon too
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? #CommissionEarned
Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells behind aging
How Government Bureaucracy and Media Wokeness Led to January 6
At the Democracy Summit, Biden Bungles Again

Sunday, December 12, 2021

Seeing a new side of Kamala Harris at National Space Council

Vice President Kamala Harris recently conducted the first meeting of the National Space Council (NSC) of the Joe Biden presidency, and she handled it with competence and efficiency. It was a far departure from the vice president’s recent cringe-worthy video touting space exploration for the next generation, which featured child actors.

In the 1960s, the moon race was war. This time, it’s commerce.
Make History Great Again!
ARTEMIS I SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM ROLLOUT DELAYED TO JANUARY
For the Left, the only good Republican is a dead Republican
World’s Smallest Moon Lander from Japan will Put Ham Radio Transmitter on the Moon
THIS REVOLUTIONARY NASA TECH COULD MAKE A MARS CITY POSSIBLE
The Flight of the Grey Falcon #CommissionEarned
Science and technology are working to save us, but our public health system is failing
Why is Biden favoring Russia instead of US oil and gas producers?
Anne Rice Dies: ‘Interview With The Vampire’ Author Was 80

Anne Rice 7 Book Set "Interview with the Vampire", "The Vampire Lestat", "Queen of the Damned", "The Tale of the Body Thief", "Memnoch the Devil", "The Vampire Armand" and "Merrick" (Vampire Chronicles)

#CommissionEarned

Saturday, December 11, 2021

Octavia and the Undead War #CommissionWEarned
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches and returns first six passenger spaceflight
Pluto and the Moon should be classed as PLANETS, scientists claim amid concerns the current definition is 'rooted in folklore and astrology
A Simple Israeli Invention Could Help 2.5 Billion People – and NASA
Space Launch's Vital Role in Combating Climate Change
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
Tom Hanks Enlists To Help Tim McGraw Battle Of Antietam Flashback In Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Yellowstone’ Prequel ‘1883’
Invading Ukraine Is a Trap for Vladimir Putin
Congress’s Message to Biden on Defense

Wednesday, December 08, 2021

Nanofibers could capture cancer cells and prevent them from spreading
Lunar Outpost Selected by NASA for Lunar Vertex Mission
Hillary: Here's the victory speech I was going to read on election night 2016

Hillary 2024! She's tan, rested and ready...

Soyuz launches Japanese private astronauts to ISS
Female perspective of George Orwell's 1984 in works
NASA announces 10 new astronaut candidates who could fly to the Moon someday
NASA Returns Hubble to Full Science Operations
Children of Apollo #CommissiomEarned
Webb Telescope Now Fueled Up as Much-Anticipated Launch Approaches
A College Professor's Outlandish Claims About Alien Abductions
Reagan’s Lesson for Biden’s Putin Video Call

Tuesday, December 07, 2021

Researchers Alleviate Diabetes By Deleting Senescent Fat Cells
How SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket might unlock the solar system—and beyond
The NASA-China space race is about to go nuclear
What is Starlink? Inside the satellite business that could make Elon Musk a trillionaire.
NASA's future is in private space companies' hands
Did the Vikings Actually Torture Victims With the Brutal ‘Blood Eagle’?
Gabriella's War (The Vampire Gabriella Book 4) #CommissionEarned
Could Viagra help prevent Alzheimer’s disease?
DARPA FUNDED RESEARCHERS ACCIDENTALLY CREATE THE WORLD’S FIRST WARP BUBBLE
This Senolytic Antibody Drug Could Combat Aging, and the Diseases It Brings
The U.S. Needs a Hypersonic Capability Now

Monday, December 06, 2021

Our Journey Together #CommissionEarned
This new procedure could be a game-changer for epilepy
Military interest in the moon is ramping up

"Peace on Earth"- Benedict reviews #14

Forget the China Virus. The Walking Dead just revealed the French Virus.
China’s New Moon Landing Schedule Escalates Race With U.S.
NASA just ordered megarocket boosters for moon missions through 2031
NASA's chile pepper experiment broke 2 world records, including one for feeding the most astronauts from a crop grown on the ISS
Where is the antimatter?
Gabriella's Holy War #CommissionEarned
What will it take to end deforestation by 2030?
The Biggest Myth About Nuclear 'Waste'
The Modernist Redesign of Notre Dame Cathedral Is a Retreat From France’s Heritage

Sunday, December 05, 2021

The Fusion Rocket That Could Dominate Interplanetary Travel
Former Sen. Bob Dole dies at 98

Bob Dole was not exactly my kind of Republican. Nevertheless, I was pleased to vote for him in 1996. The world would have been a much better place had he won.

The NASA-China space race is about to go nuclear

Recently, NASA and the United States Department of Energy put out a call for industry to propose designs for a nuclear power plant that could be deployed on the moon within the decade, according to Science Alert. In the meantime, Interesting Engineering reports that China has completed a design for its own lunar-based nuclear reactor. The two news items suggests that both sides of the current space race are very serious about returning to the moon and developing Earth’s nearest neighbor in a big way.

The New Nuclear Moment
China moon rover to investigate cube-shaped 'mystery house' object
NASA to award SpaceX three more commercial crew flights
The Man from Mars: The Asteroid Mining Caper #CommissionEarned
Why more young black Americans are calling themselves ‘conservative’
Pinkerton: Biden’s Green New Deal = China First
Michael Bloomberg: Why I’m Backing Charter Schools

Thursday, December 02, 2021

America is behind in the new space race China is determined to win
Mouse Study Suggests Manipulation of Certain Nerve Cells Can Help Regenerate Lost Heart Muscle
Rocket Lab’s next booster is stubby, reusable, and has a Bond-movie fairing
How NASA will practice saving the world from an asteroid apocalypse
Here’s why Elon Musk asked his SpaceX employees to work Thanksgiving
Vice President Highlights STEM in First National Space Council Meeting
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond #CommissionsEarned
Planetary scientists are starting to get stirred up by Starship’s potential
China’s Environmental Threat to Antarctica
Does ‘Canceling’ Jefferson Mean ‘Canceling’ the Declaration, Too?

Wednesday, December 01, 2021

A brain fitbit that can spot Alzheimer’s with up to 94% accuracy
40 Years Ago, Monty Python Predicted (and Mocked) Wokeness
Commercial fusion ventures bring in billions of dollars
The Biden Administration's new UNITED STATES SPACE PRIORITIES FRAMEWORK

Initial reaction: Nothing new or exciting but nothing terrible either.

SpaceX’s Musk: 1st Starship test flight to orbit in January
Are water plumes spraying from Europa? NASA's Europa Clipper is on the case
Children of Apollo #CommissionsEarned
Elon Musk Frantically Warns Employees of Potential SpaceX Bankruptcy
Lifespan News – Longevity Biotechnology Association
A Hacking Spree Against Iran Spills Out Into the Physical World
Should We Be Adverse to the Metaverse?

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

How NASA will practice saving the world from an asteroid apocalypse
Japan launches reusable rocket project, chasing Musk's SpaceX
SPACEX: ELON MUSK EXPLAINS HOW MARS CITY WILL MAKE HUMANITY INTERSTELLAR
NASA postpones ISS spacewalk because of debris
Can Bacteria Solve Our Plastic Pollution Problem?
Scientists discover potential cause of Alzheimer's disease
Gabriella's War: A Vampire Gabriella Novel (The Vampire Gabriella) #CommissionsEarned
The Omicron Variant Seems to Be Milder, Hinting at COVID's Endemic Future
Young blood: discover the possibilities of plasma based therapy
A Promising Stem Cell Therapy for Back Pain

Sunday, November 28, 2021

How NASA will practice saving the world from an asteroid apocalypse

NASA launched the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenburg Air Force Base in California on Nov. 24. Next fall, DART will move into the vicinity of the asteroid Didymos and its tiny moonlet Dimorphos. Although it does not pose a danger now, it serves as an opportunity: The probe will smash into Dimorphos, increasing the time of its 12-hour orbit by between 73 seconds and 10 minutes. Thus, DART will practice saving the world from an asteroid collision, like the one that ended the dinosaurs.

Biden dogged by decision to kill Keystone XL pipeline as gas prices soar
Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections #CommissionsEarned
CHINA IS DEVELOPING A NUCLEAR REACTOR FOR SPACE TRAVEL ‘100 TIMES MORE POWERFUL THAN NASA DEVICE’
NASA Wants to Put a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionsEarned
Biden Blames Others for His Own Energy Failures
No, Thanksgiving Isn’t About ‘Genocide And Violence’
The Omicron Variant Panic

Friday, November 26, 2021

World’s first 3-D printed prosthetic eye implanted in British patient
Poop transplant rejuvenates brain of old mice
Rush on the Radio: A Tribute from His Sidekick for 30 Years #CommissionsEarned
Project Hail Mary: A Novel #CommissionsEarned
Russian weapons test endangers the International Space Station
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Images Saturn From 56 Miles Above the Moon
Kayak on Titan? Soar past exoplanets? Epic new NASA video envisions future space travel
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond #CommissionsEarned
Webb Telescope Not Damaged Following Mounting Incident, NASA Says
Was there such a thing as a female Viking warrior?
Why transparent solar cells could replace windows in the near future

Thursday, November 25, 2021

WKRP in Cincinnati Turkey Drop

The infrastructure bill will make Elon Musk even richer than he already is

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, must think he's the luckiest man alive. Politicians in Washington, especially on the Left, constantly inveigh about how he and other billionaires need to pay their “fair share” in taxes. However, the recently passed infrastructure bill suggests some of those same politicians want Musk to be even richer than he already is. His net worth is more than $300 billion.

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Russian weapons test endangers the International Space Station
Alan Shepard’s daughter Laura Shepard Churchley and GMA co-anchor Michael Strahan to fly on NS-19 alongside four customers
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone: A Novel (Outlander) the latest in the Outlander series #CommissionsEarned
J.K. Rowling accuses trans activists of 'doxxing'
Israel, Jordan, UAE sign pivotal deal to swap solar energy, desalinated water or make money not war
Russian weapons test endangers the International Space Station
Decadal White Paper: Accelerating Martian and Lunar Science through SpaceX Starship Missions
Houston-based aerospace company lands $77.5 million deal with NASA for 2024 moon mission
9 Things to Know About NASA’s Armageddon Mission to Deflect an Asteroid
Gabriella's Holy War #CommissionEarned
An “incident” with the James Webb Space Telescope has occurred
Kyle Rittenhouse has every right to sue the media for defamation
John Kerry needs to go

Monday, November 22, 2021

The European Space Agency aims to launch its own astronauts into space in a new proposal
Why lithium-ion batteries have become dirt cheap: R&D
Our Journey Together by Former President Donald Trump #commissionearned
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin hires lobbyist with ties to Obama administration after space tax proposal
Rocket builder Astra reaches orbit for the first time
Gabriella's War (The Vampire Gabriella Book 4) #CommissionEarned
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Primed To Reveal Secrets of Galaxy’s Most Mysterious Planets
NASA Reveals Bold Plan to Put a Nuclear Reactor on The Moon Within 10 Years
Senate Democrats trying to sneak $10 billion payoff to Bezos’s Blue Origin in military budget

Sunday, November 21, 2021

Russian weapons test endangers the International Space Station

The Russian military tested an ASAT weapon recently, successfully destroying a dead satellite, called either Tselina-D or Cosmos 1408, launched almost 40 years ago, according to Ars Technica. The test created a debris field that directly endangered the International Space Station, including, ironically, two of Russia’s own cosmonauts. The crew of the ISS was forced to take emergency measures, closing hatches between some of the space station’s modules, putting on space suits and boarding the attached Russian Soyuz and American SpaceX Crew Dragon. The ISS crew would be ready to quickly evacuate the orbiting space lab in the event of a catastrophic collision.

Beto O’Rourke lends support to SpaceX expansion in South Texas with ‘necessary oversight’
Zap! NASA readies a new laser test to speed up space communications
Move the Olympics for Peng Shuai’s Sake

#CommissionEarned

Are CNN and MSNBC About to Make Kyle Rittenhouse Rich?
The Rittenhouse Peace Dividend
Plans To Dig the Biggest Lithium Mine in the US Face Mounting Opposition

Saturday, November 20, 2021

U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson announces retirement after almost 3 decades in Congress which is a good thing because Why does Rep. Johnson oppose NASA's commercial human landing system?
NASA wants to fly the obsolete Space Launch System for at least 30 years
An Absolutely Bonkers Plan to Give Mars an Artificial Magnetosphere
Wind Rider: A High Performance Magsail
Rian Johnson’s ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy Is Not Happening
NASA seeks ideas for a nuclear reactor on the moon
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #commissionsearned
Caligula's Gardens
New Covid Drugs Are Here—and They Could Change the Pandemic
Comrade Omarova vs. Margaret Thatcher

Friday, November 19, 2021

Court ruling describes rejection of Blue Origin HLS lawsuit
Sierra Space raises $1.4 billion
Bernie Sanders: "It is not acceptable that the two wealthiest people in this country, Mr. Musk and Mr. Bezos, take control of our space efforts to return to the Moon, [...]This is not something for two billionaires to be directing."
Space debris from a Russian missile test could disrupt Elon Musk's Starlink project to beam the internet from orbit
NASA: Space station remains at risk from weapons test debris
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Two Tales from the Coming Space Age #CommissionEarned
The technology we (or aliens) need for long-distance interstellar travel
Will Joe Manchin Stand His Ground on Inflation?
The Real Biden Bill: At Least $4.6 Trillion

Sunday, November 14, 2021

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NASA wants to fly the obsolete Space Launch System for at least 30 years

NASA recently revealed long-term plans for the Space Launch System (SLS), the monster rocket it has been working on since about 2010. The SLS has cost many billions of dollars, and NASA proposes to launch for the first time in February 2022. NASA would like to commercialize the SLS, fly it once a year for the Artemis Program, and pay half price for the privilege. The space agency wants to do this for at least the next 30 years.

Space companies forge alliance to reduce in-orbit debris by 2030
DART on Target – Six Questions with Mission Manager Clayton Kachele
Gabriella's Holy War #CommissionEarned
Jeff Bezos Makes ‘Out There’ Prediction About Humanity’s Future
Is Joe Biden the second coming of Herbert Hoover?
GOP sees advantage as redistricting hits half-way point

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Harris: France wants to join the Artemis Accords, a major space-exploration pact
Scientists Announce a Physical Warp Drive Is Now Possible. Seriously.
U.S. and France agree to expand cooperation on space issues
NASA's quest for a commercial space station
The Moon's Top Layer Has Enough Oxygen for 8 Billion People
Off-world colony simulation reveals changes in human communication over time with Earth
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionsEarned
NASA Tries to Save Hubble, Again
A Reasonable Alternative to COP26 and Preaching Climate Doom
Honor Veterans by Having the Will to Win a War