Friday, December 31, 2021

#CommissionEarned

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Monday, December 27, 2021

NASA 'looks to the heavens' for help: Agency enlists 24 theologians to assess how the world would react to the discovery of alien life on distant planets and how it might change our perception of gods and creation

Sunday, December 26, 2021

Elizabeth Warren goes to war against SpaceX's Elon Musk

As 2021 draws to a close, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has launched a Twitter attack against SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The attack capped a year during which SpaceX had operated a truly operational space line. The company also made great strides developing the Starship, a rocket that promises to revolutionize space travel, bringing both the moon and Mars within reach of astronauts.

To all who celebrate, Merry Christmas! And to you pagans (and you know who you are) Io Saturnalia!
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.

Saving Proxima #CommissionEarned

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.

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.

Saturday, December 11, 2021

House Divided: A Political Satire by Bruce Campbell #CommissionEarned
Children of Apollo #CommissiomEarned

Monday, December 06, 2021

Forget the China Virus. The Walking Dead just revealed the French Virus.
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 Biden Administration's new UNITED STATES SPACE PRIORITIES FRAMEWORK

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

Children of Apollo #CommissionsEarned