Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Japan to Extract Rare Earths From Seabed Starting 2024
Is the right winning the comedy wars?
New chapter for physical retail: Barnes & Noble is growing — including in former Amazon Books spots
Senate passes orbit debris cleanup bill
Elon Musk says around 100 Starlinks now active in Iran
Earth's Orbit Is About to Get More Crowded
Water pipe robots could stop billions of litres leaking
The Moon Mars and Beyond #CommissionEarned
Gold Nanoparticles Encapsulated Resveratrol as an Anti-Aging Agent to Delay Cataract Development
The Christmas Electric Grid Emergency
NIH researchers use 3D bioprinting to create eye tissue

Sunday, December 25, 2022

For all who celebrate, have a Merry Christmas!
Why did Nigeria and Rwanda sign NASA’s Artemis Accords?

Nigeria and Rwanda are the first African countries to sign NASA’s Artemis Accords, an agreement between 23 nations to adhere to a set of rules regarding space exploration and the economic development of other worlds. Participation in the NASA-led Artemis program not a prerequisite for signing the Artemis Accords. However, American officials strongly implied that the two countries would, in due course, become partners in the effort to return astronauts to the moon and eventually to Mars.

Saturday, December 24, 2022

Christmas in space: How Apollo 8 mission saved 1968

Apollo 8's Christmas Eve 1968 Message

Pussy Riot Releases Provocative Anti-War Song & Video Hailing Putin & His Supporters As A Terrorist Regime
How Accounts of Near-Death Experiences Improved My Life in 2022
Aliens haven't contacted Earth yet because there's no sign of intelligence here, study claims
SpaceX Enlists in the U.S. Space Force
NASA’s Pluto Spacecraft Begins New Mission at the Solar System’s Edge
Black Hole Tears Apart Unlucky Star – NASA Gets Unusually Close View of Dramatic Destruction
Ten Times The Webb Telescope Blew Us Away This Year
Why is It So Hard to Go Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
New battery is cheaper than lithium-ion with four times the capacity
What was the Star of Bethlehem?
3D-Printed Eye Tissue From Stem Cells Could Lead to Breakthrough in Treating Degenerative Eye Diseases

Friday, December 23, 2022

South Korean pharma invests $50 million in Axiom Space
From Roth IRA to Brokerage Account — Manage Your Investments as Your Career Progresses
The Brutal Alternate World in Which the U.S. Abandoned Ukraine
Moon Water Imager Integrated With NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer
How SpaceX Alumni Are Building the Next Generation of Space Startups
Musk and Starship are now at center stage in NASA’s moon landing hopes
Early results from NASA's DART mission
NASA requests information on Hubble reboost options
The Gabriella Novels #CommissionEarned
NASA and Russia weigh options for astronaut return after spacecraft leak
Stem Cells Injection Successfully Treated New Born Baby's Congenital Heart Disease
Artificial DNA can kill cancer

Thursday, December 22, 2022

Gaganyaan: ISRO to launch India's 1st human space flight mission in 2024
ESA to invite companies to connect with the Moon
What it would take to discover life on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus
Chinese Mission to Pluck Samples from Moon's Far Side Just Got More Interesting
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover just dropped its 1st sample on the Martian surface
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
THE U.S. AIR FORCE IS PREPARING TO UNLEASH HYPERSONIC MAYHEM
What sort of ethics would aliens practice?
Stem cell innovation provides new hope for congenital heart disease
Mr. Zelensky Goes to Washington

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

It seems that a friend of Chantal's and mine, Liz Patton, passed away last night. Our hearts are on the ground.

The note posted on Liz's Facebook: "Good evening Everyone. I regret to inform you that Liz Patton has passed away. We have little information at this time, however it appears she passed away in her sleep.

"Any memorial services will be shared via Facebook.

"Liz will be forever missed, and we are blessed for having been a part of her life. Please send any prayers and energy to those working through this difficult time."

What enabled the big boost in fusion energy announced this week?
After Russia’s exit from the Lunar Gateway, NASA has found a new partner in UAE
Bill Nelson came to NASA to do two things, and he’s all out of bubblegum
Cellular ‘glue’ can regenerate tissues, heal wounds and regrow nerves
The Moon Mars and Beyond #CommissionEarned
Is TikTok a National Security Risk?
‘Toothless Language’: Pro-Energy Groups Call On Congressional Leaders To Reject Manchin’s Energy Bill
Scientists get first-ever sound recording of dust devils (tiny tornadoes of dust, grit) on Mars

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Nigeria and Rwanda: First African Nations Sign the Artemis Accords

In living memory, the only news to come out of Nigeria and Rwanda has been mass death by genocide and starvation. That the Artemis program is going to turn those two countries into space powers is mind boggling and wonderful.

A Milanese friar mentions North America in 1345 text, 150 years before Columbus
Mesmerizing wall turbines could revamp urban renewable energy
After Russia’s exit from the Lunar Gateway, NASA has found a new partner in UAE
NASA official “very confident” Artemis spacesuits will be ready on time
NASA starts thinking how to build a moon base
Fifty years after Apollo 17, why have we not gone back to the moon?
Successful End of NASA Moon Mission Shifts Attention to SpaceX
NASA green-lights asteroid-hunting space telescope for 2028 launch
Why is America Going Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
The Moon is back within reach
Why Iran’s Protests Could Topple the Regime
A Fusion Energy Breakthrough? Watch Live as US Scientists Make Major Announcement

Sunday, December 11, 2022

The BBC is going to interview me about the Orion splashdown and the conclusion of the Artemis 1 mission. I'll post the recording when it becomes available.
The mission of Artemis 1 had concluded successfully with the splashdown of the Orion capsule. After all of the aggravating cost overruns and schedule delays, NASA and its partners made it look easy. For all of you who have never seen a moonwalk in life, this is just the foretaste of something wonderful.
NASA starts thinking how to build a moon base

NASA, as it prepares to return humans to the lunar surface for the first time in over 50 years, is thinking about building a place for them to live. The Apollo astronauts only needed the lunar module to rest between moon walks. The Artemis astronauts, who will eventually stay on the moon for months at a time, will need more roomy facilities.

NASA’s Lunar Flashlight hitching ride to moon on SpaceX rocket
NASA chief says U.S. will beat China in race to the moon
The Gabriella Novels #CommissionEarned
Byron York says Biden’s legislative agenda is ‘pretty much dead’
The Twitter Files THE REMOVAL OF DONALD TRUMP
Tom Hanks Just Schooled Celebrities Like The Kardashian’s What A REAL Hollywood Star Is Supposed To Do

Friday, December 09, 2022

Fifty years after Apollo 17, why have we not gone back to the moon?

Fifty years ago on Dec. 14, Gene Cernan, the commander of Apollo 17, spoke the last words a human being has spoken on the moon’s surface: “As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and, God willing, we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.”

ernan’s wish has yet to be fulfilled. Indeed, he departed this life before human beings could return to the moon. The Artemis Project promises that, at long last, human footsteps will tread the lunar surface once again after over five decades. But why has it taken so long?

Japanese billionaire unveils the 8 artists he'll fly to the moon on SpaceX's Starship dearMoon flight
NASA drawing on Apollo to design Artemis moonwalkers' tools
The 7 wonders of the solar system
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommiaaionEarned
New Potential for Reversing Aging: Scientists Discover Changes in Aging Stem Cells
Elon Musk Slashes Bureaucracy, Giving Twitter a Chance to Soar
TWITTER’S SECRET BLACKLISTS

Wednesday, December 07, 2022

Efforts to develop safer, cheaper nuclear reactors advance
SpaceX plans December 11 for UAE's Rashid rover launch
Reflections: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on the Artemis I Mission
Apollo 17: Voyage of the last moonwalkers
Bezos’ space company teams with Lockheed, Boeing for NASA moon lander pitch
Thriving on Mars
Almost a year after launch and five months into its mission, JWST has been working non-stop, peering into space and discovering the unexpected.
Scientists Propose New, Faster Method of Interstellar Space Travel
Why is America Going Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
How nuclear waste will help spacecraft explore the Moon — and beyond
Tim Cook’s Bad Day on China
The Urgency of Republicans’ Leaving Trump Behind

Sunday, December 04, 2022

Joint mission: Japan, UAE, NASA and SpaceX head to the moon

With the NASA-led Artemis 1 mission to the moon still ongoing and the Capstone probe collecting information on the moon’s orbit, a joint Japanese, UAE, SpaceX mission is scheduled to launch a probe tasked with landing on the lunar surface. The Japanese lander, the Hakuto-R M1, will take a UAE rover, dubbed “Rashid,” to the lunar surface, with landing scheduled for March 2023. Rashid is designed to snap pictures of the lunar surface and examine its electrically charged environment. The launch has been delayed due to ongoing problems with the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Putin Delivers an Interesting Response to Report He Fell Down the Stairs and Defecated on Himself
A dystopian Canadian infomercial presents euthanasia as an aspirational lifestyle choice and if green protein rich waffers start showing up at Canadian super market shelves, we'll know that life is really imitating art.
Scientist Proposes Building a 50 Acre 'Forest Bubble' on Mars
SpaceX rolls out new business line focused on military satellite services
Why is It So Hard to Go Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
Scientists Simulate a Wormhole, NASA’s Moon Infrastructure, China’s Space Station Crew
Detransitioner who had breasts removed says she is suing doctors who approved surgery
Censorship by surrogate: Why Musk’s document dump could be a game changer

Saturday, December 03, 2022

The director of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny denies the rumors that the movie will erase Indy from history and replace him with a woman. Of course, the article also goes into full woke mode by calling such rumors "misogynist" and even suggests that even if the rumors were true it wouldn't matter since we will still have the first four moviews. Woke Hollywood really needs to stop disrespecting its audience.
Both Chantal and I found Tiktok apps on our phones even though we never downloaded them. Everyone might check their phones and, if they find the app, uninstall that Red Chines spyware.
Who owns the moon?
SpaceX Plans to Beat NASA in Launching the Biggest Rocket Ever
NASA’s Artemis splashdown will put Orion through a nail-biting test
For over 400 years, she has walked the night. The Gabriella Novels #CommissionEarned
ASA’s Viking 1 may have landed at the site of an ancient Martian megatsunami
Positively Charged Nanomaterials Treat Obesity Anywhere You Want
Pentagon debuts its new stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider

Friday, December 02, 2022

‘Biden Team’ Requested Twitter Scrub Scandalous Hunter Biden Info Days before 2020 Election

Indiana Jones 5 Trailer - The Rumours Were True

James Webb Space Telescope view of Saturn's weirdest moon Titan thrills scientists
Macron to Kamala Harris: Take my man to the moon
SpaceX gets U.S. approval to deploy up to 7,500 satellites
A’s historic moon mission enters the final leg of its journey
Ancient killer asteroid created a megatsunami on Mars
The most awesome aerospace innovations of 2022
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
Xi Jinping Approaches Multiple Points of No Return
Ukraine Needs Patriot Batteries for Better Missile Defense
Did physicists create a wormhole in a quantum computer?

Thursday, December 01, 2022

All the Actually Important Stuff Neuralink Just Announced

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Official Trailer

Judith Curry: Relax, there is no climate emergency!

SpaceX delays launch of Japanese moon lander again, citing rocket issues
At NASA, France's Macron and US vow strong space cooperation
China and NASA are racing to the moon. Side-by-side photos hint NASA has the edge, but China's secrecy makes the race hard to call.
Artemis 1 moon rocket aced its debut launch, NASA says
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned
Should We Build a Nature Reserve on Mars?
CAR T cell therapy reaches beyond cancer

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Event: Everything Revealed in 10 Minutes

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

South Korean leader eyes “landing on moon in 2032, Mars in 2045”
SpaceX fires up 11 engines as it prepares massive rocket for orbital test
Building on the moon: NASA awards Texas company $57 million for lunar construction system
Orion flies far beyond the Moon, returns an instantly iconic photo
DeSantis Brings the Fire Over Apple Threats to Twitter and Elon Musk
New Study Finds That Vitamin D Could Help Extend Your Life
AI Predicts Heart Disease Risk Using Single X-Ray
Mass producing biodegradable stem cell therapy microrobots
The Moon Mars and Beyond #CommissionEarned
Dinner at Hate for Donald Trump, Nick Fuentes and Kanye West
Zero-Covid and Xi Jinping’s Deal With the Devil
China launches 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station for 1st crew handover

Sunday, November 27, 2022

Artemis 1 is a triumph for NASA and the world

NASA’s heavy lift Space Launch System (SLS) has certainly faced criticism. It is too expensive and too complex. The SLS is also not a sustainable rocket for sending people back to the moon.

All of those criticisms are valid. However, NASA’s monster rocket has just sent an uncrewed Orion space capsule around the moon. The launch of the Artemis 1 mission is an eloquent answer to the critics, at least in the short term.

The Clear-Headed Ronald Reagan
This Foreign Company Wants To Mine Massive Amounts of Lithium in Nevada. First, It Must Overcome Its China Problem.
She has walked the night for over 400 years. The Gabriella Novels #CommissionEarned
Living on the moon — what will it look like?
SpaceX launches tomato seeds, other supplies to International Space Station
Planetary defense: NASA's arsenal for protecting Earth from potential killer asteroids

Friday, November 25, 2022

Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story #CommissionEarned
MUSK VOWS TO BLOW THE LID OFF 2020 BIDEN LAPTOP STORY
Biden Admin Quietly Greenlights Plan to Build Huge Gulf Oil Terminal
Europe Names World’s First Disabled Astronaut
China To Build Nuclear Powered Base At Moon
King of rockets, NASA’s SLS could soon be usurped by SpaceX’s Starship
NASA’s Orion spacecraft snaps a selfie on its journey beyond the far side of the moon
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
What If the Dinosaurs Hadn't Gone Extinct?
School Choice Made Big Gains During the Covid Pandemic
Herschel Walker Can Become the Republicans’ Defensive MVP

Monday, November 21, 2022

Cancer patients test world’s first ‘computer-designed’ antibodies, made in Israel
Orion completes lunar flyby maneuver
Simplify Your Thanksgiving — Make Finger Sandwiches
SpaceX to launch Japanese moon lander, UAE rover on Nov. 28
Nasa's Artemis spacecraft set to reach the Moon
Engineers solve a mystery on the path to smaller, lighter batteries
Why is America Going Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
One Man’s Trash Is Another’s Clean Fuel
Elon Musk Can Save Twitter—and Democracy
Republicans Need an Economic Growth Agenda

Sunday, November 20, 2022

Challenger debris discovery reminds us that space exploration can cost lives

Recently, a group of divers looking for the wreckage of World War II aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean came upon some of the debris of the space shuttle Challenger. The discovery reminded us of the disaster that happened before the eyes of the world on Jan. 28, 1986. It also reminded us that the cost of space exploration is measured in lives lost as well as money spent.

The Future of Mars Exploration Belongs to Helicopters
From Apollo to Artemis: 50 years on, is it time to go back to the moon?
Why is It So Hard to Go Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
Artemis: Nasa expects humans to live on Moon this decade
Real takeaway from the midterms: Republicans closing the gap in traditional blue states
Why DeSantis is shrugging off Trump — for now

Saturday, November 19, 2022

I'm informed that science fiction author Greg Bear has suffered a massive stroke and will be taken off life support soon. All prayers for him, his wife Astrid, and their entire family.
The politics of moon mining
A Magical Harry Potter Yule Ball in Houston
3 things NASA is testing for its future moon base camp
NASA, Japan Announce Gateway Contributions, Space Station Extension
It's official: NASA won't rename James Webb Space Telescope
NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission: Live updates
The Gabriella Novels #CommissionEarned
Secret Signs Show Putin’s Own Henchmen Are Turning on Him
Scientists find new drug for reducing blood cholesterol
Vertical Farming Needs to Grow More Than Salad

Friday, November 18, 2022

Japanese lunar lander slated to launch Nov. 28 at the earliest
Why is Ed Markey threatening Elon Musk?

Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) is the latest left-leaning politician to become annoyed with Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, Tesla, and Twitter. The tiff started with a Twitter exchange. It may end with a blatant abuse of power.

NASA calls test of inflatable heat shield a success
A Lab-Grown-Meat Startup Gets the FDA’s Stamp of Approval
What Would Asteroid Mining do to the World's Economy?
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
Vaccine shown to prolong life of patients with aggressive brain cancer
Who Is the Next Ronald Reagan?
Pristine meteorite found within hours of hitting Earth

Thursday, November 17, 2022

We Are Going to the Moon
Lyft Aspired to Kill Car Ownership. Now It Aims to Profit From It
Yale uses ML based PRECISION model for personalized treatment for Hypertension

LIVE View Artemis I Orion Flying Over The Moon

This operation could cure prostate cancer in just one hour using targeted electrical currents
Orion Begins Checkouts, Completes First Service Module Course Correction Burn
SpaceX Is Recruiting People To Live And Work At Its Starbase In Texas
SpaceX fans should stand behind NASA and support Artemis
NASA’s Webb Catches Fiery Hourglass as New Star Forms
Children of Apollo #CommissionEarned
Constructively disruptive – tackling atherosclerosis through disease reversal
Can Trump Change His Stripes?
Artemis I Paves the Way Back to the Moon by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Is tonight the night that NASA’s massive SLS rocket finally takes flight?
Throwing soup at paintings doesn’t seem to do much for climate change
This Massive ‘Sand Battery’ Can Store Excess Solar and Wind Energy for Months
Booster 7 resumes static fire testing as SpaceX ramps up Starship production
NASA clears Artemis 1 moon rocket for Nov. 16 launch despite storm damage
Nuclear Fusion Experiment Reveals Unexpected Physics Inside ‘Burning Plasma’
See Hubble’s most beautiful star-forming image ever
The Moon Mars and Beyond #CommissionEarned
World’s largest solar telescope array is now complete
To Beat Trump, Republicans Should Embrace Trumpism
In the Ukraine War, Victory Is the Only Option

Sunday, November 13, 2022

NASA war-games an asteroid impact disaster and it goes badly

NASA and a number of other federal, state and local organizations war-gamed an asteroid impact on Winston-Salem, North Carolina, according to Scientific American. The scenario depicted an asteroid measuring 70 meters in diameter being detected shortly before it entered the Earth’s atmosphere. The asteroid would explode eight miles above the city with a force of a 10-megaton nuclear bomb. The explosion would lay the city and surrounding areas waste, with casualties in the thousands.

The exercise presented a number of sobering conclusions.

Space Force ship lands in Florida following record 908-day mission
First private firm flies to the Moon to mine dust
Mini Starship? Chinese startup wants to make its own version of SpaceX Mars rocket
Why is It So Hard to Go Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
NASA prepares for Artemis I launch despite hurricane damage
A GOP-run House will fix inflation simply by stopping Biden’s enormous spending
Saying bye-bye to Beto

Friday, November 11, 2022

Blood Stem Cell Transplant Could Reboot Immune System in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
This Personalized Crispr Therapy Is Designed To Attack Tumors
At a rigged press conference the day after the midterms, President Biden praised election integrity, mocked Republican ‘red wave’ that didn’t happen and was given a list of 10 friendly reporters to call on. I was not one of them
Could electrical stimulation and robot-assisted exercise reverse paralysis? New results are a resounding ‘yes!’
NASA investigating “very minor” Artemis hurricane damage
British missile-killing laser is successfully tested
China’s Emulating SpaceX’s Designs to Build a Reusable Megarocket
NASA's tiny CAPSTONE moon probe gearing up for lunar arrival on Nov. 13
NASA's inflatable flying saucer aces Mars heat shield reentry test
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
CRISPR cancer trial success paves the way for personalized treatments
Mike Pence: My Last Days With Donald Trump
The School-Choice Election Wave

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

From Japan to Iceland, futuristic vertical farms are starting to bloom
They made a material that doesn't exist on Earth. That's only the start of the story.
The World Just Moved Even Closer to a Real, Working Warp Drive
How NASA is upgrading the International Space Station’s ancient power system
We Need to Intercept Our Next Interstellar Visitor to See If It's Artificial, Astronomers Say in New Study
The Moon Mars and Beyond #CommissionEarned
NASA will leave its $4.1 billion rocket outside as Nicole approaches Florida
Republicans Fighting to Secure Narrow House Majority as Bid for Senate Control Stalls
The DeSantis Florida Tsunami

Tuesday, November 08, 2022

Has Cleopatra's tomb been FOUND?
Lab-grown blood given to people in world-first clinical trial
Dems’ disastrous crime fail, Libs’ hysteria over Twitter and other commentary

“NASA generates $71.2 billion in total economic output, maintains 339,600 jobs across the nation and generates close to $7.7 billion in federal, state and local tax revenues,” cheers Mark Whittington at The Hill. Since its 2021 budget was $23.3 billion, that’s a “hefty return on investment.” But non-financial payoffs are bigger: In winning the race to the moon, the Apollo program hastened the collapse of the “Soviet Union because it spooked the Kremlin about American technological prowess.” Now a successful Artemis Alliance uniting US allies in a space exploration could create “a prosperous, peaceful world” and also prevent a “Chinese space hegemony.” Add the gains for science, and the benefit from supporting NASA “is the long-term increase of knowledge, prosperity and peace for the human race.”

Why is America Going Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
Biden’s Closing Argument: Higher Energy Prices
Israel’s Right-Wing Coalition Gets the Cold Shoulder From Biden
A GOP Game Plan: Get Federal Spending Under Control