Sunday, July 31, 2022

Can NASA launch two Artemis missions to the moon per year?

The Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act, designed to create a domestic American microchip industry, also includes the bare bones of a NASA authorization bill. The NASA part of the CHIPS Act includes several provisions, not the least of which is a strongly worded suggestion concerning the launch rate for the Space Launch System (SLS).

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Ex-SpaceX Engineer Builds Martian Nuclear Reactor To Tackle Earth's Power Crisis
Tesla is about to launch customer pictures in space on SpaceX’s lunar orbiter mission
Children of Apollo #CommissionEarned
NASA's 'Moonikin' mannequin boards Orion spacecraft for Artemis 1 moon mission
Chinese rocket falls to Earth, NASA says Beijing did not share information
US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor design

Thursday, July 28, 2022

SEN. CRUZ ISSUES STATEMENT ON CHIPS-PLUS VOTE

Importantly, the bill also includes several provisions that I authored, including extending the International Space Station through 2030, furthering NASA’s exploration efforts, and creating a Moon to Mars Program, which will establish a specific office at NASA to focus solely on putting the boots of American explorers back on the Moon and eventually on Mars. The State of Texas, and especially the Johnson Space Center in Houston, will play an outsized role in making these goals a reality, of administering this new Moon to Mars Program, and ensuring NASA, and the United States, are successful in space exploration. The space provisions in this bill will bolster America’s leadership in space, and I was proud to fight for them."

Is China really plotting to take over the moon?

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson recently accused China of plotting a military takeover of the moon. He noted the several successful landings the Chinese have achieved on the lunar surface. Through its English-language mouthpiece, the Global Times, the Chinese Communist Party hotly denied any such ambitions and accused the United States of “hypocrisy” and harboring imperial ambitions of its own concerning Earth’s nearest neighbor.

NASA’s LRO Finds Lunar Pits Harbor Comfortable Temperatures
NASA and ESA remove rover from Mars Sample Return plans
The Moon Mars and Beyond #CommissionEarned
Russia reportedly tells NASA it’s staying with the International Space Station until at least 2028
LIFE NOT AS WE KNOW IT: PROBING THE NATURE OF DARK MATTER
What does the Webb telescope reveal about God?

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

INCONVENIENT FACTS by Gregory Wrightstone #CommissionEarned
Russia to Drop Out of International Space Station After 2024

Dmitry Rogozin’s firing will not save the Russian space program

Roman Space Telescope top challenge for new NASA astrophysics director
The rebirth of NASA
'Climate-Anxious' College Students Troubled By Pesticides Need A Science Lesson
Wokeism Is Collapsing On Itself
Why is America Going Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
Russia Will Miss the World Order Putin Upended
Supercharged biotech rice yields 40% more grain
A neuroscience image sleuth finds signs of fabrication in scores of Alzheimer’s articles, threatening a reigning theory of the disease

Sunday, July 24, 2022

Dmitry Rogozin’s firing will not save the Russian space program

The news that Dmitry Rogozin had been dismissed as director of Roscosmos, the state corporation that runs the Russian space program, was universally acclaimed in Western space policy circles. Rogozin’s history of making bellicose statements concerning Russia’s space partners has been a sore point even before his tenure at Roscosmos. However, his departure will not save the Russian space program from the systemic problems afflicting it.

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Wild 3D-printed space habitat prototype designed to fit inside SpaceX Starship lands in Switzerland
Will NASA rename the James Webb Space Telescope? A space expert explains the Lavender Scare controversy.
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
Get Ready For The 100 Year Long Climate "Emergency"
First Egyptian and Portuguese Astronauts to join Dude Perfect Cofounder on New Shepard’s 22nd Flight
A New Nuclear Power Alternative to Back Up Wind and Solar

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Octavia and the Undead War #CommissionEarned
Space Exploration and Need for National Optimism
Feds want to build massive wind farm larger than the City of Houston off the coast of Galveston
Making the Perfect Sandwich
NASA’s James Webb Telescope reveals the beauty of the universe
NASA authorization included in CHIPS Act
A New Private Moon Race Kicks Off Soon
Why is America Going Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
After 100 Years of Research, Autism Remains a Puzzle
Apollo 11 vs. space tourism in 2022
George Soros’s Conservative Renaissance

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

The SLS rocket finally has a believable launch date, and it’s soon

Restored Apollo 11 Moonwalk - Original NASA EVA Mission Video - Walking ...

On This Day: One giant leap for mankind in 1969 Moon landing
SpaceX Will Launch The New $3.2 Billion ‘Roman’ Space Telescope, Says NASA
Most Americans think NASA’s $10 billion space telescope is a good investment, poll finds
Why is It So Hard to Go Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
The second-greatest thing I ever saw was the moon landing
The Biggest Problem With Believing the Moon Landings Were Faked

Sorry, Candace Owens, but men really did walk on the moon

When the Chips Are Down, Congress Should Support the Semiconductor Industry

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Scientists aim to grow billions of stem cells aboard the International Space Station
Early data from mitochondrial transplantation study indicates longevity potential
White House won't talk about Manchin ... but they'll leak about him
Biden: Gas prices went down 50 cents. You're welcome.
Luna 25 launch could be delayed again over soft landing device — sources
NASA’s James Webb Telescope reveals the beauty of the universe
Two Companies Aim to Beat SpaceX to Mars With ‘Audacious’ Landing
NASA delays launch of rover designed to search and drill for water on the Moon
The Gabriella Novels #CommissionEarned
How steel in our buildings can generate clean energy
A New Method for Making Graphene has an Awesome Application: A Space Elevator!
The Global Nuclear Power Comeback

Sunday, July 17, 2022

NASA’s James Webb Telescope reveals the beauty of the universe

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is now operational. The latest space-based observatory, a joint effort by NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency, has returned the first images of the vast universe.

One reason why many are fascinated with space is that the universe is beautiful. Who has seen images of stars, nebulae, galaxies, planets and even moons and has not felt awe?

Michael Pena To Star as Farmworker/Astronaut in Amazon’s ‘A Million Miles Away’
Family Hopes to Send 11-Year-Old Son's Ashes to the Moon to Make His 'Greatest Dream' Come True
Putin’s missiles an ‘arsenal of accidents’ as new ‘Star Wars’ space threat emerges
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned
The real-world consequences of green extremism
Bruce Willis Returns To Nakatomi Plaza From ‘Die Hard’ In Poignant Social Media Post
‘Ultimate Space Telescope’ Review: Pictures of Space

Friday, July 15, 2022

New drug treats cataracts without the need for surgery
Russia ousts boisterous space chief Dmitry Rogozin or don't let the trampoline hit you on your way out
SpaceX May Attempt Booster Catch During Starship’s First Orbital Launch
NASA division proposing program to send scientists to ISS
Tesla tries to help Texas grid amid heat wave with its cars until it can with Powerwalls
Putin’s Ukraine War Is Not About NATO, But Dead Imperial Dreams
Why is America Going Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
Electric cars are doomed if fast charger reliability doesn’t get better
Biden’s Problem Is Deeper Than Pessimism
Satellite Imaging, Not Tourism, Is the Modern Space Race

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

We visited the world’s biggest carbon capture plant, which just signed a 10-year deal with Microsoft
China to target near-Earth object 2020 PN1 for asteroid deflection mission
NASA sees JWST success helping win agency support and funding
Space and America’s future
An ICAO for the Moon: It’s time for an International Civil Lunar Organization
Tesla tries to help Texas grid amid heat wave with its cars until it can with Powerwalls
An astrophysicist breaks down what NASA's Webb telescope tells us about our universe
A needed nuclear option for climate change
Liz Cheney Epitomizes Never Trumpers’ Betrayal Of Our Nation
Why is It So Hard to Go Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
SpaceX starts testing its Super Heavy booster, and it’s “not good”
Putin and the UFO Sightings
Boston biotech Verve tests ‘CRISPR 2.0′ in a patient for the first time

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Why Health Care Needs More of the Free Market, Not Less
First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope
Fighter jets with fricken laser beams.
Japanese startup to demo robotic arm onboard ISS in 2023
Survey shows unsettling ignorance of space — how to change that
Musk says time for Trump to 'hang up his hat' and 'sail into the sunset'
'Unique' as breakfast tacos: Jill Biden roasted over 'LatinX IncluXion' luncheon
Fireball briefly engulfs SpaceX's huge Starship booster during test
Japan Wants to Bring Artificial Gravity to the Moon
China is Considering a Nuclear-Powered Mission to Neptune
Richard Branson won the space tourism battle, but his company lost the war
Webb’s first image reveals fine details of galaxies from billions of years ago
The Gabriella Novels #CommissionEarned
Britain’s Conservatives Rise Above Identity Politics
GOP Gambit Could Help U.S. Energy Producers Build Back Better
Germany’s Nuclear-Power Implosion

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Is China planning to take over the moon?

Survey shows unsettling ignorance of space — how to change that

We now have sobering insights on the knowledge people have about the benefits of space. British satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat just released a survey of 20,000 people in 11 countries.

This Albatross-Like Plane Could One Day Fly Over Mars
Trump lambasts Lisa Murkowski while stumping for Sarah Palin at Alaska rally
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned
NASA's head warned that China may try to claim the Moon – two space scholars explain why that's unlikely to happen
NASA to showcase Webb space telescope's first full-color images
Administration weighs options for Alaska drilling project that would produce 629M barrels of oil

Saturday, July 09, 2022

NASA Shares List of Cosmic Targets for Webb Telescope’s First Images
What Israel can teach California about water sustainability

The State of Israel is another part of the world that is located partly in a desert. The first Jewish immigrants approached water scarcity in a far different way than the current California governing class. They built projects that dealt with the problem instead of engaging in endless wrangles over the issue. According to Israel21C the Jewish state now produces 20 percent more water than it needs.

Elon Musk says he's upping childcare benefits at Tesla, SpaceX and his other companies
Dead solar panels are about to become a lot more valuable
The Moon Mars and Beyond #CommissionEarned
Satellites spot construction of Russian anti-satellite laser facility: report
Shinzo Abe and Japan’s Revival
Musk terminates agreement to buy Twitter

Friday, July 08, 2022

First 12 Things Trump Will Do When He Inevitably Returns To Power
Use Synesthesia to Help You Spell
NASA's innovative Saturn V rocket to launch onto 2024 US dollar coin
What's Actually Under The Moon's Surface, According To NASA
NASA reveals ‘astonishing’ discovery about Bennu asteroid
Taking Out the Trash on the International Space Station Just Got a Lot Easier
RINGO CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY WITH HIS ANNUAL PEACE & LOVE CAMPAIGN, BEAMING MESSAGE OF PEACE INTO THE UNIVERSE
Why is America Going Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
Why Liz Cheney is in a lot of trouble in Wyoming
The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson
Even the Webb telescope’s engineering test images manage to wow

Thursday, July 07, 2022

Magnetic bandages with stem cells to be used to repair worn joints and mend broken bones
A Tale of Two Latinas
The importance of CAPSTONE: First mission of NASA’s return to the moon
U.S. and China in new space race as journey to moon intensifies
NASA sounding rockets blasting off to assess Alpha Centauri habitability
How AI Will Change Medicine Forever
Without a Major Shift in U.S. Energy Policy, European Resistance to Russian Aggression and the Transatlantic Relationship Are at Risk
We need another particle accelerator. Don’t let these 5 myths fool you
Why is It So Hard to Go Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
The West Needs an Arms Race
Gavin Newsom’s 2024 Presidential Campaign Has Begun
The Global Search for Energy Security

Wednesday, July 06, 2022

CAPSTONE Update: Communications Re-Established
First commercially viable lithium metal battery solid state charges in just 15 minutes
Tom Hanks Reacts to Tim Allen’s ‘Lightyear’ Absence: “I Don’t Understand That”
Personalised cancer vaccine trials produce 'really hopeful' results
Some Public Policy Text Books #CommissionEarned
Yes, You CAN Blame Biden For High Energy Prices
Aliens could send quantum messages to Earth, calculations suggest
Children of Apollo #CommissionEarned
CAPSTONE! PHONE HOME!
Give Ukraine the Weapons It Needs
Upgraded LHC begins epic run to search for new physics

Monday, July 04, 2022

A Simple Editing Process
From Hot Air: Happy Independence Day to all of our readers!
Happy Independence Day!
Sticking to a Writing Habit
'We Must Be Very Concerned About China Landing on the Moon', Warns NASA Administrator
Check out the 33 Raptor engines on SpaceX’s next-gen rocket
Flight of the Grey Falcon #CommissionEarned
NASA is developing swimming robots to look for alien life
‘Straight ahead misdirection’: Bezos renews feud with Biden over gas prices
Gaganyaan mission can't happen this year or next year, focus fully on safety aspects: Isro chief

Sunday, July 03, 2022

The importance of CAPSTONE: First mission of NASA’s return to the moon

The first mission of NASA’s Artemis program, CAPSTONE, is on its way to the moon. The mission of the microwave-sized probe is to test the peculiar elliptical orbit around the moon that is planned for the Lunar Gateway, a facility that has come under some criticism. It will also test deep-space navigation technology, using the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter that has been in service since 2009. However, CAPSTONE’s real importance is the launch company that sent it on its way.

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The Angry Astronaut responds to my critique of the Lunar Gateway. His solution to the lunar lander gap I cites resides deep inside his video.
Freedom from CRT: State bans on critical race theory start in time for July Fourth
Seven in ten Americans to Biden: Get out
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
China might be contemplating a 'takeover' of the Moon, says NASA administrator
Starlink on the go? What a new FCC ruling means for SpaceX internet service on moving vehicles
NASA calls ‘mystery’ rocket crash on moon highly unusual

Saturday, July 02, 2022

From Chantal: Why I Am Happy My Story Did Not Win Post of the Month
Why America First Loves Israel

Superman V Battle of The Deathstar EXTENDED EDITION

It’s time for NASA to cancel the Lunar Gateway
NASA's tiny CAPSTONE probe continues spiraling out toward the moon
FCC authorizes SpaceX to provide mobile Starlink internet service to boats, planes and trucks
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #commissionearned
NASA reports 'significant progress' in rescuing Lucy asteroid spacecraft's solar array
Hispanic Republicans Have Democrats Seeing Red in Texas
Cancel Culture Goes to Washington

Friday, July 01, 2022

I Hold Your Hand in Mine (Student Film)

The Secrets of Covid ‘Brain Fog’ Are Starting to Lift
Here’s What The Jan. 6 Show Trials Are Really After
Yes, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft really could fly astronauts this year
A Sensor Sniffs for Cancer, Using Artificial Intelligence
Carbon capture down on the farm could give Biden an opportunity

MIT Technology Review recently related another carbon capture project that recruits agriculture for the task of fighting climate change. A research group out of Berkeley, California, called the Innovative Genomics Institute is using a gene-editing tool called CRISPR to alter food plants to absorb more carbon dioxide, further decreasing the amount in the atmosphere. As a happy side effect, the researchers believe that the altered food crops would grow faster, thus increasing crop yields.

NASA scientists test technology that could help sustain life on the moon
Where will NASA set up its moon base?
The Jan. 6 Committee Is Causing Never Trumpers To Lose Their Minds
The Moon Mars and Beyond #CommissionEarned
Russia’s Snake Island Retreat
The Supreme Court Restores a Constitutional Climate
Biochemistry Researchers Repair and Regenerate Heart Muscle Cells