Monday, October 31, 2022

Scientists discover far-off threat in ‘planet killer’ asteroid
ERCOT renewable energy: reality check
AI and biobanks could open the way to longevity treatments
Lunar landing restored for Artemis 4 mission
AI-controlled robotic laser can target and kill cockroaches
Russia Says It Could Target U.S. Commercial Satellites in Ukraine War
This Japanese Startup Wants to Become the Moon’s Very Own FedEx
Why is It So Hard to Go Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
NASA studying UFOs won’t prove alien life exists. They should do it anyway
China’s space station is almost complete — how will scientists use it?
UFO ‘Mystery’ Shouldn’t Drag On

Saturday, October 29, 2022

"The Friendly Ghost" (Casper)- Benedict reviews #22

NASA study calls for Apollo site protection among lunar surface ops policies
SpaceX hasn't flown a Falcon Heavy rocket since 2019. Here's why.
White House vows action if Russia targets U.S. satellites like SpaceX
Venus-bound NASA instrument preparing to brave the harsh atmosphere
NASA won't cancel Psyche asteroid mission, targets October 2023 launch

Previous: NASA might cancel mission to massive ‘gold mine asteroid’ — here’s why it shouldn’t

A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
The Next Great Tech Bull Market Has Begun
NASA’s InSight Lander Detects Stunning Meteoroid Impact on Mars
James Webb telescope's ghostly 'Pillars of Creation'

Friday, October 28, 2022

An ocean on Mars: New evidence shows the Red Planet hosted an ancient, massive ocean
The Cost To Travel To the Moon, Mars and Beyond
SpaceX Usurps Boeing as NASA’s Second-Biggest Private Partner
New Report: NASA’s Economic Benefit Reaches All 50 States
NASA Releases Report on Policy Matters in Upcoming Moon Missions
Olive Oil Linked to Significantly Lower Mortality
Children of Apollo #CommissionEarned
Midterms Are a Time for Choosing for Republicans
Rishi Sunak Won’t Allow Fracking
Everything Elon Musk wants to change about Twitter

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

New short film to celebrate 50 years since 'Last Man on the Moon' landed
Why SpaceX private astronauts will have these creepy Terminator-like cyborg eyes
ISS partners weigh options for using commercial space stations
Space Force to seek budget boost beyond 2023, China’s capabilities are ‘close to ours’
Sending DNA-infused Space Crystals to the moon
SpaceX bests Boeing to become NASA’s largest for-profit vendor
Maybe We Don’t See Aliens Because Nobody Wants to Come Here
The ISS has had to maneuver yet again from Russian satellite debris
Scientists Manufacture ‘Living Blood Vessel’
How scientists want to make you young again
PA Senate Debate an UTTER DISASTER for Fetterman
The Moon Mars and Beyond #CommissionEarned
Bernie Sanders and the Inflation Blame Game
The GOP’s 2022 Midterm Slate Is More Diverse Than Ever
The ‘Anti-Navy’ the U.S. Needs Against the Chinese Military

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

How quantum computing could solve our huge climate and energy challenges
5 climate technologies you’ve probably never heard of – but could someday be on investor radars
Justice Corrupted by Sen Ted Cruz #CommissionEarned
Renowned Arecibo telescope won’t be rebuilt — and astronomers are heartbroken
SpaceX to launch Europe’s next deep space telescope, first asteroid orbiter
NASA’s big plan: Move ahead on Artemis program as first launch nears
The Truth About How Climate Change Affects Hurricanes
Why is America Going Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
Is a new anomaly affecting the entire Universe?
Vice President Biden’s Greatest Blunder
HBO's 'House of the Dragon' Inspired by Real Medieval Struggle

Monday, October 24, 2022

Climate Protesters Interrupt ‘The View,’ Whoopi Shuts Them Down In Short Order
Firefly Aerospace Adds Former NASA Administrator James Bridenstine to its Advisory Board
CNN Exclusive: After Ukraine, Biden administration turns to Musk’s satellite internet for Iran
Jane Fonda block walks in Houston for endangered Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo
Early Life on Mars May've Wiped Out Early Life on Mars, a New Study Suggests
Why is It So Hard to Go Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
Four Ways to Spot Hints of Alien Life Using the James Webb Space Telescope
200 Frozen Heads and Bodies Await Revival at This Arizona Cryonics Facility
New data transmission record set using a single laser and a single optical chip

Sunday, October 23, 2022

William Shatner doesn’t much like space travel

About a year ago Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and CEO of Blue Origin, had what seemed to be the brilliant idea of sending Shatner on a suborbital hop on the New Shepard rocket. Indeed, Shatner gushed in awe and wonder about the experience at the time.

That was then. Now, Shatner has just published his latest memoir, “Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder.” He says that his experience of flying into space was depressing.

Unlimited Power: Nuclear Diamond Batteries Run For Over 20,000 Years
Hospital Productivity Growth Is Flatlining But More Competition Would Revive It
Yes, climate change is bad — but scientists must ‘chill’ when it comes to doomsday scenarios, experts say
The red wave is building
The Gabriella Novels #CommissionEarned
This Bill Would Sanction Iran’s Leaders for Human Rights Crimes. Not a Single Democrat Supports It
Biden wants SpaceX to beam internet to Iran amid uprising
The asteroid NASA crashed into looks like a comet now, with a forked tail, Hubble image reveals

Saturday, October 22, 2022

China moon mission samples upend theories of lunar volcanism
Starlink signals can be reverse-engineered to work like GPS—whether SpaceX likes it or not
NASA UFO study team includes former astronaut, scientists and more
GRAVITATIONAL PROPULSION: COULD WE TRAVEL THROUGH SPACE BY MANIPULATING DARK ENERGY?
Free will is not an illusion
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned

What if Robert Lawrence had lived?

New Pill Replicates Exercise and Strengthens Muscle
Will Hispanic Voters Turn Nevada Republican?
Boris Johnson May Be the Last Best Hope of the Tories

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

To Deter Russia, Look to Reagan

Employing a similar playbook in the Ukraine war today would entail a combination of vertical and horizontal escalation with quiet (and perhaps public) outreach to Putin and his generals making clear that the U.S. does not seek a nuclear conflict — but will severely punish any nuclear use. I do not here attempt to lay out a detailed operational plan; what matters most is first adopting the right strategic framework. But just to offer a few examples of specific steps that could be taken: The United States and our NATO allies should immediately increase missile-defense support to Ukraine, including Patriot batteries and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System units (both of which derive from technologies first developed in Reagan’s SDI program). These should be combined with increased counterbattery fires to enable Ukraine to destroy Russian missile launchers targeting Ukrainian civilians, and with other offensive weapons such as the game-changing HIMARS. The White House should also lead NATO in deploying naval assets in the Black Sea, as a visible display to Putin of our capabilities and as further deterrent to any nuclear detonations.

To increase domestic pressure on Putin, the U.S. should launch a massive covert information campaign — targeting the Russian public via computer screens, television, radio, and print — that makes the name of Alexei Navalny and other Russian dissidents known in every Russian home. It should also make every Russian aware of Putin’s hundreds of billions of dollars in pilfered wealth, and broadcast images of the tens of thousands of Russian men fleeing their country to evade the draft.

Webb Takes a Stunning, Star-Filled Portrait of the Pillars of Creation
SpaceX Could Launch a New Space Telescope After Russian Launch Canceled
LSU researchers working with NASA on how to train an extraterrestrial workforce
NASA asteroid-sampling mission on track for delivery next year
Why is America Going Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
What Lina Khan Can Learn From Captain Kirk and Star Trek
The New Longevity Isn’t Coming. It’s Here.
srael’s ‘Iron Triangle of Peace’

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

New exoskeleton leaves the lab, steps into the real world — and adapts on the fly
Will Russia rejoin the international community through space, post-Putin?
SpaceX to launch Falcon Heavy for first time in 3 years
Elon Musk is a combination of Einstein, Tesla, and Rockefeller, says a former SpaceX exec – but even his mother admits no one wants to be him
Former NASA astronaut Jim McDivitt, who led Gemini and Apollo missions, dies at 93
NASA outlines case for making sole-source SLS award to Boeing-Northrop joint venture
Common drugs could fight obesity and diabetes, say scientists
Why is It So Hard to Go Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
Brace Yourself for a Republican Wave
Vladimir Putin’s Cannon Fodder
DNA gives colloidal crystals shape-shifting and memory abilities

Sunday, October 16, 2022

Biden Administration strikes huge blow to Chinese tech industry
Will Russia rejoin the international community through space, post-Putin?

Inclusion in the Artemis Alliance as an inducement for Russia’s good behavior would have another benefit for the United States and her allies. If Russia signs the Artemis Accord, it will set itself at odds against China, which harbors ambitions concerning the moon and beyond. A central feature of American foreign policy has been to keep Russia and China antagonistic to one another since Nixon went to China in the early 1970s. The policy broke down sometime during the Obama administration. It’s time to restore it.

Star Trek Release Dates: When to Expect All the New and Returning Shows
NASA will attempt a moon launch in November. So will someone else.
NASA Study Suggests Shallow Lakes in Europa's Icy Crust Could Erupt
Children of Apollo #CommisssionEarned
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Prepares to Swing by Earth
Scientists Find Antibodies That Neutralize All COVID Strains
Musk says SpaceX will continue to fund Starlink internet service in Ukraine amid backlash

Thursday, October 13, 2022

First human immortals possible this generation, say futurists
Biden wants to outlaw my job as a free lance writer. More than enough reason to vote GOP.
Robots Are Helping Immunocompromised Kids ‘Go to School'
Artemis 1, ispace lander set November launch dates
NASA says the Artemis I mission will be ready to launch in one month
SpaceX Sells 82-Year-Old Billionaire a Starship Ride Around the Moon
If aliens have visited the solar system, here's how to find clues they left
The Moon Mars and Beyond #CommissionEarned
US Chip Sanctions ‘Kneecap’ China’s Tech Industry
Stop the Hurricane Climate-Change Babble
How Not to Punish the Saudis on Oil Prices

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

AI eye checks can detect heart diseases in less than a minute
Space tourist Dennis Tito books two seats to the moon on SpaceX Starship
How not to respond to OPEC’s oil production cuts

Demonstrating how unafraid OPEC is of President Joe Biden, the oil producing cartel has announced a 2-million-barrel-a-day cut in production. The decision will likely cause a spike in energy prices, including gasoline, just in time for the 2022 midterm elections.

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket set to launch this month on 1st mission since 2019
NASA says its space tech could cut electric car charging times to 5 minutes or less
A Red Notice for Russian War Crimes
Why is America Going Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
Biden Goes After Gig Workers
Dame Angela Lansbury Died Five Days Before Turning 97
Nasa's Dart spacecraft 'changed path of asteroid'

Monday, October 10, 2022

A granular bioink could bring 3D-printed organs to life
Sunlight could turn CO2 into useful, everyday products
Onshore algae farms could feed much of the world while reducing the environmental impact
Admiral of the Ocean Sea A Life of Christopher Columbus #CommissionEarned
Pickle Juice Beer — Not Such a Weird Idea, Actually
NASA's Titan Dragonfly will touch down on a field of dunes and shattered ice
How NASA plans to stop killer asteroids
The Gabriella Novels #CommissionEarned
Beam me down: can solar power from space help solve our energy needs?
Cold Fusion is Back (there's just one problem)
Putin, Nuclear Weapons and My Emailers

Sunday, October 09, 2022

Your Dreams May Be Practice For Real Life, According to a Neuroscientist
SpaceX studies extending the life of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope

NASA and SpaceX recently announced that they had signed a Space Act Agreement to study the possibility of reboosting and even servicing the Hubble Space Telescope with the Crew Dragon. It’s welcomed news for those who care about space exploration and science. Hubble has returned an incredible amount of scientific data, not to mention beautiful images, in the over 30 years it has scanned the heavens.

RealClearPolitics Projects Herschel Walker Loses, but GOP Takes Two Seats – and the Senate Majority
SpaceX to Attempt Rare Launch of Falcon Heavy Later This Month
Tom Cruise Expected to Film Movie with NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX in Outer Space
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
NASA’s Solid-State Battery Research Exceeds Initial Goals, Draws Interest
Citizen Scientists Enhance New Europa Images From NASA’s Juno
NASA to give update on asteroid impact

Monday, October 03, 2022

New AI tool can generate videos from text inputs, and it’s cool and scary
Swedish scientist who sequenced the genome of Neanderthals wins Nobel Prize in Medicine
The Challenge of Cracking Iran’s Internet Blockade
OBAMA PRAISED TRUMP, CRITICIZED HILLARY, MEDIA IN SECRET MEETING
Mexico plans $4-$5 bln LNG hub at Gulf port, president says
The Gabriella Novels #CommissionEarned
Astronomers Think They Know The Reason For Uranus's Kooky Off-Kilter Axis
The Taliban Are Planning Their Move On Central Asia
Trump goes cuckoo over Cocaine Mitch — Sad!

Sunday, October 02, 2022

After NASA’s test to deflect asteroid threats, it’s time to better detect what is coming

Two of the strongest human emotions are fear and greed. The former will motivate us to develop a planetary defense against asteroids and comets. The latter will spur us on to tap the riches these space rocks contain for the betterment of humankind.

Update - The Washington Post agrees with me: NASA’s asteroid-hitting mission is a call to action

Furious Russian conscripts turn on their commander: Top officer 'is beaten after telling reservists ''you are all cannon fodder, you are facing slaughter'' as video shows punch-up in make-shift barracks
Unlike Trump, DeSantis is showing a populist can be presidential in a crisis
The culture war inside the space program
China Wants New Partners For Its Moon Missions As Its Relationship With Russia Cools
Missing element for life may be present in ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
Ron DeSantis working with Elon Musk’s StarLink to restore internet in areas battered by Hurricane Ian
Teams Confirm No Damage to Artemis Flight Hardware, Focus on November for Launch
NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Spots Foreign Object Debris on Mars