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

Sunday, November 06, 2022

How much does NASA return to the American economy?

NASA recently released its second annual economic impact report, laying out how much money the space agency returns to the American economy. The three chief takeaways are that 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. The economic benefit created by NASA is spread out over all 50 states. Considering that NASA’s fiscal 2021 budget was $23.3 billion, the space agency seems to have a hefty return on investment.

However, as impressive as these figures are, do they represent the true value of the part of the federal budget that NASA spends? That is only the case if one thinks of the space agency as a jobs program, something that may impress members of Congress but likely doesn’t excite the rest of us.

SpaceX's next Falcon Heavy rocket launch may fly before Christmas
As Psyche Mission Moves Forward, NASA Responds to Independent Review
The Gabriella Novels #CommissionEarned
NASA Asteroid Threat Practice Drill Shows We’re Not Ready
Hubble vs. Webb: New NASA telescope reveals never-before-seen details from the early universe, within 400 million years after the Big Bang
Elon Musk continues Twitter feud with AOC by saying not everything she says is 'accurate'

Tuesday, November 01, 2022

World-first gene therapy clinical trial for type 1 diabetes
Juicy bots: Withering passion fruit gives rise to a robot that can clean space junk
Sen. Mark Kelly was against the Artemis return to the moon before he was for it

Kelly has a problem concerning space policy, especially the Artemis return-to-the-moon program, that speaks to his character. To put the matter bluntly, Kelly was against the Artemis program before he was for it.

China's 'space dream': A Long March to the Moon and beyond
Time for the United States to extend SpaceX’s Starlink to Russia
NASA has a life-detecting instrument ready to fly to Europa or Enceladus
NASA predicts first Starship orbital launch as soon as December
NASA plans its second human moon landing on Artemis 4 after all: report
It’s time to play “find the falling Chinese rocket” once again
The world’s most powerful rocket finally returns after a 3-year absence
Why is America Going Back to the Moon #CommissionEarned
The High Cost of Low American Military Spending
Climate Doomsday Is Nigh—Again
SALK SCIENTISTS DISCOVER ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MOLECULES THAT DECLINE IN THE AGING BRAIN