5 Reasons to Make the Trump Tax Cut Permanent
In the War on Consumers, Will California Politicians Ever Surrender?
JK Rowling: Why I decided to stand up for women
Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Two Tales from the Coming Space Age #CommissionEarned
South Africa’s Chance for Change: After years of misrule, the unpopular African National Congress may have to share power after this week’s election
Bureaucrats vs. Kidney Patients: A test can help catch kidney disease early. Why is it blocked?
California’s $25-an-Hour Minimum-Wage Boomerang: Gov. Newsom now says the law he signed last October would add to the state’s fiscal woes. He ignored warnings at the time.
Is Extraterrestrial Intervention Needed for Peace and Prosperity on Earth?
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
NASA should let a commercial mission save Hubble

Jared Isaacman, the billionaire entrepreneur behind the recent Inspiration4 commercial space mission and the upcoming Polaris Dawn private space flight, would like to save the Hubble Space Telescope on his own dime. All he needs is for NASA to approve such a mission.

However, according to NPR, some managers at the space agency, far from being excited, expressed concerns in emails obtained by the news organization.

A new material creates clean electricity from the air around it
NASA and ISRO continue discussions about Indian astronaut flight to ISS
The Gabriella Doria Stories (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
New soft robotic arm can help stroke patients, revolutionize physiotherapy
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
NASA space telescope finds Earth-size exoplanet that's 'not a bad place' to hunt for life
Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
Dune: Part Two (Blu-ray + Digital) #CommissionEarned
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Two Tales from the Coming Space Age #CommissionEarned
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
Moon settlement concepts could open the door for our first lunar city

Thanks to the Artemis program, the United States and international and commercial partners will return astronauts to the moon in a few years. But, going beyond brief sorties to the lunar surface, what are the plans for a permanent base or settlement?

The Gabriella Doria Stories (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
"Snake-like" Probe Images Arteries from Within: The new fiber-optic probe could transform aneurysm and brain clot treatments
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Two Tales from the Coming Space Age #CommissionEarned

Sunday, May 12, 2024

Is China ahead of the US in the new race for the moon?

On the face of it, it looks like America and its international and commercial allies should get back to the moon years before China, if everything turns out right, avoiding the embarrassment of being beaten in Moon Race 2.0.

Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Why Biden Is Losing on the Economy: The average annual inflation rate during his Presidency is 5.5%. Under Trump it was 1.9%.
2024 Election: A Certain Fatalism Sets In: Political pros start to ask if there’s anything President Biden can do to pull out a victory in Novembe
RFK the Younger's story about a worm having eaten part of his brain is unusual, to say the least. But is that all of the story?
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Two Tales from the Coming Space Age #CommissionEarned

Sunday, May 05, 2024

The age of the solar sail is arriving sooner than expected

The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3), consisting of a CubeSat the size of a microwave oven and a solar sail, took off on board a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex I on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. After reaching 600 miles above the Earth, the ACS3 deployed its sail.

The Gabriella Doria Stories (3 book series) #CommissionEarned

Saturday, May 04, 2024

Space Race 2.0 Is On: Chang’e 6 Heads To The Moon

Not all of China’s space efforts are focused on science or on exploration. There is a serious race to the Moon in a quest for mineral resources and China is sending us a message with this mission. Chang’e 6 will land in the resource-rich South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin. Specifically, China is targeting a crater called “Apollo” which is named in honor of America’s great lunar achievement. Apollo’s interior and adjacent craters are named for Apollo astronauts and memorialize deceased NASA employees including the lost crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Chang’e 6 will literally raise a communist Chinese flag there. The Chinese are extremely careful with protocol, any small slight is intentional.

Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Joe Biden’s Japanese Diplomacy: The President says our most important allies in the Pacific are ‘xenophobic.’ Discuss.

Wednesday, May 01, 2024