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

Notes on the Asylum Where I Was Raised: In which I visit the Harvard protests, among other things
The Stakes at Columbia: At least some Democrats are beginning to see that the antisemitic campus protests may harm their election prospects.
Could sending an Israeli and an Arab to the moon spark peace on Earth?

With NASA having selected two Japanese astronauts to fly on Artemis missions to the moon, speculation abounds about which other country will get a ticket to walk on the lunar surface. Recent world events and the technological acumens of countries in the region suggest the next non-American moonwalkers should be from the Middle East.

The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World #CommissionEarned

Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle #CommissionEarned

The Gabriella Doria Stories (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
If Spielberg really wants to do something about Biden, a movie based on all the lies the president has told about himself would be lit. Tom Hanks could play Uncle Bosey.
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned

Sunday, April 21, 2024

Japan’s planning its first lunar steps with the Artemis program

According to the White House, in exchange for Japan providing a pressurized vehicle that will greatly expand astronauts’ ability to explore the lunar surface, NASA will include two Japanese astronauts in future Artemis missions to the moon. They will be the first non-Americans to walk on the moon should their Artemis mission happen before a planned Chinese flight.

The Gabriella Doria Stories (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Among the Activists Plotting to Disrupt the DNC:‘We’ve got to give them a 1968 kind of welcome.’

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Nine Lives and Counting: A Bounty Hunter’s Journey to Faith, Hope, and Redemption by Dog the Bounty Hunter #CommissionEarned

If you turn the other cheek, you get it in the neck with Iran: John Kennedy

More wit and wisdom from the irreprisble Sen. John Kennedy. No not that one, the other one.

Climate Cooking: How a few billionaires helped push climate science to the extremes
IRAN UPDATE, APRIL 14, 2024: More of the aftermath of the Iranian attack on Israel
The Trump Trial Spectacle Begins: Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s hush-money case is a legal stretch that should not have been brought.
Scientists discover first algae that can fix nitrogen — thanks to a tiny cell structure: A newly discovered ‘organelle’ that converts nitrogen gas into a useful form could pave the way for engineered plants that require less fertilizer.

Sunday, April 14, 2024

Elon Musk, SpaceX and benevolent megalomania

Recently, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk addressed employees at the Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas and shared his thoughts about the future of the Starship launch vehicle, in which hopes of returning to the moon and going on to Mars are invested.

The Gabriella Doria Stories (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
FORMER NFL player OJ Simpson has died after battling cancer Those you who are already consigning him to Hell for getting away with a double murder better remember that Johnny Cochran is already in the afterlife and is ready for his defense.