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
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) @CommissionEarned

Sunday, April 27, 2025

The James Webb telescope’s latest discovery is one more reason to fund NASA

Since it was launched and started operations in 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered many secrets and the beauty of the universe. The telescope may well have outdone itself by revealing evidence of life on a world about 120 light years from Earth.

Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington (2 book series) #CommissionEarned
A Brother on the Moon (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 1) #CommissionEarned
Patton in Palestine (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 2) #CommissionEarned
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
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned

Sunday, April 20, 2025

NASA’s tight budget could get in the way of its lofty space promises

Jared Isaacman is a man of great accomplishment, having founded his first multibillion dollar company at the tender age of 16. He has embarked on two private spaceflights, including Inspiration4, which raised hundreds of billions for St. Jude’s Children’s Cancer Research Hospital. Polaris Dawn featured the first private spacewalk and ventured farther from Earth than any human has gone since Apollo 17.

Isaacman is on the brink of his greatest challenge. He will soon become NASA administrator with the mandate to take the space agency, the U.S., and the world to the moon, Mars and beyond.

Gabriella's War @CommissionEarned

In 1944, with the world convulsed with war, the Contessa Gabriella Doria haunts the piazzas and canals of Venice. Few people know that she is not only an agent for Britain’s MI6 but that she is also a 450 year old vampire. But one SS officer, Kurt Hesselman, knows and has vowed to destroy her, using the occult powers he was born with. Their battle will rage from Gabriella’s beloved Venice to occupied France, and hence to Great Britain on the eve of the largest sea borne invasion in history. The outcome of the war and the fate of the world will hang in the balance.

For all of those who celebrate, have a happy and blessed Easter.
Have they been here? When we look for extraterrestrials, we often peer into the depths of space. But alien life might be closer than you think
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
An American government program to get to the Moon is simply not necessary; If we let them Americans will do it on their own though on the other hand, letting the Chinese win the race to the moon is a unique strategy
A Brother on the Moon (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 1) #CommissionEarned
Patton in Palestine (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 2) #CommissionEarned

Thursday, April 17, 2025

U.S. Space Policy: The Next Frontier | Manhattan Institute

U.S. Space Policy: The Next Frontier | Manhattan Institute: A genuine Space Age is dawning, and the U.S. is well positioned to lead it. Thanks to private-sector innovations in rocketry, spaceflight is on the verge of being cheap, accessible, and routine. These advances open the door for commercial enterprises in orbit and beyond, promising an economic boom. Falling costs can also help the National […]
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

Sunday, April 13, 2025

My latest appearance on Dr. David Livingston's The Space Show podcast where we discussed the space related news of the day, including potential NASA budget cuts, Jared Isaacman's confirmation hearings, Elon Musk, going to Mars vs returning to the moon, the Boeing Starliner woes, among other topics.
Commercial space companies are ready for the next stage of lunar exploration

Recently, some of the players in the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program met with the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, part of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. The witnesses included representatives from NASA administration, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Astrobotic Technology, Intuitive Machines and Firefly Aerospace.

The Gabriella Doria Stories (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
I will be on The Space Show podcast with David Livingston this Sunday. I wonder what we'll talk about.
A Brother on the Moon (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 1) #CommissionEarned
Patton in Palestine (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 2) #CommissionEarned
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

Sunday, April 06, 2025

What will NASA do about Boeing’s problem-plagued Starliner?

Now that Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are safe home on Earth, NASA and Boeing are turning to the original cause of their extended stay on the International Space Station.

The Gabriella Doria Stories (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington (2 book series) #CommissionEarned
A Brother on the Moon (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 1) #CommissionEarned
Patton in Palestine (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 2) #CommissionEarned
Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned

Now also in audiobook

The Moon, Mars, and Beyond #CommissionEarned

Now also in audiobook