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
Israel moves to formally recognize Armenian WWI deaths as a genocide

This would have put my old Middle East studies professor in a bit of a quandry. On the one hand, he was no fan of the State of Israel. On the other hand, he suffered professionally at the hands of the Turkish governmemt for pointing out the Armenian Holocaust.

Before Donald Quataert annoyed the Turkish government, he was my Middle Eastern studies professor

NASA extends its commercial partnerships to Mars

Recently, NASA extended the idea of private-public partnerships to Mars. The space agency has struck a deal with Relativity Space to send an orbital probe to the Red Planet, with a launch date no earlier than 2028.

The further adventures of Anne Frank: An alternate history of a life uninterrupted #CommissionEarned
Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again)
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned

Sunday, June 21, 2026

Seasoned leadership could help Quantum Space’s IPO take off

While all eyes have been on the recent SpaceX IPO, another, smaller aerospace company is preparing to go public as well. Quantum Space will initiate an IPO by merging with the special purpose acquisition company, Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VI. The deal is supposed to close later this year.

The further adventures of Anne Frank: An alternate history of a life uninterrupted (Stories of Alternate History #CommissionEarned
Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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

Sunday, June 14, 2026

NASA’s Artemis III mission is starting to take shape

NASA announced more details about the upcoming Artemis III mission, which unlike Artemis II will take place in low Earth orbit. The announcement included the identities of the crew who will conduct the mission.

The further adventures of Anne Frank: An alternate history of a life uninterrupted #CommissionEarned

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

I just received a fascinating phishing attempt. A computer-generated call sounded on my phone announcing that my phone was used to buy a $3,000 Apple laptop. Please press 1 if I did not make such an order. I did and a gentleman with a slight Indian accent announced himself as part of Amazon’s fraud department. Could I please provide customer information? Naturally, I did not and my records show no such order, neither on my Amazon account or my bank account. Beware of wily Indians trying to extract your personal information,
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
Mark R. Whittington books
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
NASA’s moon base might be nothing like science fiction’s predictions

One thing stands out about the moon base that NASA plans to build at the lunar south pole, possibly later than planned because of last month’s New Glenn disaster: It would be nothing like the ones that have been imagined in science fiction.

Gabriella's War #CommissionEarned
Bernie Sanders wants to seize the means of information with AI

"When Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) first started his war on artificial intelligence and robotics, his excuse was that the technologies would destroy jobs of the working class at the behest of the “oligarchs,” which is to say billionaire entrepreneurs such as Elon Musk and Sam Altman. He wanted to put a stop to the technology, or at least slow it down.

"However, Sanders has now altered course and decided that artificial intelligence can be a good thing, if it is owned and taxed, at least in part, by the government. He has taken to X, the social media platform owned by Musk, to explain his proposal and to link to a New York Times op-ed laying it out.">/P>

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

Monday, June 01, 2026

Bernie Sanders has launched a war against AI and robotics

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4587179/bernie-sanders-war-artificial-intelligence-robotics/

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