• Many Unknowns for Flight 8 SpaceX Starship Failure

    Updated: 2025-03-08 22:25:04
    Starship’s V2 redesign suffered almost exactly the same failure on flight 8 as it did on flight 7, fire in the engine bay leading to engine failure and RUD. There is alot more video of the inside and outside of the spacecraft. SpaceX has more video and sensors to analyze what happened. Starship tumbled out ... Read more

  • Whither corporate America?

    Updated: 2025-03-08 18:58:12
    The bulwark against fascism is a strong set of institutions. Faced with the current set of anti-Constitutional power grabs, some of America’s institutions have been crumbling: independent agencies have been seized, Congress abdicated its core Constitutional powers as soon as the Republican Administration took power, and the judiciary has been slowly captured by right-wing politicization. … Continue reading Whither corporate America? →

  • Potential Ice on the Moon Is Good News for Lunar Exploration or Habitation

    Updated: 2025-03-06 21:15:00
    The first-ever subsurface measurements of lunar temperature showed wide differences, which could help lead further expeditions to possible water sources.

  • Solar Heat May Impact Earth's Seismic Activity, Making Earthquake Predictions Easier

    Updated: 2025-03-05 19:50:00
    Researchers have found a link between the sun’s heat and Earth’s seismic activity. Learn more about how this discovery could improve earthquake predictions.

  • NASA's SPHEREx Mission Will Soon Search the Milky Way for Signs of Water

    Updated: 2025-03-03 23:00:00
    Learn about NASA's SPHEREx mission, which will launch on March 7, 2025 to study the universe's early history and search the Milky Way for signs of water.

  • First-Ever Private Lunar Lander Successfully Reaches the Moon’s Surface

    Updated: 2025-03-03 20:45:00
    The Blue Ghost is the first in a series of commercially funded spacecraft set to explore the satellite.

  • How Long-Term Space Travel Wears Down an Astronaut’s Mind and Body

    Updated: 2025-03-01 15:00:00
    Learn how astronauts can lose bone density and how muscles can weaken. As we continue to explore space, NASA is looking into how to prevent this as well.

  • The International Space Station May be Too Clean - But These Microbes Could Help

    Updated: 2025-02-27 23:10:00
    Learn how the excessive cleanliness of the International Space Station poses health problems for astronauts and why scientists are looking to microbes for solutions.

  • Lunar Trailblazer and IM-2 Will Depart for the Moon in Search of Water

    Updated: 2025-02-26 23:15:00
    Learn about NASA's Lunar Trailblazer and IM-2, two missions that will soon launch into space to find clues on the presence of water underneath the Moon's surface.

  • The Moon as a Preferred Off Earth Settlement

    Updated: 2025-02-26 11:18:54
    Many people think that Mars is the primary target for off Earth settlement and development. I think that is likely to prove wrong as people start the process of moving onward. Skipping the moon to go to Mars strikes me … Continue reading →

  • Values and Beliefs

    Updated: 2025-02-14 16:41:06
    As we move into dark times in America, I think it is increasingly important to be clear about what I value. I believe that all life has worth. Every person should have as much freedom as possible to live and find their own fulfillment. We should always approach others from a position of humility and … Continue reading Values and Beliefs →

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