Mini-Throughput: The Moon Is Further Away This Week
If they keep going like this, I fear the Artemis program will be cancelled before anyone touches lunar soil
Tagged: NASA
Perseverance Does the Impossible Again
I will never not be amazed that human beings can do things like Perseverance. The vision, the skill, the audacity — the human race at its best.
Mini-Throughput: Artemis Program Edition
My preferred approach at this point is to orient Artemis Program around a series of achievable goals and less around specific dates.
SpaceX Launches America
There is something primal, almost visceral about a rocket launch. It’s unlike anything else in the human experience.
Katherine Johnson, RIP
Whenever someone tells me that women can’t do math, I gently remind them that the term “computer” used to literally mean a roomful of women doing math
Mini-Throughput: We’re All Doomed Edition
So, no, PZ39 is not a danger. This is not a sudden discovery that we are worried about. It’s not passing particularly close to us nor is it likely to. But the overall danger of objects like PZ39 — while low — is real.
Thursday Throughput for July 18, 2019
People talk about American Greatness. Well, astrophysics, if I do say so myself, is one the places where America is truly great.
Thursday Throughput for 3/28/2019
This entire nontroversy is a result of two things colliding: one good and one bad. The bad part is that NASA’s spacesuits were built in 1978, The good part is that NASA has recruited more women.
Astronaut, Artist Alan Bean Dead at 86
Of the 12 men who have walked on the moon, there are only 5 left living. Alan Bean, who became the fourth human to walk on the moon during the Apollo 12 mission, died May 26th after a brief illness.
What’s in this Black Box?
Speculation as to the possible existence of a secret coterie of advanced beings who filter knowledge down to NASA scientists.
Space
The other day David posted a video of Neil deGrasse Tyson. Tyson has become a passionate and outspoken advocate for NASA and continued space exploration. His distinct voice, his intellect and, I daresay, his race, have...
The Future of Screen Technology
This is neat, but I’m so paranoid that I immediately started thinking about all the privacy implications, which sort of colors my viewing in an unfortunate way. There’s a lot of very graceful and...
Why did Avatar’s script suck?
James Cameron’s op-ed on space exploration in today’s Washington Post offers a clue. Favorite line: “So it could be said that rockets really run on dreams.” (All snark aside, I like Cameron’s enthusiasm for...
