I call it the Parker Dyson Spudis Continuum. All of them died recently. Eugene Parker determined that a 5 meter layer of water is required to shield space travelers from cosmic radiation. Freeman Dyson validated the concept of Nuclear Pulse Propulsion with his work on Project Orion. Paul Spudis discovered the first real evidence forContinue reading “No Starship to Mars”
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More Speculative Futurism
Artificial gravity only solves half of the dosing and debilitation problem. For any progress in Human Space Flight to happen a sea change regarding radiation shielding is required. As we set sail on this new sea we are going to have to take our own little ocean with us. This fundamental change is accepting massiveContinue reading “More Speculative Futurism”
Space Posts
Getting that lunar ice up into space as cosmic ray water shielding is the only path to any progress in Human Space Flight. Robot landers and rovers should be a priority. A 60 foot diameter sphere with a 26 foot sphere inside it would require 2889 tons of water shielding for 9203 cubic feet ofContinue reading “Space Posts”
Seder Roasts Rogan
“Two people with hundreds of millions of dollars, who, everyone they come in contact with…is on the payroll.” Talking about people not wanting to go back to their really bad jobs. Like they are the bad guys. Really sad. Sam nailed it.
Obscene Wealth
I was immediately branded a Marxist when I cited the following article on a forum. I explained that if it describes the problem, to a certain extent I don’t care who wrote it. This article relates directly to the solution to the biggest problem of our time, Climate Change. A recent NASA report on theContinue reading “Obscene Wealth”
Nukes in Space
The solution to nuclear deterrence is to place the nuclear arsenal months in deep space on human-crewed “Space Boomer.” It solves several problems. The first problem is deterrence. The second problem is launch-on-warning, and the third problem is climate change. From the Slate article: “Maybe it’s because of the wars in Ukraine and the MiddleContinue reading “Nukes in Space”
The Fix Is In
When the great one says it is “the stupidest idea ever”, those looking for future employment with his company, where several NASA higher-ups have gone, are going to ride that wave. Terrestrial industry is overheating the planet so setting Space Solar up by way of lunar industry, as advocated by Gerard K. O’Neill, is theContinue reading “The Fix Is In”
The Hard Right
“-Brandes took it upon himself to use his considerable soapbox to introduce Nietzsche to a wider audience, which he did in a popular essay “Aristocratic Radicalism” published in 1889. Brandes read Nietzsche as a creative critic of the “slave morality” that was currently sweeping across Europe through demands for liberalism, socialism, and democracy. While criticalContinue reading “The Hard Right”
God Made Donald
Thanks to Chauncey DeVega In this age of intense political and religious division, many Christian nationalists have convinced themselves that they have a special claim on America. That simply is not true. The United States was not founded as a “Christian nation.” The Constitution enshrines a clear separation of church and state, and no versionContinue reading “God Made Donald”
EVERYTHING
Everything, EVERYTHING, in politics can be traced back to the rich evading taxes and regulation. The culture war issues allow politicians and the media to focus on what their corporate donors and owners do NOT want the public focused on. Simple as that.
Ice on the Moon 