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Some people are getting “exercised.” Actually, not GCR broadly, but the heavy nuclei component. And it is the world’s recognized authority on space radiation, Dr. Eugene Parker, the guy they named the space probe after, that has concerns. And others. NASA is not concerned about people who go on a couple missions and don’t goContinue reading “Part 10”

I think it is interesting that the most important piece of hardware that enables NPP is in production right now: The Launch Abort System on the SLS. Any well designed capsule/tower combination makes getting the “pulse unit” primary components into space safely fairly straightforward. You see to transport the fissile “pits” into space you haveContinue reading “Part 9”

“-that it would end up costing far more than it would produce. They simply say that they would still favor it, only as a way to ensure the survival of the species.” Not that much more. And NOT if the components were manufactured on the Moon. You keep spinning this. “Paying it’s way” compared toContinue reading “Part 8”

I would guess the structure being discussed would serve to deploy and aid in stabilizing a tether system suspending mult-thousand ton masses, rather than be the actual load bearing part of the system. And while zero G debilitation is half the problem, the other half that must be solved along with it is cosmic radiation,Continue reading “Part 7”

That the NewSpace fanboys think space stations are going to be “cheap” and they will be able to take out a second mortgage and get their astronaut wings that way is how the movement started. Juvenile, ridiculous, harmful to space exploration. SLSFanboy Michael Weidler  Another spacex advertisement…thanks for the second hand pot smoke. Vladislaw  SLSFanboy and how isContinue reading “The War Continues part 6”

“Rocket Cargo” for Space Force? Bizarre and one of those programs that is just plain stupid DOD waste. Space Force should have been disbanded by Joe Biden. It was Trump’s way of giving the military the middle finger, whom he considered “suckers and losers.” Creating a service where none of it’s members go in harm’sContinue reading “The War Continues part 5”

“It will be technically difficult to divorce this marriage.” Not really. Abandon the ISS and splash it. Not technically difficult. “All alternatives, short and long term, should be explored. If necessary, even the use of SLS should be considered, diverted from a lunar goal that is ambiguous. “ Splash the space station to nowhere andContinue reading “The War Continues part 4”

Most of the posts that so gravely offended the Musk fanboys appear to have been deleted. Maybe one or two cut and pasted here in earlier entries. Oh Well. “-carrying enough shielding is impractical-“The “problem” is that this statement is bassackwards; NOT carrying enough shielding is impractical. It is the elephant in the room, theContinue reading “The War Continues part 3”

Two of the most vicious cyberthugs that wallow in the cesspool of Muskrat fanaticism have recently made comments and have commenced blowing the “Gary” dog whistle. Disgusting GIFs and endless harassment is on the way. Meanwhile, the comments keep going up: “I envision development of the Moon as a series of steps toward it becomingContinue reading “The War Continues part 2”

“I can’t have a conversation with you if others are going to attack me. I would direct you to the classic article for the layman on space radiation written by the world’s acknowledged expert on the subject, “Shielding Space Travelers” by Eugene Parker- the guy they named the space probe after. Nothing stops heavy nucleiContinue reading “The War Continues”