By Gary Michael Church Triton is my favorite moon and it is so far out there I always think about how long it would take to get there. Earth escape velocity: 11.2 km/s If each H-bomb can impart 100 mph then 1000 bombs can provide 100,000 mph. Using this figure for travels to icy bodiesContinue reading “Interplanetary Missions”
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The Coming Zeppelin Satellite Apocalypse
Gary Michael Church The dirigible airship, the Zeppelin, may well spell the end of the satellite industry within a decade or two. Using new technology to make safe (with a double hull nitrogen ignition barrier), manipulate, and utilize the hydrogen lifting gas, these airships are the ultimate telecommunications platforms. The superiority of these stationary platformsContinue reading “The Coming Zeppelin Satellite Apocalypse”
Amazon Women on the Moon
Gary Michael Church In my view Paul Spudis has the correct solution; he has on several occasions written about a “Space Navy” as a separate agency. Having been in on the birth of the Department of Homeland Security I know this is not impossible. The DHS was brought into existence and I was made aContinue reading “Amazon Women on the Moon”
Cosmic Ray Rats
Gary Michael Church The cosmic ray rat story is probably an important benchmark in the history of spaceflight that very few people are picking up on. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150501151608.htm As a troubleshooter I see clearly the flow chart on Human Space Flight-Beyond Earth and Lunar Orbit (HSF-BELO) does not have many branches. Dashing back and forth throughContinue reading “Cosmic Ray Rats”
Back to the Moon
By Gary Michael Church By the end of the decade the first Gnome mission was launched. The bunker buster H-bombs were all successful in excavating artificial caverns. In concert SLS wet workshop missions carrying robot landers arrived in lunar orbit one after another at eight to ten per year. The robots descended onto ice depositsContinue reading “Back to the Moon”
Seven Steps to Space Travel
Gary Michael Church edited 2024 The methodology for civilization expanding into space is to be found in a triad of indispensable human endeavors: defense, communications, and energy. Nuclear deterrence has precluded a third world war for three quarters of a century. Telecommunications technology has provided a stabilizing continuity instrumental in preserving this relative peace. TheContinue reading “Seven Steps to Space Travel”
The Only Cure for Climate Change
Gary Michael Church It may seem bizarre to prescribe H-bombs for a sick ecosystem but as someone once said, the universe is not only stranger than we imagine…. The cure for climate change is to completely end the use of all fossil fuels by the end of this century. The promise of commercial nuclear powerContinue reading “The Only Cure for Climate Change”
H-Bomb Salvation
By Gary Michael Church The famous poem considers whether the world will end with fire or ice. A more promising approach is to ask when a new world will begin with fire and ice. This is a matter of two technologies; nuclear fusion and cryopreservation. The most powerful device ever created by humankind holds theContinue reading “H-Bomb Salvation”
When We Lost the Stars
By Gary Michael Church The recent launch of the Orion EFT-1 mission has generated a large amount of criticism from the New Space mob. The counter to such propaganda is to simply explain the facts. The best date to cite as a beginning of this explanation is the start of the Space Shuttle program. OnContinue reading “When We Lost the Stars”
Ice on the Moon 