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After watching this downhill slide into mediocrity for years I have to say in regards to space there is no truer maxim than “truth is stranger than fiction.” There are a short list of guiding principles concerning space exploration that are simply ignored in a bizarro manifestation of collective cognitive dissonance. They are simple truthsContinue reading “Letter to Paul”

Since she will not post any more of my comments on Space Policy Online, I will just have to post them here. In response to http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/news/bridenstine-releases-american-space-renaissance-act-welcomes-comment We will either choose to establish humans in space- to expand humankind off world- or we won’t. That is the choice and everything revolves around choosing to do soContinue reading “Letter to Marcia Smith”

RealSpace or NoSpace By Gary Michael Church The 1967 Apollo 1 fire was the key event leading to the end of the 1st space age before it really began. Anticipation by the aerospace industry of astronomical profits came to an abrupt end in one afternoon. It was not the three fatalities that doomed the spaceContinue reading “RealSpace or NoSpace”

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151026112106.htm http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/10/29/white-house-releases-plan-deal-space-weather-threat/74815660/ Could get ugly. Better stock up on .22 rimfire.

FAA's Nield Endorses Woerner's Moon Village, But With Commercial Partners Too The rest of the planet is ready to go to the Moon but due to a years ago campaign contribution from an internet entrepreneur it appears the U.S. will have to be dragged kicking and screaming. When an FAA official makes the President’s officialContinue reading “Lunarville”

http://fortune.com/2015/08/14/f-35-joint-strike-fighter/ Thank you Norm Augustine for giving us this piece of junk instead of a base on the Moon. And to continue the earlier letter to Paul: October 21, 2015 at 10:54 am http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151020192331.htm At the beginning of the year I commented on a fairly well known blog about the danger of an asteroid orContinue reading “One Trillion Dollars”

October 20, 2015 at 8:05 am “It is difficult for people to envision the immensity of geologic time, as they tend to reckon time spans in relation to their own lives.” Excerpt from Paul Spudis’ article on Smithsonian site. My own theory is that it is difficult for people to make any decision that doesContinue reading “Another letter to Paul”

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34554517 The rest of the world is going to the Moon while we launch exploding hobby rockets and cheer for Matt Damon. The nation that built the Saturn V has to pay Russians hundreds of millions of tax dollars for a ride to the space station to nowhere that took over ten years and 100Continue reading “Luna 27 and U.S. Failure”

Most Americans are familiar with water towers and these towers are fascinating examples of the necessary minimum dimensions of what could be called a “true” spaceship. The definition of a true spaceship is a craft that can carry human beings on interplanetary journeys while providing an Earth gravity/radiation environment. The last part is what determinesContinue reading “Spaceships”